[2020]DLHC10335 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:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">SIMON LAWER AVINU & 59 ORS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">SEAWELD ENGINEERING LIMITED AND SEADRILL GHANA OPERATIONS LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-font-kerning:1.5pt">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><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:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">SUIT NO.IL/0030/2017 DATE: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-font-kerning:1.5pt">6<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space: auto;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS: MR. DICK ANYADI</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">, ESQ.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL FOR THE 1<sup>ST</sup> DEFENDANT: GERTRUDE FAFA ATSRIM,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">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;line-height: 115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL FOR THE 2<sup>ND</sup> DEFENDANT: MR. KIMATHI KUENYEHIA, ESQ.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-font-kerning:1.5pt">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. 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: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"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:27.0pt center 236.25pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></u></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align: justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo7; tab-stops:27.0pt center 236.25pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;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><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">RELIEFS SOUGHT BY PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"">The plaintiffs herein sued the two defendants herein for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt; mso-text-indent-alt:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:27.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><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>I.<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:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New""> An order for the immediate payment of all their entitlements following the termination of their employment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%; tab-stops:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt; mso-text-indent-alt:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:27.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><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>II.<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:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> An order for the enforcement of the arbitration award in favour of the plaintiffs pursuant to National Labour Commission-initiated arbitration culminating in the said award dated the 28<sup>th</sup> day of December, 2016 to which both parties consented and actively participated. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%; tab-stops:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New""> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt; mso-text-indent-alt:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo8; tab-stops:27.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><