ANTHONY OSARFO vs. ASAMOAH GYAN AND SAMUEL ANIM ADDO [2023]DLHC16836

Date	2023-12-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: GJ/1350/2020
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16836

LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. ERNEST OWUSU-DAPAA JA

YAW DANKWAH WITH RAYMOND FELLI. ALBERTA ANTOINETTE CUDJOE. CHRISTABEL SAIME. LESLIE DICKSON. SOPHIA ARMSTRONG AND GILBERT BERNASCO ARMAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF – PRESENT

JACQUELINE BEMPAH WITH JOSEPH ACQUAH HOLDING BRIEF OF ALEXANDER ABREDU SOMUAH- ASAMOAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS – PRESENT

[2023]DLHC16836
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<ul><li style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk152849823">ANTHONY OSARFO<o:p></o:p></a></li></ul>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

ASAMOAH GYAN AND SAMUEL ANIM ADDO<o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT NO.:
GJ/1350/2020&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: 8TH&nbsp;DECEMBER 2023<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>

YAW DANKWAH WITH
RAYMOND FELLI, ALBERTA ANTOINETTE CUDJOE. CHRISTABEL SAIME, LESLIE DICKSON, SOPHIA ARMSTRONG AND GILBERT BERNASCO ARMAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF – PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

JACQUELINE BEMPAH
WITH JOSEPH ACQUAH HOLDING BRIEF OF ALEXANDER ABREDU SOMUAH- ASAMOAH FOR THE
DEFENDANTS – PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

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LORDSHIP JUSTICE DR. ERNEST OWUSU-DAPAA JA <o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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Introduction<o:p></o:p>

[1] In&nbsp; his 1844 Article, 'Defects
of Criminal Procedure', Law Magazine, 34/64
(1844),<o:p></o:p>

p. 257 Pitt Taylor made an illuminating observation that:<o:p></o:p>

... the accusatorial duties
are too often conducted in the worst spirit, and criminal courts
of justice become subservient to the purposes of passionate, vindictive,
personal animosity.<o:p></o:p>

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This case brings up a well-known area of tort action
namely malicious prosecution. The elements of this tort are
well known as it is
cause of action
with very long history
going back to the eighteenth century. To succeed
in an action of malicious prosecution the plaintiff must show: (1) that the defendant prosecuted
him or instigated his prosecution; (2) that the prosecution ended in the defendant’s favour;
(3) that there was
no reasonable and probable cause for the prosecution;
and (4) that the defendant was actuated by ‘malice’.<sp</main>