NARTEY-TOKOLI AND OTHERS vs. VOLTA ALUMINIUM CO. LTD.

JUDGMENT OF SOWAH C.J. Sowah C.J. delivered the ruling of the court. The plaintiffs, 463 of them, sued the Volta Aluminium Co. Ltd. in a single action for reliefs connected with the termination of their engagement with the company. We make no comment on the form of the writ. Dissatisfied with the result of the action at the High Court, the plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Appeal. The appellate court described this second attempt as “partially successful” and awarded costs to the plaintiffs. Dissatisfied further with certain orders and pronouncements of the Court of Appeal, the plaintiffs have sought to test the viability of that decision at the Supreme Court. The judgment of the Court of Appeal was delivered on 20 December 1988. The plaintiffs claimed that they received a copy of the judgment on 31 January 1989 and being caught on the horns of a dilemma as to their rights of appeal sought unsuccessfully for an extension of time to appeal. This course was predicated on...