The Adenta High court today has adjourned the hearing of the case involving Cruise People Limited and Ghanaian artiste Mohammed Ismail Sherif known in the entertainment world as Black Sherif to November 16, 2023.
Both parties were said to have appeared at the Adenta High Court earlier today and the Judge, Her Ladyship Mariama Sammo ordered that instead of hearing verbal arguments from the Plaintiff and Defendant, their lawyers should write the legal arguments and file them by November 2, 2023.
Defendant (Black Sheriff) had filed a motion that Ghana (and for that matter the high court in Adenta) had no jurisdiction to determine the case because according to him the contract for his performance stipulates that any legal proceedings shall be heard in United Kingdom.
Cruise People Limited, through its lawyers also filed an affidavit in opposition on grounds that the Adenta High Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine the case because both parties are Ghanaians and ply their trades in Ghana.
Background
Black Sherif was sued for allegedly failing to honour the agreement leading to the cancellation of the Afro Cruise Jam concert he had been scheduled for in August, 2023. The company, therefore, is demanding 100,000 compensation for losses made.
According to Cruise People Limited, after booking Black Sherif for the cruise and paying half of his booking fee ($20,000), the ‘Kwaku The Traveller’ hitmaker was expected to make a video confirming his participation in the event in Greece.
Vandepuje claimed that after assurances that Black Sherif will send the video ahead of the media launch on May 19, the company paid $18,000 to secure cabins on the cruise and paid GH₵65,000 to Joy FM for the launch on Drive Time.
Recounting how it all started, Vanderpuye revealed that he had reached out to Black Sherif’s team on the possibility of him performing on a cruise ship – an event he was planning for Ghanaians in the diaspora.
