[2017]DLCA5261February 23, 2017Court of Appeal

LAWRENCIA ADAMS vs. COFFEY INTERNATIONAL DEV. LTD.

DORDZIE, J.A. Facts: Coffey International Development Ltd, the respondent in this appeal is a United Kingdom based company. In 2010 Coffey International won a bid for a project known as Ghana Accountability and Responsiveness Initiative Programme; later known as Strengthening Transparency AndResponsiveness in Ghana (STAR-GHANA). To execute the project the company engaged a number of consultants including the appellant herein Lawrencia Adams. The relationship between the parties was regulated by two contracts. Exhibit “N” was an inception contract that lasted for the first 6 months of the project. Thereafter the parties executed exhibit “S”a contract that particularly regulated the respondent’s working relationship with the appellant. In the course of working together some misunderstanding arose which led to the appellant tendering her resignation but later withdrew same. At the end of the term of the contract the respondent terminated the appointment of the appellant. ...