IBRAHIM YAQUBU & 4 ORS. vs. ERICSSON GHANA. LTD [2019]DLHC10275

Date	2019-12-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IL/063/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10275

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

ALI GOMDAH ABDUL-SAMAD

COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS PRESENT

DAAD AKWESI

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT PRESENT

[2019]DLHC10275
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >IBRAHIM YAQUBU &amp; 4 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ERICSSON GHANA. LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. IL/063/2019&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; DATE:
5TH DECEMBER 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ALI
GOMDAH ABDUL-SAMAD, COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS PRESENT<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;">

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PRESENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).<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;">

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</div>&nbsp;In this present proceedings the
defendant/applicant is seeking for an order of the Court joining Reliance
Personnel Services to the substantive suit as the 2nd
defendant.&nbsp; The reason for this request
is that the said Reliance Personnel Services was at all material times the
employer of the plaintiffs/respondents herein and not the
defendant/applicant.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The defendant/applicant claims that it
entered into a Resource Purchase Agreement with Reliance Personnel Services to
outsource the workers of Reliance to work with the defendant and that the
plaintiffs were the personnel who were given to it by Reliance Personnel
Services and therefore it is fit and proper to join Reliance Personnel Services
to the substantive matter to enable the Court deal with all matters in dispute
effectively and completely.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiffs/respondents are opposed
to the instant application on the ground that Reliance Personnel Services is
not a necessary party to the substantive suit and that same can be determined
without its presence since the question before the Court is whether or not the
defendant/applicant was the defacto employer of the plaintiffs at all material
times.<o:p></o:p>The Court has considered the affidavits
of both parties and the submissions of both learned Counsel and the Court is in
agreement with the submissions of Counsel for plaintiffs that the real question
for determination in the substantive suit is whether or not the
defendant/applicant herein was the actual or defacto employer of the
plaintiffs. If the plaintiffs are unable to prove this fact, then obviously
their case against the defendant will fail.<o:p></o:p>In the circumstances, this Court
believes that it is unnecessary for Reliance Personnel Services to be joined to
the substantive suit. The application for joinder is thus refused. There is no
award of cost against the defendant/applicant. Case to take its normal course. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(SGD)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE
ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE
OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;