AKROFI KUMOJI AND ANGELA GADZEKPO vs. JHPIEGO CORPORATION [2019]DLHC10181

Date	2019-07-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO.IL/0028/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10181

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS

MR YAKUBU DUBIK MAHAMA ESQ.

NANA YAW NTRAKWAH ESQ.

[2019]DLHC10181
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AKROFI KUMOJI AND ANGELA
GADZEKPO<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JHPIEGO CORPORATION<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL <o:p></o:p>MR YAKUBU
DUBIK MAHAMA, ESQ.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">NANA YAW NTRAKWAH, ESQ.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center;line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;mso-hyphenate:none;punctuation-wrap:
simple;text-autospace:none"><span 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-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">THE DECISION <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">This Court is of the opinion that after thoroughly evaluating the
pleadings and evidence adduced by both sides, the case of the plaintiffs is not
made out and that same ought to fail.&nbsp;
The reasons for coming to such a conclusion will be demonstrated anon.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;mso-hyphenate:none;punctuation-wrap:
simple;text-autospace:none"><span 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-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">THE RELIEFS SOUGHT<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">The plaintiffs, by a Writ of Summons issued on the 17th day
of March, 2017 and subsequently amended on 28th January, 2018,
sought the following reliefs from the defendant:-<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;mso-hyphenate:none;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:
none"><span 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-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">A declaration that the plaintiffs were unlawfully dismissed.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;mso-hyphenate:none;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:
none"><span 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-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">A declaration that the defendant went contrary to the Jhpiego Ghana
Employee Manual 2014 and the Labour Act (Act 651)of 2003.<o:p></o:p>