YAW ASARE DARKO vs. GHANA PORT & HARBOUR AUTHORITY [2006]DLCA4872

Date	2006-07-27
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/263/2005
Citation No.	[2006]DLCA4872

AKAMBA J. A. (PRESIDING)

KUSI – APPIAH J. A.

DOTSE J. A.

MR. K. K. SEY FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. EMMANUEL AVENORGBO FOR MR. JAMES MENSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.

[2006]DLCA4872
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<h1 style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/263/2005&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 27TH
JULY, 2006<o:p></o:p></h1>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
K. K. SEY FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. EMMANUEL AVENORGBO FOR MR. JAMES
MENSAH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>AKAMBA J. A. (PRESIDING), KUSI –
APPIAH J. A., DOTSE J. A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>KUSI – APPIAH, J. A.: By his amended writ of summons at
the High Court, Tema, the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the
plaintiff) sued the defendant/ appellant (hereinafter simply referred to as the
defendant) claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages for constructive wrongful
dismissal<o:p></o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemplary damages<o:p></o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp; An order compelling the defendant to
compute and pay t he plaintiff all his terminal benefits together with interest<o:p></o:p>(4)&nbsp;&nbsp; Alternatively to 1 and 2 above, an
order that defendant computes and pays to plaintiff redundancy benefits due to
him with interest by reason of the redundancy exercise embarked upon by the
Defendant Authority.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The facts relied on by the parties
to establish their respective claims were not complicated. The plaintiff’s case
was that he is a lawyer by profession and was employed by the defendant on
probation as legal officer on 1st February 1993. The plaintiff
averred that until 28th September 2001, he had attained the rank of
a senior Legal Officer in the Legal Department of the Defendant Authority. On
that date, (28th September, 2001) the plaintiff decided to resign
from his employment, but his employers (defendant) did not accept his
resignation. They contended that he had a role to play in the arrest of t he
vessels “MV ZIRIA” and “FLORIA 1” and was subsequently interdicted. As a result
a committee was set up by the management of the defendant company to go into
the matter and at the end of the enquiry, the plaintiff’s interdiction was
lifted. Subsequently, the plaintiff was informed by his employers that they had
accepted his earlier resignation. When he protested to the chairman of the
Board of Directors against the late acceptance of his resignation, the decision
was rescinded. On or about 24th September 2002, he was posted to the
Takoradi Port as Acting Port Personnel and Administration Manager.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiff further averred that
his interdiction and suspension from leave by the defendant was malicious and
that his new posting to Takoradi Port as Acting Personnel and Administration
Manager was an act of bad faith on the part of his employers. Accordingly to
the plaintiff, t</main>