SADIQ BRAIMAH ABDUL-SAMED vs. NAA ADZORKOR ADDO [2023]DLHC16919

Date	2023-06-14
Suit No.	SUIT NO. GJ/1935/2019
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16919

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AKUA SARPOMAA AMOAH (MRS.)

SELALI WOANYAH

CECILIA OTOO

PUUMAYA FAREEDAH ATTA

SEAN POKU

[2023]DLHC16919
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SADIQ BRAIMAH ABDUL-SAMED<o:p></o:p>

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

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

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

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

PUUMAYA FAREEDAH ATTA
HOLDING BRIEF FOR SEAN POKU FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM&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; <o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AKUA
SARPOMAA AMOAH (MRS.)<o:p></o:p>

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

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The Plaintiff in this suit
describes himself as a citizen of Ghana resident in Accra. Defendant on the other hand is described as a broadcast journalist in the
employment of an Accra Radio station.<o:p></o:p>

Plaintiff by his amended
Writ and Statement of Claim filed on the 14th of
January, 2020 prayed for the following reliefs from this Court;<o:p></o:p>

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line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
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Recovery
of the sum of Two Hundred and
Fifty-Three Thousand Five Hundred and Ninety -Nine Ghana Cedis (GH¢
253,599.00.)<o:p></o:p>

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Interest
on the amount above from the 18th of
February, 2019 to the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>