F.M. A. ARYETTEY & ORS vs. GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK

WOOD G. (MRS) There has been a slight misdescription of the parties in these proceedings and I think it is my duty to rectify the errors, however, inconsequential they may be, F A Aryettey and others, were at the hearing of the substantive appeal, the Plaintiffs/Respondents and not Defendant/Respondents as they have been described in the motion paper and supporting affidavit. Similarly, the Ghana Commercial Bank were the Defendant/ Appellants, not the Plaintiff/Appellants. In these proceedings, however, I shall refer to them as Appellants and Respondents respectively. The Respondents who at the time, were the Executive Members of the Ghana Commercial Bank Pensioners Association instituted representative proceedings on their own behalf and on behalf of seven hundred and sixty-four other members of the Association. They sought primarily to recover pension they maintain they are entitled to at their retirement from the Bank. The Bank unfortunately resisted the claim and applied for full...