DIANA OYE AHENE vs. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AUTHORITY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL [2020]DLHC10205

Date	2020-06-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO.IL/0113/2017
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10205

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF: MR. ALBERT AKURUGU ESQ. HOLDING BRIEF FOR

DR. ABDUL BAASIT AZIZ BAMBA ESQ.

COUNSEL FOR 1ST DEFENDANT: MR. CHARLES WILLIAM ZWENNES ESQ.

[2020]DLHC10205
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DIANA OYE AHENE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
AUTHORITY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL<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;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO.IL/0113/2017&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;DATE:
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-font-kerning:1.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">8THJUNE, 2020<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>COUNSEL
FOR PLAINTIFF: MR. ALBERT AKURUGU, ESQ. HOLDING BRIEF FOR DR. ABDUL BAASIT AZIZ
BAMBA, 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">COUNSEL FOR 1ST DEFENDANT: MR.
CHARLES WILLIAM ZWENNES, 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 (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;">

<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;<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;
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mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
THE DECISION<o:p></o:p>After a careful
scrutiny of all the pleadings and the evidence adduced by the parties herein,
this Court is of the opinion that the plaintiff is not entitled to the reliefs she
seeks from the defendants and the Court cannot accede to her request for the grant
of same. The following discourse embodies the reasons of the Court for coming
to such a decision. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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BRIEF FACTS AND RELIEFS SOUGHT<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff was an
employee of the 1st defendant from the year 2009 till the year 2017
when her appointment was terminated. She was of the view that her contract of
engagement with the 1st defendant was ended unlawfully, without just
cause and without due process so by an amended writ of summons and statement of
claim filed in the registry of this Court, the plaintiff claimed the following
reliefs from the defendants:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;a) A declaration that the letter from the
Secretary of His Excellency, the President, dated 9th May, 2017
directing the plaintiff to proceed on indefinite leave with effect from 15th
May, 2017 is without due process or contrary to law.<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; <o:p></o:p>b) A declaration that as plaintiff is a member
of the Public Se</main>