In October 2004 Atlantic Hotel Limited, a limited liability company engaged in hotel and

hospitality industry in Kumasi and Takoradi, purchased for the use of its managing director, a brand new Mercedes Benz C240 ML at a cost of 60,000 Dollars from the Silver Star Limited, the sole dealer of German-made Mercedes Benz vehicles in Ghana. In September 2006 the vehicle broke down at Bekwai en route to Kumasi after minor repairs at the workshop of the defendant company at Takoradi. Atlantic Hotel had the vehicle towed to Kumasi and inspected by a private mechanic who declared the car engine defective. After that the Atlantic Hotel company brought a claim against the Silver Star Company Limited alleging that the vehicle suffered from latent

defects. Advice Silver Star Company Limited and Atlantic Hotel