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THE REPUBLIC
V.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & STEPHEN TWUMASI ANNAN

(2021) JELR 109001 (CA)

Court of Appeal 22 Jul 2021 Ghana
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- The case is an appeal by the appellant against the decision of the trial high court which dismissed his application for Judicial Review. The appellant sought to quash his dismissal as a tutor from the Respondent College and prohibit the R

Case Details

Suit Number:H1/57/2021
Judges:SOWAH J.A. (PRESIDING), OPPONG J.A., MENSAH-HOMIAH J.A.
Counsel:ROBERT TWENE ESQ. FOR APPLICANT/APPELLANT DAVID K. HODANU ESQ. FOR RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT
Other Citations:(2021) JELR 109065 (CA)

JUDGMENT 

SOWAH, J.A.

Introduction

This appeal is by the Applicant/Appellant (hereafter simply called ‘appellant’) from the decision of the trial high court dated 29th May 2020. The court dismissed the applicants’ application for Judicial Review which sought to quash his dismissal as tutor of the Respondent College and prohibit the Respondent from subjecting him to any disciplinary proceedings. The Ruling on appeal is at pages 338-373 of the record of appeal.

Brief Facts

The Applicant is a tutor. He averred in his affidavit in support of his Motion on Notice for Judicial Review that he was “engaged as staff of the Respondent” but his “contract of employment” had been terminated on grounds of a purported forgery of signatures. That he had been denied the opportunity of being heard contrary to the rules of natural justice and in violation of the 1992 constitution.

The Respondent in opposing the application contended that its relationship with the applicant was a purely employment relationship…

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