ATTITSOGBE v POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION [1995-96] 1 GLR 582-590

Contract—Rental of letter box—Breach—Letter box rented out to plaintiff by defendant—Letter box locked by defendant ostensibly for non-payment of rent—Rent already paid by plaintiff at time of closure—Whether closure of letter box unlawful.

Damages—Assessment—Mitigation—Closure by defendant of letter box rented out to plaintiff ostensibly for non-payment of rent—Rent for letter box already paid by plaintiff at time of closure—Plaintiff not disclosing settlement of bill to defendant because he waited to "trap" defendant—Action by plaintiff for, inter alia, loss of business and other contacts over one month after closure of letter box—Duty of plaintiff to take reasonable steps to mitigate loss—Whether damages caused by plaintiff's failure to disclose earlier that he had paid his rent recoverable.