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OVERSEAS BREWERIES LTD
V.
AGAH

(1968) JELR 84981 (HC)

High Court 28 Feb 1968 Ghana
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Judges:CAMPBELL J.
Counsel:Bannerman-Menson For the Appellants. R. T. Seglah For the Respondent.
Location:Accra
Other Citations:[1968] GLR 192

CAMPBELL J.

This is an appeal against the decision and judgment of the Circuit Court, Accra, delivered on 12 March 1965. The defendants-appellants were in that court sued by the plaintiff-respondent for wrongful dismissal and the court gave judgment in favour of the respondent on the ground that the summary dismissal by the appellants of the respondent was wrongful and contrary to exhibit 3 which was a collective agreement entered into between the appellants and the appropriate negotiating body for and on behalf of the respondent and incorporated in the respondent's terms of employment.

Both on the pleadings and on the basis of the evidence adduced in the court below, there was no disagreement that under the terms of the collective agreement entered into between the appellant company and the Industrial, Commercial and General Workers Union pursuant to section 17 (2) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1958 (No.56 of 1958), the appellant company was entitled under circumstances specified i…

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