[2020]DLHC10323 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN">PRINCE TETTEH DZENYO-KWAO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN">ECOBANK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND ECOBANK GHANA LTD. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN"><br></span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></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; text-align:center;line-height:150%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">SUIT NO.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">IL/0031/2017 DATE: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">18<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN">COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF: MR. BOBBY BANSON, ESQ.<o:p></o:p></span></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:150%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANTS: MR. ISAAC OFOSU-BOATENG, ESQ. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA JULIANA AIKINS<o:p></o:p></span></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:150%;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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:-9.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> <u>RELIEFS<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">On the 23<sup>rd</sup> of March, 2017, the plaintiff sued the two defendants for the following reliefs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">A declaration that the termination of his employment is unlawful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">An order for the payment of damages for unlawful termination.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">Cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:-9.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">DEFE