LAWRENCIA ADAMS vs. COFFEY INTERNATIONAL DEV. LTD. [2017]DLCA5261

Date	2017-02-23
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/171/16
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5261

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

A. DORDZIE J.A

LOVELACE - JOHNSON JA

NICOLE-MARIE POKU FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MARTIN AGYEN-ASAMPONG FOR DEFENDANT /RESPONDENT

[2017]DLCA5261
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LAWRENCIA ADAMS <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/171/16&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: 23RD FEBRUARY, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>NICOLE-MARIE POKU FOR
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MARTIN
AGYEN-ASAMPONG FOR DEFENDANT /RESPONDENT.&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>DORDZIE, J.A.<o:p></o:p>Facts:<o:p></o:p>Coffey International Development Ltd, the
respondent in this appeal is a United Kingdom based company.&nbsp; In 2010 Coffey International won a bid for a
project known as Ghana Accountability and Responsiveness Initiative Programme;
later known as Strengthening Transparency AndResponsiveness in Ghana (STAR-GHANA).<o:p></o:p>To execute the project the company engaged a number
of consultants including the appellant herein Lawrencia Adams.<o:p></o:p>The relationship between the parties was regulated
by two contracts. Exhibit “N” was an inception contract that lasted for the
first 6 months of the project. Thereafter the parties executed exhibit “S”a
contract that particularly regulated the respondent’s working relationship with
the appellant.<o:p></o:p>In the course of working together some
misunderstanding arose which led to the appellant tendering her resignation but
later withdrew same.<o:p></o:p>At the end of the term of the contract the
respondent terminated the appointment of the appellant. The appellant considered
the termination unfair and therefore instituted an action at the High Court
(Industrial Division Accra) for the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that the termination of Plaintiff’s employment with the defendant is unfair.<o:p></o:p>