[2015]DLHC17398 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">EBENEZER AGBEKO NORNORMEY & 7 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">GHANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO: INDL 57/13 DATE: 10<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt 122.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">MR. ALFRED AGYEI-MENSAH FOR PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">MR. FESTUS KAYI FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP GEORGINA MENSAH-DATSA<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>Financial<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>Economic<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>Crimes<span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span>case.<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>exercise<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>jurisdiction<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>this case pursuant to an Order of Transfer dated 23<sup>rd</sup> February 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Plaintiffs<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>claim<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>against<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Defendants<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>following<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">reliefs:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:7.25pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:43.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">1.<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: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">A declaration that the purported termination of plaintiffs employment of service for non performance is wrongful unlawful null and void and unfair.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:6.8pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:43.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">2.<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: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">A declaration that the purported termination of plaintiffs’ employment is a retrenchment exercise disguised as termination of employment for non <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">performance.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:7.35pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:43.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">3.<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: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Order for the payment of severance awards as provided for in the collective bargaining Agreement and the relevant laws and agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" align="left" style="margin-left: 42.95pt; text-indent: -17.95pt; line-height: 115%;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">4.<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: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-