GHANA EMULSION COMPANY AND YAKUBU KASULE vs. EMMANUEL BOBSON OHENE [2016]DLCA4820

Date	2016-11-17
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/220/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4820

VICTOR DOTSE OFOE J.A. (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A

L. L. MENSAH J.A.

DICK ANYADI FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.

KWAME FOSU-GYEABOUR FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS.

[2016]DLCA4820
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>GHANA EMULSION COMPANY
AND YAKUBU KASULE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>&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;vs.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL BOBSON OHENE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<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: H1/220/2015&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;DATE:
17TH NOVEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>DICK ANYADI FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWAME
FOSU-GYEABOUR FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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VICTOR
DOTSE OFOE J.A. (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON &nbsp;J.A, L. L. MENSAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>L.
L. MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal launched against the
judgement of the High Court, Accra, dated the 17th day of December
2010, in favour of the Plaintiff/Respondent, (hereinafter referred to as the
Plaintiff).&nbsp; The judgement is against the
Defendants/Appellants who will hereinafter be referred to as the Defendants.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The facts on which this appeal rests
are simple, and go like this:&nbsp; The
Plaintiff who is a professional accountant was engaged as the financial
controller of the 1st Defendant Company from 1st April
1996 to 30th June 1996.&nbsp; The 2nd
Defendant is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the 1st
Defendant Company and also the Executive Director of the said company.&nbsp; In June 1999, the Plaintiff after giving the
appropriate notice under his contract of employment voluntarily resigned from
the 1st Defendant Company.&nbsp; He
had thereafter taken up appointment as the financial controller of SCOA (Ghana)
Limited in Accra.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>After the resignation of the Plaintiff,
the Defendants, in the 20th September, 1999 edition of the Ghanaian
Times newspaper and 23rd September, 1999 edition of the Daily
Graphic newspaper, published what the Plaintiff deemed to be libelous of
him.&nbsp; The said publication is to the
effect that the Board of Directors and management of the 1st
Defendant Company is alerting the general public and all its numerous customers
that the Plaintiff and one Jenkins Boston Baker a Liberian national have
nothing whatsoever to do with the 1st Defendant Company.&nbsp; That anyone transacting business with them
does so at his own risk.&nbsp; Displeased with
said public announcement, the Plaintiff caused his solicitors to write a letter
to the Defendants to protest his integrity, and followed up same with a writ in
which he claims the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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