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BLAISE OFOE MANKWA
V.
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

(2009) JELR 65062 (CA)

Court of Appeal 5 Mar 2009 Ghana
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- This case involves an appeal from a judgment regarding the non-payment of Social Security contributions by an employer to an employee. - The plaintiff/appellant was employed by the defendant/respondent from 1990 to 2001, with a period of

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/184/07
Judges:ASARE KORANG J.A. (PRESIDING), HONYENUGA J.A, ADUAMA OSEI J.A
Counsel:MR. OPOKU-BOATENG FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT ,MR. AURELIUS AWUKU FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

HONYENUGA J.A.

This is an appeal from the Judgment of His Lordship Justice K. A. Ofori Atta dated 5th June 2006.

The Plaintiff/Appellant was employed by the Defendant/Respondent in 1990 and worked in Ghana from then until 1996. As at 1996, the Plaintiff/Appellant was the Executive Director of Finance and by the middle of that year, he was seconded to the Standard Chartered Bank, Tanzania until January 1999 when he was subsequently assigned to the Standard Chartered Group in Zimbabwe. He left Zimbabwe in 2001. The Plaintiff/Appellant returned from Zimbabwe only to realize that the Defendant/Respondent was not regularly paying her contribution to the Social Security Scheme for the benefit of the Plaintiff/Appellant during his retirement. The Plaintiff/Appellant dissatisfied with the turn of events caused a writ of summons to be issued against the defendant/respondent claiming the following reliefs:

“1. A Declaration that the Defendant is in Breach of the Provisions of the Social Security L…

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