NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION vs. FIRST ATLANTIC BANK LIMITED [2020]DLSC9924

Date	2020-12-02
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/62/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLSC9924

GBADEGBE JSC (PRESIDING)

AMEGATCHER JSC

OWUSU (MS) JSC

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS) JSC

KULENDI JSC

EFFIBA AMIHERE FOR THE APPLICANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT

ISMAEL ANDANI ABDULAI FOR THE REPONDENT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

[2020]DLSC9924
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk35510717">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</a>NATIONAL LABOUR COMMISSION<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FIRST ATLANTIC BANK LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
COURT,ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/62/2019&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:
2ND DECEMBER, 2020<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: 31pt 31pt 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>EFFIBA
AMIHERE FOR THE APPLICANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.,<o:p></o:p>ISMAEL ANDANI ABDULAI
FOR THE REPONDENT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>GBADEGBE, JSC (PRESIDING),
AMEGATCHER, JSC, OWUSU (MS), JSC, LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS), JSC, KULENDI, JSC<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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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line-height:normal;border:none;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in">JUDGMENT<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: 0in 0in 1pt;">

</div>KULENDI, JSC:-<o:p></o:p>On the 25th day of March 2020, the
Appellant herein filed a Notice of Appeal, against the judgment of the Court of
Appeal which judgment was delivered on 14th February, 2019. In the
said judgment, the Court of Appeal upheld an appeal by the National Labour
Commission (the Respondent herein) against the refusal of the High Court to
grant an application for an order to enforce the decision of the Respondent. <o:p></o:p>BACKGROUND:<o:p></o:p>The background to the proceedings that has brought
about the instant appeal can be summarized as follows:<o:p></o:p>By letters dated 27th August, 2015, the
employment r</main>