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EDEM ADINYIRA
V.
SCANCOM LIMITED & ANOR

(2017) JELR 107064 (CA)

Court of Appeal 27 Jul 2017 Ghana
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- The 1st Defendant released the Plaintiff's phone records to her husband without her knowledge or consent, leading to the collapse of their marriage. - The trial court found the 1st Defendant negligent and in breach of its duty of care tow

Case Details

Suit Number:H1/100/2017
Judges:K. A. Acquaye, JA (Presiding). Senyo Dzamefe, JA. Barbara Ackah-Yensu (Ms), JA
Counsel:Mr. Samuel Cudjoe for Appellant Mr. Eric Atieku for Respondent

JUDGMENT

 BARBARA ACKAH-YENSU (Ms) JA

In this appeal, the 1st Defendant/Appellant (hereafter referred to as the 1st Defendant) prays this Court for the entire Judgment of the High Court, Accra delivered on the 13th of April 2016 to be set aside.

These are the antecedents of this case: The 2nd Defendant and the Plaintiff were a married couple. The Plaintiff claims that sometime in December 2011, the 2nd Defendant informed her that he was in possession of the Plaintiff’s phone records, and in view of the contents of the records he was no longer interested in his marriage with the Plaintiff. According to the Plaintiff, her further investigations led to the discovery of the phone records which had been supplied to the 2nd Defendant by the 1st Defendant. The record contained all the phone records and text messages made by the Plaintiff from 12th August 2011 to 28th December 2011. The Plaintiff decided to make enquiries into the circumstances leading to the release of her phone records by the …

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