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By Ivy Benson
Robert PalitzK-SAN challenges Robert Palitz’s status at Kasapa Telecom
Robert PalitzA letter purported to have been signed by the former Managing Director of Kasapa Telecom Limited, Robert Norris Palitz, filed at the Fast Track Court and challenging the authority provided to K-SAN as legal counsel for the Mobile telecommunication service provider, was seriously refuted by the latter before the court.
Robert Palitz, who is a defendant, together with 16 other defendants in a fraud suit filed against them by Kludjeson International Limited (KIL) and Kasapa Telecom Limited, had written the letter dated April 8th 2010, and copied to Bentsi-Enchil, Lesta and Ankomah, an Accra based legal firm, indicating that Kasapa had not filed any notice of change of solicitors and, therefore, K-SAN was not authorized to act as solicitors for the mobile [ads1]telecommunication service provider.
In his preliminary reaction, Mr. Kwame Amoako of K-SAN, counsel for KIL and Kasapa Telecom rebutted the status of Robert Palitz in the telecommunication company, indicating that Palitz had publicly resigned his position as Managing Director of the plaintiff mobile communication service provider in February.
[ads1Mr. Amoako, counsel for the plaintiffs was scheduled to respond to a submission to an application filed by Bentsi-Enchil, Lesta and Ankomah, a private partnership company providing legal services, requesting the court, presided over by Justice Ofori Atta that the lawsuit against them be struck out.
Mr. Amoako has, therefore, sought an adjournment to enable him respond appropriately to the new developments and the court has fixed May 6th 2010, to hear the response of the counsel for the plaintiffs.
KIL and Kasapa Telecom had jointly issued a law suit against Standard Chartered Bank Limited, Pricewater House Coopers, an Accountancy and Management Consultancy firm and Sudan Telecommunications Limited of Sudan.
The rest of the defendants include Robert Norris Palitz, Trustee Services Limited, a company issuing secretarial services and its General Manager, Philip Dosoo, Margaret Abena Manful, a lawyer, Certwell Limited, an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands, Micheal Awuah, Kuwata Limited, from the British Virgins Island, EGH International Limited, from the British Virgin Island and Expresso Telecom Group Limited, of United Arab Emirates
Others are Emad H. Ahmed, Emad Sukker, both of United Arab Emirates, Ihab Ibrahim Mohammed Osman of Sudan and Lung Hien Ching, a Ghanaian resident.
According to KIL, business activities conducted on behalf of its subsidiary company, Kasapa Telecom, leading to some transfer of its shares to Michael Awuah, an employee of the company, without authority, were unlawful and fraudulent.
