MAJOR NORBERT ABEA TIBORI (RTD) vs. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (GH.) LIMITED [2014]DLCA3643

Date	2014-06-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/36/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA3643

KANYOKE J.A (PRESIDING)

GYAESAYOR J.A

M. WELBOURNE (MRS.) J.A

MR. KWESI DANSO AKYEAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

MR. JOSEPH K. KONADU FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.

[2014]DLCA3643
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MAJOR
NORBERT ABEA TIBORI (RTD)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ANGLOGOLD
ASHANTI (GH.) LIMITED<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 SUIT NO. H1/36/2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 12TH
JUNE, 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. KWESI DANSO
AKYEAMPONG 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.
JOSEPH K. KONADU FOR THE 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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KANYOKE,
J.A (PRESIDING) GYAESAYOR, J.A AND M. WELBOURNE, (MRS.) J.A<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGMENT <o:p></o:p>GYAESAYOR, JA<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/appellant in
this appeal in a suit filed before the High Court, Accra sought the following
reliefs;-<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the termination of his appointment on grounds of
unsatisfactory performance after the lapse of his probationary period of six months
was wrongful or unlawful.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of all remuneration that would have accrued to the plaintiff effective 11th
December 2008, the date of the purported termination of his appointment, up to
the date the court will deliver its judgment in this case.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest
at the prevailing Commercial Bank rate of the accrued remuneration as claimed
in paragraph 23(b) of this Statement of Claim.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Compensation
for unlawful termination of Plaintiff’s appointment.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
sum of Gh¢100,000.00 as special damages for the damage of Plaintiff’s
reputation, the trauma and hardship brought on the Plaintiff, his spouse and
children as a result of the unlawful termination of Plaintiff’s appointment.<o:p></o:p>The facts of the case have
been spelt out clearly in the statement of claim as well as the judgment and
written submissions.&nbsp; We shall however briefly
restate the facts for the purpose of this judgment.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff appellant
who was a Major in the Ghana Armed Forces permanently retired from the military
and got himself employed with the defendant/respondent Mining Company as an
Asset Protection Superintendent with the Asset Department with effect from 1st
June 2008 as contained in the offer of appointment letter which can be found at
page 17 of the record appeal.&nbsp; The said
letter is dated 27th May 2008.<o:p></o:p>By this letter appellant’s
appointment was to be effective on the day he actually assumed duty or on the
date he was declared medically fit by the medical authorities of the company,
which of it was later.<o:p></o:p></main>