AUGUSTIN BOGOLOH vs. INTERTEK GHANA LIMITED [2019]DLCA8675

Date	2019-07-18
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/40/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8675

ADJEI J.A

ACKAH-YENSU J.A

AGBEVOR J.A

KWAME OWUSU ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/ APPELLANT

NAA ADJELEY DSANE FOR THE DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA8675
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AUGUSTIN BOGOLOH<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(PLAINTIFF/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>INTERTEK GHANA LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 CIVIL APPEAL NO.:
 H1/40/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 18TH JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWAME OWUSU ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/ APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 NAA ADJELEY DSANE
 FOR THE DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT<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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 ADJEI J.A,
 ACKAH-YENSU J.A, AGBEVOR J.A<o:p></o:p>
 </div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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 <p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:
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 </div>ADJEI, J.A:<o:p></o:p>The
High Court (Labour Division), Accra on 14th July 2017 delivered its
judgment dismissing the suit filed by the Plaintiff/ Appellant against the
Defendant/Respondent. In this appeal, for easy referencing, the
Plaintiff/Appellant shall be referred to as “the Plaintiff” and the
Defendant/Respondent shall be referred to as “the Defendant”. In other words,
the parties to the instant appeal shall retain their designations before the court
below.<o:p></o:p>The
brief facts of the case are that the Plaintiff immediately before the
termination of his employment was the Managing Director of the Defendant. The Plaintiff’s
employment was terminated by the Defendant by a letter dated 1st
June 2016. Upon the termination the Plaintiff was paid one month’s salary in
lieu of notice, redundancy payment, outstanding leave, and relocation cost.
However, prior to the termination of the employment, the Defendant had on two
occasions offered the Plaintiff a new employment with reduced remuneration
which the Plaintiff rejected.<o:p></o:p>The
Plaintiff sued the Defendant, his former employer, for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the termination of
the Plaintiff’s appointment by the Defendant is wrongful in law.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that it is wrongful in
law for the Defendant to declare the Plaintiff redundant in light of the Labour
Act.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that it is unlawful and
wrong in law for the Defendant to sever relationship with the Plaintiff without
reference to their contract document.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration and an order that Plaintiff
is entitled to all his benefits under the contract document and any other
statutory benefits including but not limited to salary, leave Social Security
Contributions from the date of termination of employment to retirement and also
children’s annual school fees allowances. Or in the Alternative.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accurate and standard computation of
redundancy package or severance package from 1998 and in addition to the
reliefs below.<o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</main>