BENJAMIN DUFFOUR vs. BANK OF GHANA [2022]DLSC11674

Date	2022-02-09
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/70/2021
Citation No.	[2022]DLSC11674

PWAMANG JSC (PRESIDING)

DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC

OWUSU (MS.) JSC

OVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC

PROF. MENSA-BONSU (MRS.) JSC

KWAME FOSU-GYEABOUR ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/ APPELLANT.

SAMUEL M. CUDJOE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT.

[2022]DLSC11674
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BENJAMIN DUFFOUR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>BANK OF GHANA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<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;">

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</div>&nbsp;DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC:-<o:p></o:p>Facts<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/appellant/ herein, was an employee
of the defendant/respondent, Bank of Ghana. I will refer to the parties as
plaintiff and defendant hereafter.<o:p></o:p>The defendant allocated its premises, Block F, 2ndShippi
Close East Cantonments to a number of its staff including the plaintiff for
their occupation based on a license agreement. The plaintiff occupied Flat 3 in
the said block F. In the year 2011, the bank needed to redevelop the said
property; it therefore gave notice to the occupants including the plaintiff to
relocate to an alternative accommodation the bank provided. All other staff of
the bank who occupied block F moved out as instructed, except the plaintiff. Repeated
warning letters were served on the plaintiff requiring him to move out but he
refused. He maintained there was a license agreement between him and his
employer, the terms of which he claimed entitled him to remain in the flat.
After repeated written warnings and sanctions failed to get the plaintiff out
of the flat, the defendant physically removed him from the property.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff engaged his employers in various
legal tussle. The action culminating in this appeal is one of the many actions
instituted by the plaintiff against his employer, the Bank of Ghana.<o:p></o:p>The
trial court <o:p></o:p>The claims of the plaintiff as endorsed in his
amended writ of summons are as follows: <o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that the conduct of defendant bank is in breach of the license agreement
between it and plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that the defendant bank has acted in breach of the Senior Staff Rules and
Conditions of Service.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
that the sanctions imposed on the plaintiff is unlawful, illegal and ultra
vires.<o:p></o:p>