BLAISE OFOE MANKWA vs. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK [2009]DLCA6664

Date	2009-03-05
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/184/07
Citation No.	[2009]DLCA6664

ASARE KORANG J.A. (PRESIDING)

HONYENUGA J.A

ADUAMA OSEI J.A

MR. OPOKU-BOATENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. AURELIUS AWUKU FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2009]DLCA6664
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BLAISE OFOE MANKWA<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>STANDARD CHARTERED BANK<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/184/07&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 5TH MARCH 2009<o:p></o:p>

MR.
AURELIUS AWUKU FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>HONYENUGA J.A. <o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal from the Judgment of His Lordship Justice K. A. Ofori Atta dated
5th June 2006. <o:p></o:p>The
Plaintiff/Appellant was employed by the Defendant/Respondent in 1990 and worked
in Ghana from then until 1996.&nbsp; As at
1996, the Plaintiff/Appellant was the Executive Director of Finance and by the
middle of that year, he was seconded to the Standard Chartered Bank, Tanzania
until January 1999 when he was subsequently assigned to the Standard Chartered
Group in Zimbabwe.&nbsp; He left Zimbabwe in
2001. The Plaintiff/Appellant returned from Zimbabwe only to realize that the
Defendant/Respondent was not regularly paying her contribution to the Social
Security Scheme for the benefit of the Plaintiff/Appellant during his
retirement.&nbsp; The Plaintiff/Appellant
dissatisfied with the turn of events caused a writ of summons to be issued
against the defendant/respondent claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>“1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Declaration that the Defendant is in
Breach of the Provisions of the Social Security Law 1991 PNDCL 247 and the
Contract of Employment by failing to pay the Employer’s contribution due
Plaintiff to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust. <o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order for Defendant to pay all
outstanding employer’s contribution due Plaintiff for the period set out in the
schedule together with the Penalty that such non-payment attracts. <o:p></o:p>SCHEDULE
<o:p></o:p>YEAR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NUMBER
OF MONTHS OUTSTANDING <o:p></o:p>1997&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Eight (8) Months <o:p></o:p>1998&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Ten (10) Months <o:p></o:p>1999&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Eleven (11) Months
<o:p></o:p>2000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Twelve (12) Months <o:p></o:p>2001&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Six (6) Months” <o:p></o:p>In
his statement of claim, the Plaintiff/Appellant claimed that between 1996 and
June 2001, he was still in the employment of the defendant/respondent and that
he was seconded to Standard Chartered Bank, Tanzania and later to Standard
Chartered Bank, Zimbabwe by his employer.&nbsp;
He contended that there was an understanding that although the
Plaintiff/Appellant was posted outside Ghana, he would continue to enjoy all
benefits due him.&nbsp; He further contended
that he left the defendant/respondent’s employment in June 2001 and returned to
Ghana only to discover that the Defendant/respondent his employer, had refused
to pay the employer’s contribution of twelve and a half percent (121/2%) to the
Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contrary to PNDCL 247 for
the period scheduled on the endorsement of the Writ of Summons.&nbsp; He averred that the defendant/respondent’s
refusal or neglect to pay his SSNIT contributions particularly after he moved
from Tanzania to Zimbabwe was contrary to his contract of employment.&nbsp; He further averred that the defendant/respondent
admitted in part to his claim in various correspondences between them.&nbsp; He pleaded that the Defendant/respondent’s
conduct was not only wrongful but contrary to the Social Security Law PNDCL 247
but wilful and calculated to endanger his pension. <o:p></o:p>The
Defendant/respondent entered appearance and filed a Statement of Defence in
which he admitted that the Pla</main>