AUROBINDO PHARMA LIMITED vs. PHARMADIS INT. LTD. & ANOR [2014]DLCA2901

Date	2014-01-23
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/105/20132
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA2901

MARIAMA OWUSU (PRESIDING) J.A

GYAESAYOR J.A.

SOWAH J.A.

MR. ANDREW APPAU OBENG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. ERNEST OWUSU ABOAGYE FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2014]DLCA2901
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AUROBINDO PHARMA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; PHARMADIS INT. LTD.
&amp; ANOR.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[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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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. H1/105/20132&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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JANUARY, 2014<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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. ANDREW APPAU OBENG 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.
ERNEST OWUSU ABOAGYE FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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MARIAMA
OWUSU (PRESIDING) J.A, GYAESAYOR J.A. , SOWAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p>On 28-10-2011, the High
Court, [Commercial Division] Accra, held that the plaintiff was unable to prove
that the termination of the 2nd defendant’s employment was fair. The
Court upheld the 2nd defendant’s counterclaim and entered judgment
for him as follows;<o:p></o:p>“I order that the 2nd
defendant be paid his net salary from July 2009 till March 2010. He testified
that he was unemployed at the time he gave evidence. The law however expected
him to mitigate his loss and so in addition I award the payment of salary for a
further 6 months.<o:p></o:p>By exhibit ‘5’ which is the revised
conditions of service issued by the Plaintiff to him, the 2nd
defendant was entitled to an annual bonus of USD 750. I order that this be
calculated in appropriate terms for the period July 2009 and March 2010 and
paid to him. By the same exhibit, he was entitled to a reimbursement of car
maintenance and fuel expenses every month in the sum of USD 315; I order that
he be paid that also for the period July 2009 to March 2010. I order that
interest on the total amount realized under these orders be paid at the
prevailing commercial lending rate from July 2009 till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p>I award cost of GH¢3,000 for the 2nd
defendant against the Plaintiff.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with the
decision of the High Court, the Plaintiff appealed to this Court on the
following grounds.<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
learned trial judge erred in law when he ordered that interest on the United
States of America Dollar obligation be paid at the commercial bank lending rate
and such error has occasioned a miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
learned trial judge erred in law when he ordered that interest on the total
amount realized under the judgment be paid from July and such error has
occasioned a miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
learned trial judge erred in holding that the second Defendant’s employment in
the first Defendant was not detrimental to the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
learned trial judge erred in holding that the termination of the Second
Defendant’s employment with the Plaintiff was unfair.<o:p></o:p>e.