ALBERT NKORNU & 870 ORS. vs. VOLTA ALUMINIUM COMPANY LTD

This ruling is in respect of an application for joinder and to amend the endorsement on the Writ of Summons filed by the plaintiffs on 26th May, 2009. The plaintiffs are seeking to join One Hundred and Seventeen (117) other former employees of the defendant company as plaintiffs. They are also seeking leave of the court to amend the endorsement on the Writ of Summons by substituting for relief (b) the following new relief (b): “(b) an order directed at the Defendant to pay their end of service benefits based on the cedi/dollar indexation.” According to the plaintiffs/applicants, they have the authority of One Hundred and Seventeen other former employees of the defendant company to join them as plaintiffs. They submit that the said former employees have the same interest as the present plaintiffs, so in order to ensure that all the matters in controversy are finally and effectively determined, they must be joined as plaintiffs. On the second application, they claim that ...