EMMANUEL XEXEMEKPE vs. THE JUDICIAL SERVICE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL [2019]DLHC7539

Date	2019-01-23
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IL/0117/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC7539

JEROME NOBLE-NKRUMAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

KWAME OWUSU WITH CLEMENT AMANKWA BONSU FOR AUGUSTINES OBOUR FOR THE PLAINTIFF

LESLINE YANKSON SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2019]DLHC7539
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EMMANUEL
XEXEMEKPE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE JUDICIAL SERVICE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (COMMERRCIAL DIVISION), 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. IL/0117/2017&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; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 23RD JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>KWAME
OWUSU WITH CLEMENT AMANKWA BONSU FOR AUGUSTINES OBOUR FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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LESLINE
YANKSON SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE DEFENDANTS<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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JEROME
NOBLE-NKRUMAH JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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</div>It is the plaintiff’s case that
sometime May 2015, he was in office when a gentleman he assumed to be a court
user approached him saying he needed assistance in the making of an affidavit
with an attestation for a document he was sending to Australia. Plaintiff says
he contacted a Commissioner for oaths to prepare the documents for the
gentleman and she charged GHC350.00. Plaintiff goes on that since the
Commissioner for Oaths was not available at that time, she asked the plaintiff
to collect the amount and documents on her behalf so that she could prepare the
affidavit and subsequent attestation for him. The plaintiff further says the
documents were prepared by the Commissioner for Oaths who handed same to him to
be given to the gentleman on an appointed date. <o:p></o:p>Sometime November 2015, precisely 12th
November 2015, plaintiff says he received a query on an Allegation of Bribery
against himself, following a report by Tigereyepi. Upon being invited to view a
video recording of his alleged involvement, plaintiff says he was interdicted
on the 23rd of November 2015, appeared before a committee set up to
investigate the matter, but was not shown any report from said committee
contrary to Judicial Service Conditions Of Service for his comment before he
was removed from office on the 17th of January 2017.<o:p></o:p>Consequently the plaintiff has sued the
defendants as follows:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the termination of&nbsp; my
appointment by the 1st defendant is wrongful<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages
for wrongful termination of my appointment <o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Compensation
for the embarrassment caused me as a result of the wrongful termination.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order for reinstatement.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Payment
of my salary from the date of my termination to the </main>