FELIX YAW BANI (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. MAERSK GHANA LTD. (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) [2010]DLCA7837

FELIX YAW BANI (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. MAERSK GHANA LTD. (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT... [2010]DLCA7837

Date	2010-03-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO.:H1/14/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA7837

QUAYE J.A (PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE J.A

OFOE J.A

MR. JAMES MARSHALL BELIEB FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR GEORGE THOMPSON FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2010]DLCA7837
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FELIX YAW BANI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>MAERSK GHANA
LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, 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.:H1/14/2010&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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MARCH, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
JAMES MARSHALL BELIEB FOR PLAINTIFF/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
GEORGE THOMPSON FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<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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QUAYE
J.A (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE J.A, OFOE J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>OFOE J.A:<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff
was the Inland Container Depot (I.C.D ) Supervisor of the Defendant Company. His
employment was terminated due mainly to two incidents that happened in the
course of his employment. The&nbsp; defendant Company,
puts the incidents at three but the record of appeal discloses two.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
first incident occurred on July 27, 2006 at about 3:50 pm when a third
party&nbsp; truck i.e. a vehicle that did not
belong to the Defendant &nbsp;was allowed into
the defendant’s Kumasi&nbsp; Depot &nbsp;premises where plaintiff&nbsp; was the Supervisor. The vehicle left the yard
on the 29th of July, 2006. The second incident was when the same vehicle
entered the yard on the16th of August, 2006 and spent&nbsp; the night over to the 17th of
August, 2006. In both these incidents a certain Kenneth Kpedor was alleged
to&nbsp; have&nbsp;
permitted&nbsp; the driver of the
vehicle, Yusif Seidu &nbsp;another employee of
the respondents and the vehicle&nbsp; into the
yard. It was appellant’s case that he knew nothing about the vehicle’s entry
into the yard. The vehicle on both occasions was in the yard before he got to
work. In respect of the 27th incident, the vehicle had a burst tyre
when he first saw it in the yard and &nbsp;he
couldn’t have sent it out of the yard until the tyre was repaired on the 29th.
<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>An
investigation committee was set up which indeed investigated the incidents
resulting in the defendant Company terminating the plaintiff’s employment. The relevant
part of the report is as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“…..Further to the findings of the subcommittee set up on
the 29th September to look into the case of an unauthorized third
party truck in our Kumasi Depot and the circumstances surrounding this case
management regrets to inform you it has made the decision to terminate your
appointment with MAERSK Ghana Limited based on the following findings;<o:p></o:p>You failed to exercise required
supervision at the Kumasi Depot, in your capacity as ICD supervisor, whereby an
unauthorized third party truck was brought into the yard on a number of occasions
against company policy. By your lack of effective supervision you placed the
company at enormous risk.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This termination takes effect from Friday September 22,
2006. You are to hand over all company property in your possession to the
Kumasi Area Manager by Thursday September 21, 2006.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please see the Human Resource
Department for any entitlement due you<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>SIGNED”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
plaintiff believing he has been unfairly treated went to court against the defendan</main>