CORAM

OLAJIDE OLATAWURA., JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD    JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA

O. OLATAWURA JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

PARTIES

LAYADE APPELLANTS

PANALPINA WORLD TRANSPORT RESPONDENTS

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The appellant is a chartered accountant and was employed by the respondent as Chief Internal Auditor. By a letter signed by the Managing Director, the respondent company terminated the employment of the appellant by giving her three months salary in lieu of notice and all her other entitlements

HELD

In the end I find no merit in this appeal and I dismiss it with N1,000.00 costs to respondent

ISSUES

1. “Whether having regard to the purport and interpretation of Exhibits “B” and “L7″ it can be rightly said that the purported unilateral termination of the employment of the appellant by the respondent’s Managing Director was intra vires the said Managing Director and legally proper in the circumstances. 2. Whether (if 2.01 is answered in favour of the appellant) the Court of Appeal was right in setting aside the judgment of the trial court and the damages of N 199,716.66 awarded in favour of the appellant. 3. Whether the Court of Appeal was right in refusing the appellant’s Cross-Appeal seeking an upward review of the damages awarded by the trial court 4. Whether or not the appellant is entitled to an award of aggravated and exemplary damages for the purported termination of her employment by the respondent’s Managing Director due to racial prejudice.”

RATIONES DECIDENDI

CASES CITED

Olaniyan v. University of Lagos (1985) 2 NWLR (Pt. 9) 599;|Eperokun v. University of Lagos (1986) 4 NWLR (Pt. 34)162 193/194

STATUTES REFERRED TO

None.|

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