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BILLY
V.
KUWOR AND ANOTHER

(1988) JELR 67766 (HC)

High Court 30 Jun 1988 Ghana
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- The court found the applicant’s dismissal as employee and member of Green Revolution (Ghana) Ltd. by the respondents to be wrongful and oppressive under section 218 of the Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179). - The court declined to order a wi

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Judges:BENIN J.
Counsel:AZUMAH FOR THE APPLICANT; CODJOE FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

BENIN J.

The applicant as well as the respondents are all shareholders in an agricultural company called Green Revolution (Ghana) Ltd. (hereinafter called the company), and are therefore members of the company within the meaning of section 30(4) of the Companies Code, 1963 (Act 179). The applicant is as well an officer of the company having been employed as its tractor operator. The first respondent and the second respondent are the managing director and secretary respectively of the company. The respondents are currently its directors. The company which was formed in 1981, and began business in 1982, initially had six members. In the course of time three of them were removed from the company for reasons which are not relevant to recall for the purposes of this case. What is important to note about their removal is that they were paid off, apparently by the surviving members in the absence of any other evidence to the contrary, and therefore the position as now exists is that the comp…

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