[1980]DLHC1580 • May 19, 1980 • High Court
FAWKES vs. ACCRA BREWERY LTD.
The applicants, 29 former employees of Accra Brewery Ltd., were dismissed following adverse findings by the OpareAddo Committee of Inquiry into labour unrests at four breweries, including Accra Brewery Ltd. The committee was appointed by the Supreme Military Council to investigate complaints related to strikes and employee dismissals. The applicants sought an extension of time to appeal against the committee's findings, citing delays in obtaining the report and government White Paper published on 16 November 1979.
read moreJUDGMENT OF EDWARD WIREDU J. This is an application brought under the Court of Appeal Rules, 1962 (L.I. 218), s. 10 (4) as amended by the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Rules, 1969 (L.I. 618), for an extension of time within which to appeal against the findings of the Opare-Addo Committee of Inquiry into labour unrests at the breweries, i.e. Tata Brewery Limited, Kumasi Brewery Limited, Accra Brewery Limited and Guinness (Ghana) Limited. The said committee was established under the Committee of Inquiry (Labour Unrest at the Breweries) Instrument, 1979 (E.I. 30). The facts leading to the presentation of this application may be briefly stated as follows: On or about 2 May 1979, the erstwhile Supreme Military Council appointed a committee of inquiry into the circumstances leading to labour unrests in the country’s four breweries. This committee is what has come to be commonly referred to as the Opare-Addo Committee of Inquiry. The sole member of this committee was Mr. Opare-Addo, then .....