GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION vs. GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK [2004]DLCA6462

Date	2004-03-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H3/123/2004
Citation No.	[2004]DLCA6462

OMARI-SASU J.A. [PRESIDING]

ANIM J.A.

KUSI-APPOUH (MRS.) J.

[2004]DLCA6462
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK
PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>CIVIL
APPEAL NO.: H3/123/2004&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: 12TH MARCH, 2004<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">CORAM:&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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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mso-border-between:1.5pt solid windowtext;mso-padding-between:1.0pt">REASONS FOR RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>OMARI-SASU,
J.A.&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On February 27,
2004 the application by the Plaintiffs-Respondents- Respondents-Applicants for
an order to strike out and dismiss the notice of Appeal filed by the<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Defendants-Appellants-Appellants-Respondents
on December 17th 2003 was unanimously granted as prayed by the reasons for the
ruling were deferred till today. They are now given hereunder.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The said Notice
of Appeal of the Respondents Bank was filed pursuant to a Ruling on review by
this court dated November 27, 2003.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Two grounds of
appeal were filed by the Respondents. These are:—<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[3A] " The
Learned Justices of the Court of Appeal erred when they held that the<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"first time
"internal mechanism" was raised.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"Was in
ground (b) of the grounds of appeal filed on behalf of the bank on 29th<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"December,
2000, against the decision of the High Court, Accra dated 20th<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"December,
2000 in the face of documentary evidence to the contrary in the appeal
record"<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Our comment on
this ground is that a thorough search through all the processes filed by the
litigants herein does not support the contention of the Respondents Bank. The
Applicants filed a supplementary affidavit on January 19, 2004 in which they
exhibited the statement of claim, statement of Defence and summons for
Directions filed in the court below and nowhere in the Defence of the
Respondents Bank did they plead that the Bank had any "Internal
mechanisms" which regulated conditions governing the retirement of their
employees. <o:p></o:p>ORDER 19 RULE 4 OF THE HIGH COURT (CIVIL PROCEDURE)
THURES 1954 [LN. 140A]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;provides (inter
alia)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"Every pleading shall contain, and
contain only a statement in a summary form of the maternal facts
(emphasis is ours) on which the party pleading relies for his claim or defence
as the case may be..." <o:p></o:p>