AGNES OBENG AND GEORGE ADU

Introduction The Complainant is the widow of the Respondent's deceased brother. She alleged that she was not fairly treated when the Respondent distributed the estate of her late husband. She therefore sought the assistance of the Commission to remedy the anomaly. The issue for determination is whether she was indeed treated unfairly and is therefore entitled to a remedy Complainant's Case The Complainant is the younger sister of one Elizabeth Ampah, who operated a Singlets and. Pants industry in Accra, George Adu, the Respondent, supplied her with raw materials. Mr. Adu prevailed upon Elizabeth to employ his relative, which she did. The young man came to live with Madam Ampah the Complainant was living with her elder sister, Elizabeth, and befriended and later married, under Customary Law, the Respondent's relative the deceased. Following the marriage, Elizabeth Ampah gifted her sister, the Complainant, and her husband the necessary machines and tools of trade to enable them set ...