RUBBY GOLLO vs. BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION [2019]DLCA8762

Date	2019-05-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/06/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8762

VICTOR OFOE J.A (PRESIDING)

HENRY KWOFIE JA

SIMON SUURBAAREH JA

AMA ASARE-KORANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

AZANNE KOFI AKAINYAH FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA8762
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >RUBBY GOLLO<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
 mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
 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. H1/06/2019&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;DATE: 16TH &nbsp;MAY , 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AMA ASARE-KORANG 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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 AZANNE KOFI AKAINYAH
 FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
 line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
 &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 VICTOR OFOE J.A
 (PRESIDING), HENRY KWOFIE JA, SIMON SUURBAAREH JA<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="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
 .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:
 none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:
 solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div>HENRY KWOFIE JA:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>This appeal is from the judgment of the High Court
(Labour Division) Accra delivered on 20th February 2018. In that
judgment the trial Court dismissed the Plaintiffs claims in its entirety.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff’s Writ of Summons against the Defendants
was endorsed as follows:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that she was
unlawfully dismissed from her employment<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages
for unlawful dismissal<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that she is entitled to the redundancy package of GH₵117,000.27 which she had
accepted from the Defendant<o:p></o:p>