GHANA EMULSION COMPANY AND YAKUBU KASULE vs. EMMANUEL BOBSON OHENE [2016]DLCA8560

Date	2016-10-17
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/220/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA8560

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]DLCA8560
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GHANA EMULSION COMPANY AND YAKUBU
KASULE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>EMMANUEL BOBSON OHENE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></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; &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 OCT, 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><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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VICTOR DOTSE OFOE
J.A. (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A., L. L. MENSAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>L. L. MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Punitive
and exemplary damages for libel<o:p></o:p>