DR. EKWOW SPIO-GARBRAH vs. BERNARD ANTWI BOSIAKO AND WONTUMI MULTIMEDIA CO. LTD.

JUDGMENT SUURBAAREH, JA The Plaintiff/Appellant, hereinafter called the Appellant, has mounted this instant appeal, following his dissatisfaction with the judgment of the High Court, Kumasi, dated 28th July, 2022, which dismissed his claims for general; aggravated; punitive; and, compensatory damages against the Defendants/Respondents, and went on to award cost of GHC150,000.00 against the Appellant, in favour of the Defendants/Respondents, simply called Respondents hereafter. The trial court, which found that the Appellant’s writ of summons was void and a nullity for not having endorsed a substantive claim on it, however went on to consider the evidence led at the trial, and after applying the law, concluded that the conduct of the 1st Respondent was not defamatory, having regard to the circumstances the words attributed to him were made. The Appellant has mounted the instant appeal on six grounds of appeal. These grounds of appeal, appearing in the Notice of Appeal at pages 329.....