OSEI-HWERE J.A.
Until the defendants wrote to dismiss the plaintiff summarily, retrospective to 30 September 1976, the plaintiff was employed as the deputy chief security officer (investigations) of the defendant-corporation. His letter of dismissal alleged that he had allowed himself to be influenced by monetary gains when he was assigned to investigate a fish deal involving the theft of 50 cartons of fish by both a customer and an employee of the corporation. Aggrieved by his dismissal, the plaintiff brought this action and, by his amended writ, he claims for:
1. a declaration that his purported dismissal is wrongful; and
2. ¢2,000,000 (two million cedis) as (a) damages for wrongful dismissal; (b) the estimated current value (at the date of judgment) of salaries from 1 October 1976 to date of judgment; (c) damages for loss of employment; and (d) exemplary damages.
It all began this way: In the afternoon of 24 March 1976 the defendants’ marketing manager alerted security of fish selling…