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SOLKROCK LIMITED
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ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (GH) LTD. GOLD HOUSE KAWOKUDI – ACCRA

(2017) JELR 69608 (CA)

Court of Appeal 16 Feb 2017 Ghana
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- The Plaintiff/Appellant initiated an action against the Defendant/Respondent, who entered a conditional appearance through its lawyers. - The Defendant's counsel filed an application to set aside the writ on the grounds that it was endor

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/50/2016
Judges:AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING), TORKORNOO (MRS) J. A., DOMAKYAAREH (MRS) J. A.
Counsel:KWAME ADOM-APPIAH WITH DENNIS OSEI ANTWI AND J. B. DANQUAH FOR ,PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT,KWASI FYNN FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

TORKORNOO (MRS), J.A.

The Plaintiff/Appellant in this suit commenced an action against the Defendant/Respondent. The Defendant/Respondent entered conditional appearance ‘through its lawyers’. ‘Counsel’ for Defendant then filed an application to set aside the writ on the ground that it was indorsed with a postal address, instead of a business address. In the affidavit in opposition to this application, the Managing Director of the Plaintiff company gave notice that he had been advised that the ‘purported application is incompetent and cannot properly invoke the jurisdiction of the court since it has no foundation to stand on’. He gave notice that his counsel would seek leave to raise a preliminary objection for the application to be dismissed.

This preliminary application was raised at the hearing of the application to set aside the writ. The objection which can be found on page 13 of the Record of Appeal is that the ‘person’ who entered conditional appearance for the Respondent is not a…

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