DR. STEPHEN ANTWI-DANSO & 5 ORS. vs. UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA & 4 ORS [2019]DLCA6314

Date	2019-01-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO./H1/59/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6314

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

L. L. MENSAH (J.A)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)

COUNSEL FOR APPLICANTS/RESPONDENTS ABSENT.

COUNSEL FOR 1ST RESPONDENT/APPELLANT ABSENT.

COUNSEL FOR 2ND - 6TH RESPONDENT/APPELLANT CHARLES BAWADUA PRESENT.

[2019]DLCA6314
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DR. STEPHEN ANTWI-DANSO &amp; 5 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA
&amp; 4 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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
JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>COUNSEL FOR&nbsp;&nbsp; APPLICANTS/RESPONDENTS ABSENT.<o:p></o:p>COUNSEL FOR 1ST
RESPONDENT/APPELLANT ABSENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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COUNSEL
FOR 2ND - 6TH RESPONDENT/APPELLANT CHARLES BAWADUA
PRESENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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IRENE
CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), L. L. MENSAH (J.A), ANGELINA&nbsp; M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>IRENE CHARITY LARBI&nbsp; (MRS) J.A.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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This is an interlocutory appeal emanating from
the ruling of the High Court Winneba dated 22nd November, 2017.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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The facts leading to the appeal are that
the Applicants/ Respondents (hereinafter
called Respondents) and the 2nd to 5th
Respondents/Appellants (hereinafter
called Appellants) are lecturers of University of Education Winneba &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1stRespondent/Appellant), which is a Tertiary
Institution established under an Act of Parliament (Act 672). <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;All the parties
except the 1st Respondent/Appellant belong to an Association called
the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) of which University of
Education Winneba (UEW) is a Chapter.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>UTAG, the parent body is governed by the Constitution
of the Association of which the parties subscribed and are amenable thereto. &nbsp;Article V (1)(2) of UTAG Constitution provides
that the “Association shall be a Company Limited by guarantee”.&nbsp; The said Constitution further states that “ordinary
membership shall be opened to all academic (teaching and research) staff of the
status of “senior member” of the Public Universities of Ghana”.<o:p></o:p>