SG-SSB LIMITED
V.
MR CHARLES AFFRAN

(2017) JELR 69661 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/144/2017 · 14 Dec 2017 · Ghana

CORAM

V. D. OFOE JA (PRESIDING), S. DZAMEFE JA, M. M. AGYEMANG (MRS.) JA

Core Terms ^Beta

plaintiff

defendant

respondent

signatures

learned trial judge

cross-examination

conditions of service

disciplinary committee

weight of the evidence

trial judge

evidence act nrcd

house committee

account of emefs construction

appellant’s tema fishing harbour branch

bank’s customers

charge of the said branch

close of the trial

common cause

date of termination of appointment

demeanour of the parties

deputy manager of the defendant bank

desired result

emefs construction company limited

employment relationship

exclusive right

findings of fact

findings of negligence

findings of the defendant

following reliefs

funds transfer request letters

general jurisdiction

general rule

gross negligence

house disciplinary committee of the appellant

identification number

instant appeal

judgment of the high court

letter exhibit h

plaintiff’s appointment

plaintiff’s document exhibit f

primary findings of fact

respondent’s case

result of the defendant

said committee

said customer

support of the proof of the plaintiff

terms of the rules

trial court

JUDGMENT

AGYEMANG JA:

In this appeal against the judgment of the High Court, (General Jurisdiction) Accra, delivered on the 15th of June 2016, the defendant/appellant (hereafter referred to as the appellant) prays for the judgment to be set aside.

The matters that have given rise to the instant appeal are sufficiently simple.

The plaintiff/respondent (hereafter referred to as the respondent) was an employee of the appellant. In July 2007, he held the post of Deputy Manager at the appellant’s Tema Fishing Harbour Branch. On 5^th July 2007,while he was in charge of the said branch, two funds transfer request letters bearing signatures purporting to belong to authorised signatories of one of the bank’s customers: Emefs Construction Company Limited, were submitted to the respondent. It was the respondent’s case that he verified same and forwarded the requests to the bank’s central foreign transfers outfit: the International Business Centre of the bank, for its action upon the request. A few da…

SG-SSB LIMITED V. MR CHARLES AFFRAN

SG-SSB LIMITED
V.
MR CHARLES AFFRAN