CECIL EVANS CHINERY HESSE AND 6 ORS vs. FATOUMATA DORO AND 3 ORS [2023]DLHC16041

Date	2023-02-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HR/0035/2022
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16041

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS.)

ALBERT ADAARE FOR APPLICANTS – PRESENT

JOSEPH KWADWO KONADU WITH BERNICE MORTEY HOLDING BRIEF FOR DAVID A. ASIEDU FOR THE RESPONDENTS - PRESENT

[2023]DLHC16041
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CECIL EVANS
CHINERY HESSE AND 6 ORS<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FATOUMATA
DORO AND 3 ORS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION ONE,
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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">SUIT NO. HR/0035/2022&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DATE: 8TH FEBRUARY 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ALBERT
ADAARE FOR APPLICANTS &nbsp;&nbsp;–&nbsp; &nbsp;PRESENT<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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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">JOSEPH KWADWO KONADU WITH BERNICE MORTEY
HOLDING BRIEF FOR DAVID A. ASIEDU FOR THE RESPONDENTS - PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<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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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA
TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS.)<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;1]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PARTIES<o:p></o:p>The
Applicants are former employees of the 4th Respondent, while the 1st,
2nd and 3rd Respondents, who are foreign nationals, are
the Managing Director of the 4th Respondent, Group Chief Operating
Officer and Group Chief Finance Officer of the Vlisco Group respectively.<o:p></o:p>2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FACTS
OF THE CASE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applicants’
case<o:p></o:p>3]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Applicants’ case is that until the
28th of March 2022, 1st Applicant was the Business
Development Director; 2nd Applicant was the Manager, Planning and
Organization; 3rd Applicant was the Innovations Manager; 4th
Applicant was the Purchasing Manager; 5th Applicant was the Human
Resource Business Partner, 6th Applicant was the Human Resource
Director, while the 7th Applicant was the Plant Manager of the 4th
Respondent, Tex Styles Ghana Ltd.<o:p></o:p>4]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; According
to the Applicants on the 28th of March 2022, when they arrived at
the Factory premises of 4th Respondent, they met a “frightening
scene” of heavily armed uniformed police officers wielding sophisticated
weapons and private security personnel who until said day were unknown to them.
&nbsp;The applicants claim that the private
security men who were in the company of the 1st, 2nd and
3rd respondents, demanded to see their identity cards and to know
their names. <o:p></o:p>5]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Applicants
further claim that their cars were stopped and some of them were asked to get
down from their cars and walk through the main gate of the factory where the 1st
Respondent handed over envelopes to them and informed them that same contained
their termination letters. They attached a photograph of 1st
Respondent handing over the termination letter of 3rd Applicant to
him as Exhibit A.<o:p></o:p>6]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Applicants claim that after handing over their termination letters to them the
1st, 2nd and 3rd Respondents informed them
that they would not be allowed to enter their offices unaccompanied to pick u</main>