NANA KYEREMEH & 4 ORS vs. ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (GHANA) LTD [2023]DLCA16026

Date	2023-02-23
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL N0: HI/63/2021
Citation No.	[2023]DLCA16026

SUURBAAREH J.A (PRESIDING)

BAAH J.A

ADDAE J

KWAMINA MENSAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

O.K. OSAFO-BUABENG ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2023]DLCA16026
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA KYEREMEH &amp; 4 ORS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/ APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (GHANA) LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
KUMASI]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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;">

CIVIL APPEAL N0:
HI/63/2021 &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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
23RD FEBRUARY 2023<o:p></o:p>

KWAMINA MENSAH ESQ.
FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

O.K. OSAFO-BUABENG
ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>SUURBAAREH J.A (PRESIDING), BAAH J.A, ADDAE J, SITTING AS AN ADDITIONAL COURT OF APPEAL
JUDGE.<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 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>BAAH, J.A<o:p></o:p>Appellants’
Reliefs:<o:p></o:p>By their amended writ of summons dated
15th May 2018, appellants sought the following reliefs against the
respondent at the court below:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
letter-spacing:-.05pt">i.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration
that the plaintiffs herein are entitled to the
same compensation packages paid to various categories of employees of defendant as retrenchment
benefit resulting from the intended re-organization of the defendant since<o:p></o:p>August,2014.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;letter-spacing:-.05pt">ii.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order that the same compensation packages paid to various categories of
employees as compensation for the
retrenchme</main>