[2015]DLCA4966 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:#00B0F0">PETER OSEI BONSU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">(PLAINTIFF / APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:#00B0F0">SPEEDLINE STEVEDORING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">(DEFENDANT / RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">SUIT NO.: C/A N0: H1/77/2015 DATE: 23<sup>RD</sup> APRIL 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">MR. P. M. ACHEAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF / APPELLANT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">MRS VICTORIA BARTH FOR DEFENDANT / RESPONDENT<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">M. OWUSU J. A. (PRESIDING), A. M. DORDZIE J. A., S. K. GYAN JA<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none; padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A.M. DORDZIE, JA:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The appellant herein was the plaintiff in a suit he took out against his employers in the High Court (Industrial & Labour Division) Accra. He was the branch manager of the defendant company, Speedline Stevedoring Ltd at its Tema office.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">In November 2008 the defendant wrote transferring plaintiff to its offices in Takoradi to take over the office of the branch manager in Takoradi.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The plaintiff declined the transfer and requested that he be given the opportunity to explain why he would not accept the transfer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">In response to the plaintiff’s refusal to go on transfer the defendant in December 2008 wrote requesting him to resign his position in the company in accordance with the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the parties. The plaintiff declined this request and insisted that if his employment with the defendant should come to an end under the circumstance then it should be on condition of redundancy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The defendant did not give in to the negotiation but terminated plaintiff’s appointment effective 31<sup>st</sup> January 2009 and gave him 3months salary in lieu of notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The plaintiff sued the defendant seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Three months salary for each year of service for the period of the defendant’s employment of the plaintiff for seventeen and half years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unico