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FRANCIS KORANTENG
V.
CROCODILE MATCHETS (GH) LIMITED

(2012) JELR 66987 (HC)

High Court 25 Apr 2012 Ghana
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- The Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the Defendant for unlawful termination, unfair termination, and defamation. - The Defendant filed a statement of defense denying the Plaintiff's claims. - The Plaintiff filed an application for direct

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Suit Number:SUIT NO: INDL/22/10
Judges:JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU
Counsel:MR J. A. AYEETEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT,MR ACE ANKOMAH WITH MS. GOLDER DENYO FOR THE DEFENDANT/ APPLICANT

RULING

The Plaintiff/Respondent herein commenced the current action on 1st December, 2009 by filing a writ of summons and statement of claim for the following reliefs:

1. Damages for:

(i) His unlawful termination or removal as Director of Defendant Company;

(ii) Unfair termination of his appointment as Managing Director of Defendant Company on 19th March 2009;

(iii) The libelous expression on the “overall failure of confidence in your ability to lead back to profitability” which words circulated tend to lower the image of Plaintiff in the estimation of his peers, professional colleagues and the public by an imputation that presents him as incompetent, inefficient in spite of his distinguished career and which words are calculated to bring him into hatred, contempt or ridicule and so diminish the respect and confidence in which he is held.

2. Interest on the claims.

3. Costs.

The Defendant/Applicant entered appearance on 18th January 2010 and went on to file its statement of defence on 1st Mar…

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