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KOTEY
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EMIRATES AIRLINES

(2025) JELR 113250 (CA)

Court of Appeal 13 Feb 2025 Ghana
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- Plaintiff/Appellant claimed damages in tort and for breach of contract arising from a three-day detention in Bangkok after being denied boarding by Defendant/Respondent airline, alleging Exhibit M was a confirmed air ticket entitling him

Case Details

Suit Number:H1/271/2024
Judges:JENNIFER DODOO JA (PRESIDING) GIFTY AGYEI ADDO JA KWEKU TAWIAH ACKAAH-BOAFO JA
Counsel:DAVID BENTIL FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT. JAMES QUASHIE-IDUN FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.
Location:Accra

GIFTY AGYEI ADDO JA

INTRODUCTION

My Lords, it is obvious that in the court below, the dispute between the Plaintiff/Appellant and the Defendant/Respondent had been characterised by a lot of furore. A critical evaluation of the records reveals that the furore is nothing but a storm in a tea cup. It will soon be seen that the “tea cup” is a figurative document tendered by the Plaintiff/Appellant as Exhibit M. Accordingly, Exhibit M as the “tea cup” is the reason for the storm of litigation that has climbed up to this Court from the court below. 

For ease of reference, we shall maintain the designation of the parties at the trial court, which is, the Plaintiff and the Defendant.

FACTS/BACKGROUND

The facts are not in dispute by the parties in terms of this summary:

It is that from Accra, the Plaintiff was to make a final destination on board the Defendant’s airline in Macau through Bangkok. Upon arrival at Macau on 16th October 2018, the Plaintiff was not allowed entry for want of an entry of v…

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