THE REPUBLIC vs. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STEPHEN TWUMASI ANNAN [2021]DLCA10798

THE REPUBLIC vs. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STEPHEN TWUMASI ANN... [2021]DLCA10798

Date	2021-07-22
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/57/2021
Citation No.	[2021]DLCA10798

SOWAH J.A. (PRESIDING)

OPPONG J.A.

MENSAH-HOMIAH J.A.

ROBERT TWENE ESQ. FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT

DAVID K. HODANU ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2021]DLCA10798
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST COLLEGE OF EDUCATION <o:p></o:p>(RESP/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>STEPHEN TWUMASI ANNAN<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
KOFORIDUA]<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;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ROBERT TWENE
ESQ. FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT<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:
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K. HODANU ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>SOWAH J.A. (PRESIDING), OPPONG J.A., MENSAH-HOMIAH
J.A. <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;
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</div>&nbsp;SOWAH, (J.A):<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Introduction<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">This
appeal is by the Applicant/Appellant (hereafter simply called ‘appellant’) from
the decision of the trial high court dated 29th May 2020. The court
dismissed the applicants’ application for Judicial Review which sought to quash
his dismissal as tutor of the Respondent College and prohibit the Respondent from subjecting him
to any disciplinary proceedings<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">. The Ruling on appeal is at
pages 338-373 of the record of appeal.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Brief Facts <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The
Applicant is a tutor. He averred in his affidavit in support of his Motion on
Notice for Judicial Review that he was “engaged
as staff of the Respondent” but his “contract
of employment” had been terminated on grounds of a purported forgery of
signatures. That he had been denied the opportunity of being heard contrary to
the rules of natural justice and in violation of the 1992 constitution. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The
Respondent in opposing the application contended that its relationship with the
applicant was a purely employment relationship which was governed by private
law and that there was no element of public law involved in the case for the
College to be amenable to judicial review.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Ruling of the trial court <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The
learned trial judge found that the relationship between the a</main>