MAERSK GHANA LIMITED
V.
B. T. L. LIMTED

JUDGMENT 

AMEGATCHER JSC:- 

1. This is a maritime dispute which has travelled from the High Court through the  Court of Appeal and now before the Supreme Court. In this court, the maritime  aspect has, to a considerable extent, been reduced into a procedural matter of  capacity to sue and the quantum of damages awarded for damage to perishable  cargo. 

2. The Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent (hereafter referred to as the Respondent)  instituted this matter against the Defendant/Appellant/Appellant (hereafter  referred to as the appellant) on 28th June 2010, seeking the following reliefs  endorsed on the Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim: 

a. Specific damages in the sum of Forty – Six Thousand Three Hundred and  Fifty dollars ($46,350.00) to be paid by Defendant to Plaintiff being the  cost of 1,030 boxes of fresh yams, the freight, clearing and handling  charges in the USA. 

b. Interest on the said sum of Forty-Six Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty  dollars ($46,350.00) at the commercia…