THIERRY TAMIEZAN vs. NESTLE WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA LTD. [2019]DLHC10344

Date	2019-04-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IL/ 0107/17
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10344

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

[2019]DLHC10344
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0">THIERRY TAMIEZAN<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#00B0F0">NESTLE WEST AND CENTRAL
AFRICA LTD.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[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;">

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NO. IL/ 0107/17&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:
5TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<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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</div>&nbsp;RULING
ON WRITTEN LEGAL ARGUMENTS FILED BY BOTH PARTIES<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff herein is a national of
Ivory Coast and was employed by Nestle Cote D’Ivoire in the year 2004 as a
Junior Financial Accountant and was thereafter sent on expatriate missions to
different Nestle companies under the same Nestle Group of Companies. In
February 2017 the Plaintiff was offered an expatriation contract with the
defendant herein, a company incorporated under the laws of Ghana. It is evident
from the pleadings of both parties that the two companies ie. Nestle Cote
D’Ivoire and Nestle West and Central Africa ltd. (the defendant herein) are two
independent entities which belong to the Nestle Group of Companies. <o:p></o:p>Whilst working in Ghana with the
defendant herein and only five months into his employment contract, the
plaintiff claims his employment was brought to an abrupt end by a letter dated
2nd June, 2017 which was written to him by the defendant which
purported to terminate his contract of employment on the basis that the
plaintiff had agreed to a mutual separation between himself and the defendant
herein. The plaintiff also says that there was no such mutual separation
agreement between him and the defendant and also subsequent to the letter dated
2nd June, 2017, the defendant proceeded to publish an internal
communication to the whole of the company, repeating the falsehood that the
plaintiff had agreed with the defendant to separate from the defendant company
and also the entire Nestle Group and thus naming his replacement.<o:p></o:p>According to the plaintiff, this action
of the defendant immediately led to Nestle Cote D’Ivoire terminating his
appointment and informing him of his severance package. The plaintiff says he
caused his solicitor to write a protest letter to the defendant and the
defendant subsequently wrote another letter to the plaintiff, withdrawing the
first letter dated 2nd June, 2017. He continued to say that after
some discussions with the defendant, they could not resolve their differences,
hence his resort to the Court for the following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration that the termination of his employment by the defendant is unlawful,
unreasonable and malicious&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order for the payment of five (5) years entitlement as compensation for
unlawful, unreasonable and malicious termination of employment <o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for breach of contract <o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;