PETER ASIGBE vs. GHANA PORTS & HARBOURS AUTHORTY [2006]DLCA4958

Date	2006-02-17
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/140/2005
Citation No.	[2006]DLCA4958

GBADEGBE J.A. (PRESIDING)

ADDO J.A.

KUSI-APPIAH J.A.

[2006]DLCA4958
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PETER ASIGBE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA PORTS &amp; HARBOURS AUTHORTY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/140/2005&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;17TH
FEBRUARY, 2006<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>GBADEGBE
J.A. (PRESIDING), ADDO J.A., KUSI-APPIAH J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>KUSI-APPIAH, J.A.:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The brief
facts of this case are as follows. The respondent (henceforth referred to as
the Plaintiff) was until the 2nd day of August, 2000 the Port
Electrical Engineer of the Appellant (henceforth also referred to as the
Defendant), Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority. On or about 2nd
August 2000, the Plaintiff’s employment with the Defendnat was brought to an
abrupt end on the basis of the findings of a Committee of enquiry set up by the
Management of the Defendant which found inter alia that the Plaintiff slapped
one Richard Blankson, a bar attendant of the Defendant with his sandals on the
21st day of October 1999 at the Senior Staff Club House at Takoradi.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Aggrieved
by and dissatisfied with the termination of his appointment, the Plaintiff took
action against the Defendant in the Sekondi High Court, claiming:-<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(1) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General damages for wrongful termination of
his appointment and or alternatively<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An Order
directing the Defendant to reinstate the Plaintiff into his former position
inclusive of a further directive to Defendant to pay all arrears of salaries
due to the Plaintiff together with interest and costs.<o:p></o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interim
Injunction restraining the Defendant, their agents, workmen, officers from
ejecting the Plaintiff from bungalow No. 5 A Chapel Hill, Takoradi.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Judgment was given in favour of the Plaintiff. The High Court held that
the Plaintiff’s employment was wrongfully terminated because it was not in
conformity with the terms and provisions of the contract of service between the
Plaintiff and the Defendants (i.e. Exhibits “C”) and awarded him damages
(against the Defendant) for wrongful termination. The following are the
holdings of the trial court::-<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(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;
The Plaintiff is entitled to all his salaries
calculated from the date of his termination (to wit 2nd August,
2000) up to the date of Judgment (i.e. 27th October 2003).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Payment of three months salary in lieu of notice
(if not paid to or received by the Plaintiff).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs</main>