DORA KUAMPAH vs. GLOBAL ACCESS SERVICES LTD [2017]DLHC3917

Date	2017-03-03
Suit No.	SUIT NO: BMISC 92/2014
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC3917

GIFTY AGYEI ADDO J HIGH COURT JUDGE

JULIUS ASINYO ESQ. HOLDING BRIEF FOR ARCHIE DANSO ESQ.

FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

OLIVER ATSU ABADA ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[2017]DLHC3917
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DORA KUAMPAH<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GLOBAL ACCESS SERVICES
LTD<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (HUMAN RIGHTS
DIVISION 1), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO: BMISC 92/2014&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;3RD MARCH, 2017<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JULIUS ASINYO ESQ., HOLDING BRIEF FOR ARCHIE DANSO ESQ., FOR THE
PLAINTIFF. <o:p></o:p>OLIVER ATSU ABADA ESQ., FOR THE DEFENDANT. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The Plaintiff on 28th October, 2013, per her Writ of
Summons and accompanying Statement of Claim, instituted an action against the
Defendant for the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(a). A declaration that the Plaintiff’s purported summary dismissal by
the Defendant from its employment was wrongful and in contravention of the
Defendant’s Employee’s Handbook, the 1992 Constitution and the Labour Act, 2003
(Act 651). <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(b). An order for the payment of the Plaintiff’s net salary from the
date of the purported dismissal to the date of final payment. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(c).&nbsp; Damages for prospective loss of promotion and loss of employment. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(d).General
damages for wrongful dismissal. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(e). Interest on all sums of money found due to the Plaintiff from the
date of the purported dismissal to the date of final payment. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(f).&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any further or other orders as
to this Court may appear just. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant on 12th November, 2013, entered
appearance and filed a Statement of Defence to the action on 26th November,
2013. The Plaintiff subsequently filed a reply to the Statement of Defence on
23rd January, 2014. At the application for directions stage, the
following issues were set down for the trial of the case by this Court
differently constituted: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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