YAW ASARE DARKO V. GHANA PORT & HARBOUR AUTHORITY

JUDGMENT

KUSI-APPIAH, J.A.

By his amended writ of summons at the High Court, Tema, the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff) sued the defendant/appellant (hereinafter simply referred to as the defendant) claiming the following reliefs:

(1) Damages for constructive wrongful dismissal

(2) Exemplary damages

(3) An order compelling the defendant to compute and pay plaintiff all his terminal benefits together with Interest

(4) Alternatively to 1 and 2 above an order that defendant computes and pays to plaintiff redundancy benefits due to him with interest by reason of the redundancy exercise embarked upon by the Defendant Authority.

The facts relied on by the parties to establish their respective claims were not complicated. The plaintiff's case was that he is a lawyer by profession and was employed by the defendant on probation as legal officer on 1st February, 1992 and confirmed on 1st February 1993. The plaintiff averred that until 28th September, 2001, he had attaine…