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BRIGHT ASANTE APPIAH
V.
HUANG YUMIN & ANOR

(2024) JELR 111790 (SC)

Supreme Court 17 Apr 2024 Ghana
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- This is an appeal by the defendants against the decision of the Court of Appeal, which partially allowed the appeal from the judgment of the High Court. - The plaintiff is an employee of Trio Courage Ltd, and the defendants are employees

Case Details

Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/06/2024
Judges:H. KWOFIE, JSC P. BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC E. YONNY KULENDI, JSC B. F. ACKAH-YENSU (MS.), JSC G. K. KOOMSON, JSC
Counsel:NANA ACKAH-WATSON JAINIE ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS/APPELLANTS WITH HIM, THOMPSON ADJIABER. KWAKU ADU MINTAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT WITH HIM REV. FATHER MICHAEL YAW BOAMAH.

JUDGMENT

KWOFIE JSC:

This an appeal by the defendants/appellants (hereinafter referred to as the 1st defendant and 2nd defendant respectively) against the decision of the Court of Appeal allowing in part, the appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Tema dated the 12th day of April 2021. The judgment of the Court of Appeal against which this appeal is brought was delivered on 19th October 2022.

The facts of the case are fairly simple and straight forward. The plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff) is an employee of Trio Courage Ltd, a Company situate within the light Industrial Area of Community 9, Tema. The plaintiff’s place of work is situate on the same street as the premises of the 2nd defendant company and within the same enclave. The 1st defendant Huang Yumin, a Chinese national is an employee of the 2nd defendant company and lives at the company’s premises. On the 27th March 2016, the plaintiff was returning home from work on foot using the street linki…

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