GEORGINA ACHIAA vs. DON EMILIO COMPANY LIMITED [2016]DLCA4813

Date	2016-04-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/143/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4813

S.E. KANYOKE J.A (PRESIDING)

IRENE CHARITY LARBI (MRS) J.A

MARGARET WELBOURNE (MRS) J.A

GEORGE HEWARD-MILLS ESQ. (FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT).

ALBERT ADAARE ESQ. (FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT).

[2016]DLCA4813
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GEORGINA ACHIAA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DON EMILIO COMPANY
LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO: H1/143/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 14TH APRIL,
2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GEORGE HEWARD-MILLS ESQ.
(FOR DEFENDANT/APPLICANT).<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ALBERT
ADAARE ESQ. (FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT).<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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S.E.
KANYOKE J.A (PRESIDING), IRENE CHARITY LARBI (MRS) J.A, MARGARET WELBOURNE
(MRS) J.A<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>IRENE CHARITY LARBI&nbsp; J.A.<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
By an amended writ of summons accompanied
by a Statement of Claim, the Plaintiff, a business woman trading under the name
and style of Supergeona Enterprises claimed against the Defendant for the
following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>“(i)&nbsp; A declaration that the Plaintiff is the sole
accredited <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; representative of Mast-Jagermeister AG and
a distributor <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;
Jagermeister drink in Ghana.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the acts of the
Defendant as set out in the<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Statement of Claim amounts to acts of
unfair competition within<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the meaning ascribed to the term in
the Protection&nbsp; Against Unfair <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Competition Act (2000),&nbsp; Act 589.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(iii)&nbsp; An order from the Court restraining the
Defendant from <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; importation, sale and distribution of
the said drink in Ghana<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; without reference to her.<o:p></o:p>