JOSEPH AGYARE & 43 ORS. V. ODART STEVEDORING CO. LTD.

JUDGMENT

ASUMAN-ADU, J.

The Plaintiffs who were all former employees of the Defendant Company issued out a writ of summons accompanied by a statement of claim against the Defendant on 22^nd December, 2010 for the following reliefs:

a. An order directed at the Defendant to pay the Plaintiffs immediately the full amounts agreed as redundancy pay for the Plaintiffs following the shut down, of the Defendant Company’s operations

b. Interest on all Payments due each Plaintiff at the Commercial Bank lending rate from the 1^st day of November, 2010 up to and inclusive of the date of final payment.

c. General damages for breach of the agreement that all the payments should have been completed by the 31^st day of October, 2010.

d. Costs.

The Defendant entered appearance on 5^th January, 2011 and went on to file its statement of defence on 25^th January, 2011 denying the claim of the Plaintiffs. On 15^th March, 2011 the Plaintiffs filed a reply to the statement of defence and an application for directions. T…