SIMON AVINU & 59 ORS vs. SEAWELD ENGINEERING LIMITED ,SEADRILL GHANA OPERATIONS LTD

JUDGMENT ANTHONY OPPONG, JA: For the sake of brevity, I will refer to the parties in this appeal the same way they were nomenclatured at the trial high court. That is the plaintiffs/respondents/1st to 59th plaintiff’s cross-appellants will be referred to as plaintiffs; 1st defendant/ appellant/respondent will be referred to as 1st defendant and 2nd defendant/ respondent/respondent will be referred to as 2nd defendant. The 1st defendant, a private employment agency registered and carrying on business in Ghana and 2nd defendants, an offshore oil and gas drilling company registered in Ghana and operating its business of offshore oil and gas drilling by way of exploration, entered into an agreement in the year 2013 by which the 1st defendant supplied skilled and technical workers like engineers, roughnecks, lead roughnecks, painters, welders etc. to work on the 2nd defendant’s oil rig, the West Leo in Ghana’s offshore oil and gas exploration and or extraction area. Ac...