The Full Bench of the Supreme Court Bench has taken action on the Judiciary Inquiry Commission’s (JIC) recommendations on two judges for ethical misconduct in the discharge of their duties. Those suspended are Octavius B. Doe of the Monthly and Probate Court, Jaedae Statutory District in Sinoe County, and Magistrate Melvin Bah of the Paynesville…
The Supreme Court of Liberia has banned Cllr. Samuel S. Pearson from practicing law directly or indirectly for six months for conspiring with his brother, Mr. James Pearson, to deprived Mr. Ballah Yargbo of his rightful inheritance as the sole surviving heir of his late mother, Madam Maime Hayford Pearson. After the suspension of Cllr….
Judge Scheaplor R. Dunbar of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has reaffirmed the unanimous guilty verdict of the Petit Jury passed down on January 3, 2025, against Orange Liberia. Judge Dunbar ruled that the verdict of the trial jury is in harmony with the evidence adduced…
In continuation of the ongoing preliminary investigation in the Capitol Building arson attack by Magistrate L. Ben Barco of the Monrovia City Court at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia, prosecution third witness Peter Johnson of the National Service Agency (NSA) failed to produce WhatsApp message evidence linking the suspects to the commission the crime….
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia is calling on the newly inducted officers of the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA) to shift the paradigm in the legal practice and explore new frontiers that reflect global trends. Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh spoke over the weekend at the induction ceremony of Cllrs. Bornor…
The Chief of Protocol to former President George Manneh Weah, Finda Bundoo, has been summoned by the Debt Court Judge James Jones for allegedly owing Jerome F. Walkely US$14,000. Madam Bundo was summoned based on Jerome’s complaint that he printed the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) victory balloon stickers and other campaign materials for the…
The Jury of the Civil Law Court Annex ‘B’ will on today, Friday, January 31, 2025, deliver its verdict in the ongoing US$700,000 libel lawsuit against Ecobank-Liberia, Alex Williams former Deputy Director General for Statistics and Data Processing at Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo Information Services (LISGIS) and Yussif Kromah, an employee of the…
Judge A. Blamo Dixon of Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has found George Obi alias Original Japan and three others guilty for the distribution of drugs along the Japan Freeway. The major landmark case which lasted for over two terms of court was a bench trial placing Judge Dixon as…
The Inspector General of Police Col Gregory O. W. Coleman while en route to Ganta, Nimba County on Friday, January 17, 2025, came across a startling situation where some highway patrol officers were seen collecting exploiting drivers and taking bribes. According to him, these are some key issues in the police that need to be…
State lawyers are seeking the Supreme Court Chambers Justice Yamie Qui-qui Gbeisay to overturn Judge Koiboi Nuta’s ruling in the Habeas Corpus petition that saw the Capitol Building fire suspect Thomas Ethridge released to his guarantors. Prosecution through the Ministry of Justice took Criminal Court “B” Judge Nuta before the Chambers Justice seeking to stop…
