MR. PETER ASIGBE vs. GHANA PORT & HARBOUR AUTHORITY

The judgment of the Court was read by KUSI-APPIAH, JA, with the permission of the Presiding Judge as follow:— On 21 October 1999, the respondent, then an electrical engineer in the employment of the appellant company visited the senior staff clubhouse one evening after work in pursuit of social endeavors. Little did he know that that visit was to prove costly in terms of his employment. Whiles so engaged, he had a misunderstanding with no other person than the very employee of the appellants who runs the social club and goes by the designation, bar attendant. That misunderstanding must have generated a lot of heat in the course of which he slapped the attendant with his footwear. This incident came to the attention of his employers through complaints lodged before them by the victim of the assault and the local union. As a result, a committee was set up by the management of the appellant company that was required among others to establish whether or not the respondent slapped the a.....