BAIDEN vs. GHANA NATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION [1989]DLHC547

Date	1989-03-30
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1989]DLHC547

AMPIAH J.A.

PETER ADJETEY (WILLIAM ADDO WITH HIM) FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

G. O. LINDSAY FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[1989]DLHC547
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BAIDEN <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>GHANA NATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION <o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1989-90] 2 GLR 79<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
30 MARCH 1988<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PETER ADJETEY (WILLIAM ADDO WITH HIM) FOR THE
PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

G. O. LINDSAY FOR THE DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF AMPIAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>On 10
February 1988 I gave judgment in this case and made certain orders. This
application is brought by the plaintiff-judgment creditor, referred to in this
application as the plaintiff, for a review of the said judgment and the orders
made thereunder.<o:p></o:p>The application
is brought under Order 39, r.1 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954
(L.N. 140A) which provides:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(1) any
person considering himself aggrieved —<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a) By a
judgment or order from which an appeal is allowed, but from which no appeal had
been preferred; or<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b) by a
judgment or order from which no appeal is allowed; and who from the discovery
of new and important matter or evidence which, after the exercise of the due
diligence, was not within his knowledge or could not be produced by him at the
time when the judgment was given or the order made, or on account of some
mistake or error apparent on the face of the record, or for any other
sufficient reason, desires to obtain a review of the judgment or order made
against him, may apply for a review of the judgment or order to the Judge who
gave judgment or made the order. (2) A party who is not appealing from a
judgment or order may apply for a review of the judgment notwithstanding the
pendency of an appeal by some other party except where the ground of such
appeal is common to the applicant and the appellant, or when, being respondent,
he can present to the Appeal Court the case on which he applies for the
review.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the
evidence, I found that the termination of the plaintiff’s appointment with the
defendant-judgment creditor-respondents, (herein referred to as the defendants)
was unjustified. I therefore gave judgment for the plaintiff and proceeded to
award him damages in the following manner:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
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salary the plaintiff would have been entitled to from January 1983 to January
1985 plus all allowances which the plaintiff would have been entitled to had
his appointment not been unjustifiably terminated.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
period for assessment of the damages, namely January 1983 to January 1985, had
been fixed on the assumption that the plaintiff as at January 1985 by exhibit P
had been notified properly of the termination of his appointment. In the
judgment, I had stated, “. . . So until exhibit P was sent to the plaintiff, he
was entitled to assume that he had been dismissed summarily . . . “ This is the
issue which the plaintiff has asked me to review. Counsel for the plaintiff has
submitted that this statement by the court had been made under the mistaken
belief that the document had been in the possession of the plaintiff and that
he did actually receive the letter. Counsel for the defendant does not deny
that this letter was, until it was tendered in court, in the possession of the
defendant and that it was tendered by the plaintiff through the defendant’s
representative who testified. This witness was cross-examined on 25 March 1987
and this is what he said:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“Q You
have the letter which you said you posted to the plaintiff? <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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(This letter was tendered in evidence as exhibit P.) <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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