KATE BIMPONG V. PASTOR SAMPSON JOE BANING HEAD PASTOR LIVING TESTIMONIES FOR LIVING JESUS BIBLE MINISTRY
(2016) JELR 107102 (HC)
High Court
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BC 531/2014
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22 Apr 2016
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Ghana
Coram
AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)
Appearances
MR. CORNELIUS VITO FOR THE PLAINTIFF PRESENT;
MR. GEORGE ESHUN FOR THE DEFENDANT PRESENT.
Judgement
<p> </p><p> </p><h2 class="ql-align-center">JUDGMENT </h2><p><strong>ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.), J.</strong></p><p>The Plaintiff in her writ of summons and statement of claim filed on the 5th of June, 2014, sued for the following reliefs; </p><p> </p><p>(a) An order for general and specific damages against the defendant for loss of business as: </p><p>(i) Hairdresser for the Defendant’s church members from 1998 to 2002. </p><p>(ii) Chop bar keeper for 2003. </p><p>(b) Order against the Defendant to pay all unpaid salary due Plaintiff from 1998 to 2013 at GH₵200 (two hundred cedis) per month. </p><p>(c) Interest on unpaid salary from 1998 to 2013 at the current bank rate. </p><p>(d) Damages for breach of promise of a car and a house. </p><p>(e) Damages for defamation. </p><p>The gravamen of the Plaintiff’s case, as set out in her statement of claim is that she used to be a member of the Defendant’s church, originally engaged in a hairdressing venture in Cantonments, Accra. She says that she was persuaded/ordered by the Defendant to move her hairdressing business to the Defendant’s church premises/complex at Kasoa where she wa…</p>