JAMES BREW vs U.T. BANK [2014]DLHC16452

Date	2014-03-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HRC 13/11
Citation No.	[2014]DLHC16452

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KOFI ESSEL MENSAH

JOHN OPOKU

KOFI SOMUAH

[2014]DLHC16452
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JAMES
BREW<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>U.T.
BANK<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

SUIT NO. HRC 13/11&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;DATE: 26TH MARCH, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JOHN OPOKU FOR PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KOFI ESSEL MENSAH<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;The plaintiff is a dismissed staff of the defendant
bank.&nbsp; He was dismissed on 15th
day of September, 2009, for breaching vault cash management procedures.&nbsp; At the time of his dismissal, he was the
Branch Manager at the Abossey Okai branch of the bank.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;He was first employed by the now defunct,
Metropolitan and Allied Bank in 2001.&nbsp;
The Metropolitan and Allied Bank, through a change in ownership and
management and of its shareholding structure, became known as B. P. I. Later,
B. P. I., by reason of similar changes was transformed to U. T. Bank.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;By dint of hard work, plaintiff rose through the
ranks and was promoted to the position of Branch Manager by B. P. I. sometime
in July, 2008, before U. T. bank took over from <o:p></o:p>B. P. I. &nbsp;In
all, the plaintiff served the bank, that is from his days with Metropolitan and
Allied Bank, through B. P. I. to U. T. Bank for a total of eight and half (8½)
years without blemish.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Now, the plaintiff contends that the events that
culminated in his dismissal ought not in the normal scheme of things, result in
dismissal if the dismissal was not actuated by hatred and malice.&nbsp; For this reason, he claims as per his amended
statement of claim as follows:<o:p></o:p>(a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that
his dismissal was wrongful.<o:p></o:p>(b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that
the discretion that the plaintiff exercised<o:p></o:p>was not in breach Defendant’s operation rules.<o:p></o:p>In the alternative<o:p></o:p>(c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that
the punishment of dismissal from <o:p></o:p>Defendant employment is very harsh and did not
merit <o:p></o:p>the offence he was purported to have committed.<o:p></o:p>