JOSEPH AGYARE & 43 ORS. vs. ODART STEVEDORING CO. LTD. [2011]DLHC5569

Date	2011-11-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO: INDL/48/11
Citation No.	[2011]DLHC5569

JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

MR. ALBERT ADAARE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

MR. KWADWO GYASI NTRAKWA FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2011]DLHC5569
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOSEPH AGYARE &amp; 43 ORS. <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ODART STEVEDORING CO. LTD. <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<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/48/11&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 24TH NOVEMBER,
2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. ALBERT ADAARE FOR THE
PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
KWADWO GYASI NTRAKWA FOR THE DEFENDANT<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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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>The Plaintiffs who were all former employees of the
Defendant Company issued out a writ of summons accompanied by a statement of
claim against the Defendant on 22nd December, 2010 for the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order
directed at the Defendant to pay the Plaintiffs immediately the full amounts
agreed as redundancy pay for the Plaintiffs following the shut down, of the
Defendant Company’s operations<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on all
Payments due each Plaintiff at the Commercial Bank lending rate from the 1st
day of November, 2010 up to and inclusive of the date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General damages
for breach of the agreement that all the payments should have been completed by
the 31st day of October, 2010.<o:p></o:p>