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FIDEL BRANDFORD QUIST
V.
THE JUDICIAL SERVICE & ANOR

(2024) JELR 112176 (CA)

Court of Appeal 25 Jul 2024 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, a High Court Registrar, was dismissed following a disciplinary process initiated after a petition alleging bribery. - The Disciplinary Committee took evidence (including a video and testimony from the petitioner), allowed Plain

Case Details

Suit Number:H1/68/2024
Judges:DENNIS DOMINIC ADJEI, JA (PRESIDING) GIFTY AGYEI-ADDO (MRS), JA STEPHEN OPPONG, JA
Counsel:LONGINUS CHINEDU NWAEHIE FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT; YVONNE OPPONG (SA) WITH CHRISTABEL APETORGBOR (ASA) FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS.
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

ADJEI, J.A:

The Plaintiff/Appellant herein on 14th March 2022 filed an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Accra delivered on 13th January 2022 which dismissed all the reliefs sought by him against the Defendants/Respondents. For the purposes of this appeal, I shall refer to the Plaintiff/Appellant as Plaintiff and the Defendants/ Respondents as Defendants.

The brief facts of this appeal were that on 31st August 2015, Anas Aremeyaw Anas petitioned the Chief Justice against the Plaintiff, who was an employee of the 2nd Defendant, on allegations of robbery. The Chief Justice, on receipt of the petition, constituted a panel in accordance with its Constitutional Disciplinary Procedure. The Disciplinary Committee, which was set up by the Chief Justice, was composed of two Circuit Court Judges and three other members, including a representative of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG).

The Disciplinary Committee was chaired by one of the Circuit Court Judge…

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