The High Court has dismissed an application by Kwame Baffoe seeking to set aside the writ of summons and statement of claim filed against him in a defamation suit brought by Dr Ransford Annerty Abbey. Justice Klorkor Okai-Mills ruled that the Defendant’s challenge to the venue of the case was improperly brought, but directed that the issue of the appropriate venue for the trial be referred to the Chief Justice for determination. The decision was delivered in the case of Dr Ransford Annerty Abb