LANDO vs. ANGELO AND ANOTHER [1961]DLHC5412

Date	1961-04-21
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1961]DLHC5412

OLLENNU J.

A.W. ACQUAAH FOR G.S. LASSEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

E.K. AKYEA-DJAMSON FOR K. OFOSU-ASANTE FOR THE DEFENDANTS.

[1961]DLHC5412
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">LANDO <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">vs. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#548DD4">ANGELO AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">[1961] GLR 210&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0"> 21ST APRIL, 1961.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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A.W.
ACQUAAH FOR G.S. LASSEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

E.K.
AKYEA-DJAMSON FOR K. OFOSU-ASANTE FOR THE DEFENDANTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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OLLENNU J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF
OLLENNU J.<o:p></o:p>After stating the facts continued:] It was submitted for the
defendants that they have not dismissed the plaintiff; that they merely
suspended him, pending a checking of statement of accounts submitted by the
plaintiff to the company out of which a quarrel arose.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the first place the defendants are estopped by the averment in
paragraph 9 of their statement of defence that they dismissed the plaintiff,
from now denying that they dismissed him. Moreover, there is nothing in the
service agreement, exhibit A which could be construed as giving the defendants
power to suspend the plaintiff for any cause. The law is that in the absence of
any express or implied term in a contract giving power to a master to suspend
his servant from his employment for misconduct, the master is not entitled to
punish the servant for alleged misconduct by suspending him from employment; if
he suspends him he will be liable to pay to the servant all wages due to him
for the duration of the suspension: see Volume 25 of Halsbury’s Laws of
England, (3rd ed.) page 518, paragraph 989 and Hanley v. Pease and Partners
Ltd.1(1) Therefore even if this were a case of suspension the defendants will
still be liable to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The defendants did dismiss the plaintiff; there is no justification
whatever for the dismissal, the evidence shows clearly that the dismissal is
wrongful. The plaintiff is therefore entitled to damages. He is in law entitled
as damages to the amount he has been prevented from earning by reason of the
wrongful dismissal.2(2) The plaintiff was dismissed on or about the 6th of
September, 1960. At that date he was owed arrears of salary for July and
August, amounting to £G320. He was out of employment from September to the 16th
December, 1960. Consequently he lost his salary for three and a half months
amounting to £G560. But he claims only £G500 damages for his wrongful
dismissal, and so the court cannot award him more.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>DECISION<o:p></o:p>Judgment for plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>