COUSSEY J.: The plaintiff’s claim in this action is for:
(1) A declaration that the purported dismissal of the plaintiff from the employment with the defendants by the personnel manager for and on behalf of the defendants on 31 August 1967 was illegal, ultra vires and void and ought to be set aside.
(2) Payment to the plaintiff of arrears of salary since September 1967 at the rate of ¢2,110 per annum till date of judgment.
(3) ¢40,000 damages for wrongful dismissal from the defendants’ employment as senior sales representative.
The plaintiff said he was on 11 November 1958 employed by the defendants as a sales representative on a salary of £G510 per annum. Later he was promoted to the post of senior sales representative on a salary of £G725 per annum. In 1963, he received three incremental credits and his salary was increased to £G935 per annum. At the time of his dismissal he was on a salary of £G1,055 per annum. According to the plaintiff, annual incremental credits were made to his sal…