MATILDA NWOSU vs. MILLICOM/TIGO GHANA LTD. & ORS. [2009]DLHC5681

Date	2009-02-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO.INDL/24/09
Citation No.	[2009]DLHC5681

JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MR. MARTIN NWOSU FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT

MR. NARTEY TETTEH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2009]DLHC5681
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MATILDA NWOSU <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MILLICOM/TIGO GHANA LTD. &amp; ORS. <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (INDUSTRIAL/LABOUR DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO.INDL/24/09&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 26TH FEBRUARY, 2009<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. MARTIN NWOSU FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
NARTEY TETTEH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<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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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The
plaintiff/respondent herein issued out Writ of Summons on 12th May,
2009 against the Defendant/Applicant and the co-defendants herein jointly and
severally for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A
declaration that the dismissal of the Plaintiff was unfair under the Labour Act
2003 (Act 651)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A
declaration that the dismissal of the Plaintiff was a breach of contract<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A
declaration by the Court that the dismissal of the plaintiff during the period
of confinement was gender based discrimination and contrary to the provisions
of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana (1992)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Order
that the defendants pay compensation for breach of the Plaintiff’s
constitutional rights<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Order
that the defendants pay damages for breach of contract<o:p></o:p>The
award of a sum equal to the whole or any part of wages or other money lost
past, present and future by the plaintiff as a result of the action the
defendants<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Order
for full attorney/client costs and that remedies ordered should take account of
the depreciating value of the cedi<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Interest
on pay remedies awarded at the base rate currently set by Barclays Bank (Ghana)
Ltd<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Any
other remedies that the Court may deem fit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
defendants denied the reliefs of the plaintiff in a Statement of Defence file
on 9th</su</main>