NESTLE GHANA LTD vs. GODFRIED BOAKYE [2018]DLHC7555

Date	2018-10-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. OCC/95/14
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC7555

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JEROME NOBLE-NKRUMAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

NAA ADJELEY DZANI FOR JUSTINE AMENUVOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF

EDMUND DIAMOND ADDO FOR YONNY KOLENDI FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2018]DLHC7555
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NESTLE GHANA
LTD<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GODFRIED BOAKYE<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERRCIAL 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. OCC/95/14&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 30TH OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>NAA
ADJELEY DZANI FOR JUSTINE AMENUVOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EDMUND
DIAMOND ADDO FOR YONNY KOLENDI FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</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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HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE JEROME NOBLE-NKRUMAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>The plaintiff is a company registered
under the laws of Ghana while the defendant was an employee and held the
position of Decision Support Manager and before then held the position of
Business Operations Controller in charge of sales control. In the defendants
former position of Business Operations Controller, according to the plaintiff,
he supervised all plaintiffs Regional Sales controllers located in the
plaintiffs business regions in their financial and administrative functions,
monitored their expenses and reconciled their accounts at each months ending.<o:p></o:p>In October 2012 however, the plaintiff
says its Northern Regional Sales Controller reported that a voucher he had sent
to the plaintiff’s office in Accra did not reflect in his account. This
triggered an audit which according to the plaintiff revealed unusual postings
in the accounts of most of the Regional Controllers on a regular basis.
According to the plaintiff these wrong postings were recalled back to the defendant’s
personal account but were never accounted for and with this modus operandi the
defendant succeeded in appropriating a total of GHC374, 503.12 to himself.<o:p></o:p>Consequently the plaintiff has sued the
defendant for <o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
payment of GHS374,503.12 being monies belonging to the plaintiff which the
defendant wrongly appropriated <o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order for the payment of interest on the said amount at the commercial rate
from 25th November 2011 to the date of final payment<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs
including legal costs<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The defendant subsequently also caused a
statement of defense and counterclaim to be filed on his behalf. He
counterclaimed as follows<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the defendant was wrongfully dismissed from the plaintiffs
employment by letter dated 30th December 2011<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
damages for wrongful </main>