DAVE AGBENU & ANOR. vs. OTENG ASAMOAH & 5ORS. [2010]DLHC5640

Date	2010-02-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO: AHR/04/09
Citation No.	[2010]DLHC5640

JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

ALBERT ADAARE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS

PETER ZWENNES FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS

[2010]DLHC5640
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DAVE AGBENU &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OTENG ASAMOAH &amp; 5ORS.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (INDUSTRIAL/LABOUR
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SUIT NO: AHR/04/09&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: 2ND FEBRUARY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ALBERT
ADAARE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PETER ZWENNES FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS<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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JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU<o:p></o:p>

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RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>The
Plaintiffs/Respondents herein issued a Writ of Summons on 4th
December, 2008 jointly and severally against the Defendants/Applicants herein
for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the resolution dated 2nd August, 2007 signed by the
1st and 2nd Defendants purported to have been passed by
and issued for and on behalf of the National Executive Council of the
Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) Ghana is false, fraudulent and
in flagrant breach of the Constitution of the ICU;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the formation and appointment of the 6th Defendant,
the Interim Management Committee by the 1st to 5th
Defendants on the basis of the fraudulent resolution dated 2nd
August, 2007 without the mandate of the National Executive Council of the
Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) Ghana is illegal,
unconstitutional and in violation of the Constitution of the ICU;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
of the Court to annul and to strike out as unlawful the said resolution and the
Interim Management Committee together with all acts and decisions whatsoever
taken by or emanating from the 1st to 6th Defendants in
the name of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) including the
circula</main>