OBED ASSENSOH vs. FIRST ATLANTIC BANK [2020]DLHC10317

Date	2020-06-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IL/0078/2018
Citation No.	[2020]DLHC10317

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA JULIANA AIKINS (MRS)

COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR. RICHARD BOBISON JNR. ESQ.

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT: MR. ISMAEL ANDANI ABDULAI ESQ.

[2020]DLHC10317
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OBED ASSENSOH<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FIRST ATLANTIC BANK<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>COUNSEL
FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR. RICHARD BOBISON JNR. ESQ. <span style="font-size:
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FOR THE DEFENDANT: MR. ISMAEL ANDANI ABDULAI, ESQ.<o:p></o:p>

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THE DECISION<o:p></o:p>After
a careful consideration of the pleadings of the parties herein and all the
evidence adduced by them, this Court is of the opinion that the plaintiff
herein is not entitled to the reliefs he is seeking against the defendant and
the Court cannot therefore accede to the plaintiff’s request for the grant of
same. The following discourse embodies the reasons of the Court for coming to
such a conclusion. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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BRIEF FACTS OF CASE<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff was an employee of the defendant which is an institution engaged in the
business of banking. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant on the 1st
day of August, 2015 and placed on the grade of a Senior Banking Officer. He
rose through the ranks and became a Branch Manager at the Tema Community One
(1) Branch of the defendant bank. According to the plaintiff, his appointment
as Branch Manager took effect on 1st January, 2017. However on the 7th
day of May, 2018 the defendant wrote a letter to the plaintiff informing him of
the termination of his employment without assigning any reasons for the
termination. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
plaintiff however was of the view that his appointment had been terminated by
the defendant because he had refused to quit his job on the instructions of the
defendant because of an issue concerning his previous employment with Standard
Chartered Bank. The plaintiff felt aggrieved by the cessation of his employment
contract and therefore he sued the defendant on the 13th of June,
2018 in this Court claiming a number of reliefs. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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RELIEFS SOUGHT BY PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
plaintiff initially claimed the following reliefs from the defendant:-<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;