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MICHAEL TETTEH ACHIM
V.
LINCOLN COMMUNITY SCHOOL

(2025) JELR 115265 (HC)

High Court 30 Jul 2025 Ghana
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- Plaintiff, former Director of Finance and Business at Lincoln Community School, was terminated following a breakdown in relations with the Board after a tax assessment dispute; Plaintiff asserted the dismissal was predicated on false and

Case Details

Suit Number:IL/0040/2018
Judges:ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS), J.
Counsel:CHRISTOPHER AMANORTEY AKWESI ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF. ANNA FORDJOUR ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT.
Location:Accra

JUDGMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

In this action bordering on unfair termination against the Defendant, the Plaintiff claims the following reliefs:

(a) A declaration that the Defendant Company knowingly and maliciously terminated the Plaintiff from its employ on the basis of false accusations and unsubstantiated allegations.

(b) The payment of compensation for the unfair termination of the Plaintiff.

(c) Interest on the sum awarded as compensation from October 2017 till date of final payment.

(d) The payment of the sum of One Hundred and Sixty- Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Sixty-Three United States Dollars and Seventy-Four Cents (US$ 162,363.74) as damages for damage to the Plaintiff’s professional reputation.

(e) Costs.

(f) Any other relief(s) the Court may deem fit.

The Plaintiff is an accountant and former employee of the Defendant school, Lincoln Community School, where he served as Director of Finance and Business from 14 July 2014 to 6 October 2017. Over the course of this period, a frosty rel…

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