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ANAS AREMEYAW ANAS VRS KENNEDY AGYEPONG (FULL JUDGMENT) - 2023

In the year 2018, the investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas sued the controversial lawmaker Kennedy Agyepong for defamation and claimed GHC 25 Million from him. Judgement was given by his Lordship Eric Baah Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as a High Court Judge on Wednesday 15th March, 2023 and dismissing the claims by Anas. Please read below the full judgment below.  INTRODUCTION This, no doubt, is a judgment on a mammoth case. It is so by reason firstly of the personalities involved, secondly by the nature of the issues around which the case revolves and thirdly, by reason of the expected wide reach of the accusations of the defendant and the responses by the plaintiff resulting in this suit, ‘’ thanks’ ’ to modern media and communication systems. The plaintiff and defendant are national figures of varied degrees of reputation and popularity. It cannot be doubted that a stain on the reputation of the plaintiff; if the accusations of defendant are untrue, unfair, a...