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NEEQUAYE
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GHANA FILM INDUSTRY CORPORATION

(1992) JELR 69375 (CA)

Court of Appeal 13 Feb 1992 Ghana
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- The plaintiff, an employee of the Ghana Film Industry Corporation, filed a lawsuit claiming the rescission of his interdiction and restoration to his post, payment of full salaries, and refund of money extorted from him. - The defendant a

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Judges:AMUAH JA, ADJABENG J.A., ESSILFIE-BONDZIE J.
Counsel:ACHEAMPONG FOR THE PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT; THOMPSON FOR THE DEFENDANT-RESPONDENTS.
Other Citations:[1992] 2 GLR 195

AMUAH J.A.: The plaintiff-appellant (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff), an employee of the Ghana Film Industry Corporation, who instituted an action at the High Court, Accra claimed by his writ:

(a) “An order for the rescission of the interdiction imposed on the plaintiff by the defendants and to restore him to his post as a lighting technician with the corporation.

(b) An order for the payment to the plaintiff of his full salaries with effect from the date of interdiction to the date of judgment.

(c) An order for the refund to the plaintiff of the sum of $200 and C.F.A.5000 dubiously extorted from him by the defendants in breach of the collective agreement.”

The Ghana Film Industry Corporation, the defendant-respondent (hereinafter referred to as the defendant), maintained that the plaintiff was not entitled to his claim. The learned trial judge however entered judgment in favour of the defendant. Hence this appeal. She made the following pronouncement in her judgment:

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