GEORGE AGYEMANG SARPONG vs. GOOGLE GHANA GOOGLE INCORPORATED [2018]DLSC256

Date	2018-03-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/50/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLSC256

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC (PRESIDING)

DOTSE JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC

APPAU

JSC

KIMATHI KUENYEHIA WITH HIM PAA LARBI ASARE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

BRIGHT OKYERE AGYEKUM WITH HIM GWENDOLOVE OWUSU FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT

[2018]DLSC256
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">GEORGE AGYEMANG
SARPONG<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">vs.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">GOOGLE GHANA<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">GOOGLE INCORPORATED<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO.
J4/50/2017&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: 21ST MARCH, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">KIMATHI KUENYEHIA
WITH HIM PAA LARBI ASARE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">BRIGHT OKYERE
AGYEKUM WITH HIM GWENDOLOVE OWUSU FOR THE 1ST&nbsp;DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">ADINYIRA (MRS)
JSC (PRESIDING), DOTSE JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC, AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC AND APPAU,
JSC<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><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">ADINYIRA (MRS), JSC:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">By an amended writ of summons and
statement of claim, George Agyemang Sarpong, the Plaintiff/ Respondent/
Respondent [Plaintiff] commenced an action seeking jointly and severally
reliefs against Google Ghana, as 1st&nbsp;Defendant/Appellant/ Appellant [1st&nbsp;Defendant] and Google Inc.
LLC as the 2nd&nbsp;Defendant. The Plaintiff alleged that the Defendants had
published defamatory material against him on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.google.com.gh/">www.google.com.gh</a>&nbsp;(the ‘search engine”).&nbsp;
Consequently, the Plaintiff sought&nbsp;inter alia,&nbsp;an order
directed at the Defendants to expunge from their search engine and any related
records and archives, all the alleged defamatory publications and statements
regarding the Plaintiff; an undertaking not to make, publish or communicate any
other untrue and damaging statements about the Plaintiff; an order to render
and publish an agreed apology to the Plaintiff; as well as damages and
perpetual injunction from repeating similar actions.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; backgro</main>