CAPT. SAMUEL CHIREBUAH DEBRA CHIEF ENGINEER EBENEZER ESSEL AND OTHERS vs. THE MOTOR VESSEL LUSHANN ETERNIT 1 AND OTHERS [2017]DLHC4257

CAPT. SAMUEL CHIREBUAH DEBRA CHIEF ENGINEER EBENEZER ESSEL AND OTHERS vs. THE MO... [2017]DLHC4257

Date	2017-07-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CM/CGS/0091/2013
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4257

SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU

MR. EDDIE YAO HARVEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

[2017]DLHC4257
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">CAPT. SAMUEL CHIREBUAH DEBRA CHIEF ENGINEER EBENEZER ESSEL
AND OTHERS<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE MOTOR VESSEL LUSHANN ETERNIT 1
AND OTHERS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO. CM/CGS/0091/2013&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: 27TH JULY, 2017 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU,
JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>This court has been
called upon to exercise its jurisdiction under Section 20 of the Court Acts
1993 (Act 459) as amended. Sub section 1(g) of Section 20 of the Court Acts
provides that:<o:p></o:p>“a claim by a seaman
for wages earned by him on board a ship, whether due under a special contract
or otherwise, and a claim by the master of a ship for salary earned by him on
board the ship and for disbursements made by him on account of the ship.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In this respect the
within named Plaintiffs on the 13th day of February, 2017 issued a
writ against the Defendants herein for:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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Recovery of all Salaries and Wages owed the Plaintiffs
effective from July ending 2014 to date of filing of this Writ which aforesaid
continues to accrue until date of final payment of same.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;
Interest on same at the prevailing Bank rate until final payment
of same.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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Recovery of all monies owed the Plaintiffs by the 4th
Defendant as End of Service Benefits lawfully owed and due the Plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(d)&nbsp; General
Damages.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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Cost of this suit inclusive of Legal Costs.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(f)