RIGWORLD INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
V.
SOCIETE GENERALE GHANA LIMITED

(2018) JELR 65283 (HC)

High Court 12 Jul 2018 Ghana
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- The Plaintiff, a Ghanaian company, sued the Defendant, a bank, for allegedly debiting their account based on an instruction from an unauthorized email address. - The Plaintiff sought a declaration that the Defendant was not entitled to d

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Suit Number:SUIT NO. CM/BDC/0654/16
Judges:AKUA SARPOMAA AMOAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT
Counsel:ALFRED BUATSI FOR PLAINTIFF ,COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

JUDGMENT

AMOAH (MRS.) J.

The Plaintiff, in the present suit, seeks the following reliefs against the Defendant;

a) A declaration that the Defendant was not entitled to debit the account with the amount on the email instruction from koabban.rigworld servicesltd@gmail.com.
b) The repayment of the sum of Fifteen Thousand United States Dollars
(US$15,000.00) being the amount purportedly transferred by the email instruction.
c) Interest on the said sum at the contractual rate from April 28, 2016 up to date of actual and final payment.
d) Damages for breach of contract.
e) Costs including Legal Fees being 10% of the sum claimed in relief (b) above.

The Plaintiff’s case is that it is a Ghanaian registered company having its registered office at Number 11, Patrice Lumumba Street, Capital Place, Airport Residential Area, Accra. The Defendant, also registered and operating under the laws of Ghana, is a bank and engaged in the business of Universal Banking. The Plaintiff says that as an account holder of…

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