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GEORGE OSEI PARRY & 105 ORS.
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SOCIETE-GENERAL (SSB) GH LTD

(2011) JELR 66626 (HC)

High Court 31 Mar 2011 Ghana
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- The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the defendant claiming that the defendant's separation/redundancy entitlements were wrongful and unlawful. - The defendant denies the claim and argues that the plaintiffs were represented by their un

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Suit Number:SUIT NO: BC 495/2008
Judges:JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU
Counsel:MR. KWABENA DARKO ASIEDU FOR THE PLAINTIFFS; MR. J. A. AYITTEY FOR THE DEFENDANT.

JUDGMENT

ASUMAN-ADU, J.

Plaintiffs’ action against the Defendant which was filed on 25th July, 2008 was for the following reliefs:-

a. A declaration that Defendant’s so-called separation/redundancy entitlements under its reorganization exercise was wrongful and unlawful being inconsistent with and in contravention of the Labour Act, 2003.

b. Damages for refusal by Defendant to pay Plaintiffs their entitlements in accordance with law, or in the alternative an order of the Court directed at the Defendant to negotiate the separation/redundancy entitlements with Plaintiffs within a specific time.

c. Interest on Plaintiffs unpaid entitlements from the date of redundancy/separation until the date of final payment.

The Defendant per its solicitors entered appearance on 6th August, 2008 and filed its Statement of Defence on the same day denying the claim of the Plaintiffs.

In the attached Statement of Claim, Plaintiffs aver that until 1998 they were junior staff of the Defendant company. In 1998, as…

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