[2024]DLCA17846 • March 21, 2024 • Court of Appeal
ALEX SAKYI vs. PRIME INFRASTRUCTURE & ENGINEERING SERVICES
The plaintiff, Alex Sakyi, was employed by the defendant, Prime Infrastructure & Engineering Services. Following an accident involving the plaintiff and other employees, compensation was paid under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Subsequently, the defendant terminated the plaintiff's employment allegedly without legal basis and underpaid his SSNIT contributions. The plaintiff sued for unfair termination, damages, and full SSNIT entitlements.
read moreRULING BRIGHT MENSAH JA: This case emanating from the Circuit Court (8), Accra stated for the consideration of this court, is made pursuant to S. 100(3) of the Courts Act, 1993 [Act 459] that enacts: “(3) A Justice of the High Court or a Judge of a Circuit Court may [at any time] before judgment in a civil cause or matter before It, reserve, by case stated, for the consideration of the Court of Appeal, a question of law which may arise in the proceedings.” Key background: Before proceeding to discussing the issue in detail, it is prudent to set out in perspective, the summary of the suit filed in the court below. On record, the plaintiff, Alex Sakyi before mounting the said suit, was working with the defendant herein Prime Infrastructure & Engineering Services. It is narrated that the plaintiff and other workers in the employ of the defendant were involved in an accident as a result of which those workers including the plaintiff were duly compensated under the Workm...