FRANCIS YAMOA KYEI vs SKYLINE GUEST HOUSE LTD & ANOTHER
February 13, 2023
HIGH COURT
GHANA
CORAM
- HER LADYSHIP, JANE HARRIET AKWELEY QUAYE (MRS.),
Areas of Law
- Civil Procedure
- Evidence Law
February 13, 2023
HIGH COURT
GHANA
CORAM
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Plaintiff/Judgment Creditor/Applicant (hereafter referred to as Plaintiff/Applicant herein had issued a Writ against the Defendants/Judgment Debtors/Respondents hereafter referred to as Defendants/Respondents) for claims endorsed on the Writ of SUMMONS. At the pre-trial stage, the Plaintiff/Applicant and the Defendants/Respondents entered into Terms of Settlement which were subsequently adopted as Consent Judgment on 30th October, 2019 in favour of the Plaintiff/Applicant against the Defendants/Respondents as follows:
1. Defendants to pay the Plaintiff an amount of Six Hundred and Thirty-Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred Ghana Cedis(GHC637,700.00) being 70 percent (70%) of the commercial value of the land and all that interest the Plaintiff has in his land described as All that parcel of land measuring 0.180 hectors’ (0.466 of an acres) with Land Registry Certificate No.: GA4022, situate at Okponglo, Madina as per the Valuation Report dated 17th December, 2018
2. Defendants to pay to the Plaintiff an amount of Sixty-Four Thousand, Five Hundred and Eleven Ghana Cedis, Forty-Five Pesewas (GHC 64,511.45) representing Plaintiff’s 5% share in the 1st Defendant company, per the Valuation Report dated 7th June, 2019.
3. Defendants to pay to the Plaintiff the total sums in (1) and (2) above totaling Six hundred and Eighty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Eight Cedis Two Pesewas (GHC682,858.02)
Entry of Judgment was filed by the Plaintiff/Applicant on 22/11/19 and served on the Defendants/Respondents. The Plaintiff/Applicant then caused Execution processes to be served on the Defendants/Respondents and went into Execution and attached and valued properties belonging to the Defendants/Applicants.
An application for an order to stay execution of the Judgment of the Court dated 29th October, 2019 and payment of Judgment Debt by installment filed on behalf of the Defendants was dismissed by this Court on 22nd December, 2020.
On 18th January, 2021 the Court granted an order for the attached property of the Defendants/Judgment Debtors; property No.: 3, Adenta Housing Down, Accra to be sold at a Reserved Price of Eight Hundred Thousand Cedis (GHC800,000.00) and same was sold at an auction and proceeds paid into Court.
Since the Defendants/Judgment Debtors had paid an initial amount of Two Hundred Thousand Cedis out of the Judgment Debt of Six and Eighty Two Thousand, Eight Hundred And Fifty Eight Cedis, Two Peswas (GHC 682, 855.02), there remained an outstanding
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In the High Court of Ghana, Her Ladyship Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye (Mrs.) decided an application for post-judgment interest following a consent judgment dated 30 October 2019. Under terms of settlement, the judgment debt comprised GH37,700 for 70% of the commercial value of a parcel at Okponglo, Madina (Land Registry Certificate GA4022), and GH4,511.45 for the plaintiffs 5% shareholding in the first defendant company, totaling GH82,858.02. After entry of judgment and execution, including the auction sale of property No. 3, Adenta Housing Down, Accra, a balance of GH482,853.02 remained. The judgment creditor sought release of that balance and post-judgment interest at the prevailing bank rate (16.12%), computed as GH227,021.39. The judgment debtors resisted, citing the absence of an express interest order and blaming delays on sale logistics. Applying C.I. 52, Evidence Act NRCD 323, and authorities such as Smith v Blankson, NTHC v Antwi, and KLM v Farmex, the court held statutory interest accrues until final payment and granted the claim.