| Badio v. Badio et al (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, Appeal bond, appeal dismissed, appellate procedure, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Clerk’s Certificate, Ejectment, enlargement of time, eviction, excusable neglect, Intestate Estate, jurisdiction of trial court, Land Dispute, mandate to lower court, mandatory appeal requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Real Property, recovery of possession, Section 51.10, Section 51.16, Section 51.4, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions appeal-bond appeal-dismissed appellate-procedure civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law clerks-certificate ejectment enlargement-of-time eviction excusable-neglect intestate-estate jurisdiction-of-trial-court land-dispute mandate-to-lower-court mandatory-appeal-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal real-property recovery-of-possession section-51-10 section-51-16 section-51-4 summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute |
| Barkpei vs. Tompoe (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| ECO Fuel SA Trading Vs Srimex Oil and Gas company (2020) | 2020 | Absence of Prejudice, action of debt, Agreement to Audit, Alternative Writ of Certiorari, Appeal, appeal from Chambers Justice ruling, Approval of Terms of Reference, Assessment of Costs, Audit of Commercial Claims, Bill of information, Bill of Information Denied., breach of contract, Civil Procedure Law, Civil Procedure Law section 11.6, Civil Procedure Law Section 11.6(2), Civil Procedure Law Section 11.6(3), Civil Procedure Law Section 9.10, Claims and Counterclaims, Commercial Court, Commercial Debt, Commercial Law, commercial litigation, commercial transactions, Continuing Jurisdiction of Court, Contractual Obligations, Court Approval of Discontinuance, Court-Supervised Audit, debt recovery, Denial of Peremptory Writ, Determination of Facts, discontinuance of action, extraordinary writ, Fair Administration of Justice, independent audit, joint and several liability, Judicial Order, Judicial Review of Interlocutory Rulings, jurisdiction of trial court, leave of court, legislative intent, Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC), Notice of Voluntary Discontinuance, notice of withdrawal, Oil and Gas Industry, Peremptory Writ of Certiorari, personal jurisdiction, petition for writ of certiorari, petroleum products, Petroleum Supply Agreements, Petroleum Trading, pleadings rested, Presentation of Evidence, pretrial conference, pretrial proceedings, procedural irregularity, procedural technicality, Protection of Substantive Rights, Quashing of Alternative Writ, Reference to Auditors, refiling of action, Requirement of Signed Stipulation, Resumption of Trial Court Jurisdiction, reversal of Chambers Justice ruling, Reversible Error, Sales Contracts, service of summons, settlement negotiations, Statutory interpretation, stipulation of parties, subject matter jurisdiction, Submission of Case for Trial, Submission of Case to Court or Jury, Substantial Compliance with Statutory Requirements, Substantive Justice, Supreme Court mandate, Tacit Approval of Court, Terms of Reference, Trial by Referee, voluntary discontinuance, withdrawal of action, withdrawal of pleadings, Withdrawal with Reservation to Re-file, writ of certiorari | | 2020-1 supreme-court | absence-of-prejudice action-of-debt agreement-to-audit alternative-writ-of-certiorari appeal appeal-from-chambers-justice-ruling approval-of-terms-of-reference assessment-of-costs audit-of-commercial-claims bill-of-information bill-of-information-denied breach-of-contract civil-procedure-law civil-procedure-law-section-11-6 civil-procedure-law-section-11-62 civil-procedure-law-section-11-63 civil-procedure-law-section-9-10 claims-and-counterclaims commercial-court commercial-debt commercial-law commercial-litigation commercial-transactions continuing-jurisdiction-of-court contractual-obligations court-approval-of-discontinuance court-supervised-audit debt-recovery denial-of-peremptory-writ determination-of-facts discontinuance-of-action extraordinary-writ fair-administration-of-justice independent-audit joint-and-several-liability judicial-order judicial-review-of-interlocutory-rulings jurisdiction-of-trial-court leave-of-court legislative-intent liberia-petroleum-refining-company-lprc notice-of-voluntary-discontinuance notice-of-withdrawal oil-and-gas-industry peremptory-writ-of-certiorari personal-jurisdiction petition-for-writ-of-certiorari petroleum-products petroleum-supply-agreements petroleum-trading pleadings-rested presentation-of-evidence pretrial-conference pretrial-proceedings procedural-irregularity procedural-technicality protection-of-substantive-rights quashing-of-alternative-writ reference-to-auditors refiling-of-action requirement-of-signed-stipulation resumption-of-trial-court-jurisdiction reversal-of-chambers-justice-ruling reversible-error sales-contracts service-of-summons settlement-negotiations statutory-interpretation stipulation-of-parties subject-matter-jurisdiction submission-of-case-for-trial submission-of-case-to-court-or-jury substantial-compliance-with-statutory-requirements substantive-justice supreme-court-mandate tacit-approval-of-court terms-of-reference trial-by-referee voluntary-discontinuance withdrawal-of-action withdrawal-of-pleadings withdrawal-with-reservation-to-re-file writ-of-certiorari |
| Ecobank Liberia Limited v The Management of Consolidated Group, Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2020 Opinions, action of debt, alternative writ quashed, Appeal, Banking Law, banking transaction, certiorari (interlocutory review), Chambers Justice ruling reversed, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 5.51 and 6.1, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, Consolidated Group, contracts (express or implied), corporate guarantee, costs to abide final determination, Debt Action, Debt Court, Default, Ecobank Liberia Limited, exhaustion of remedies, guaranty, Inc., Joinder of Parties, Jurisdiction, leasehold mortgage, loan facility, mandate to resume jurisdiction, medium term loan, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Necessary Parties, peremptory writ denied, permissive joinder, personal guarantee, petition for writ of certiorari, principal debtor and guarantor, Radacon Liberia Limited, restructuring of loan, set-off, Simeon Freeman, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized debit, writ practice | | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | 2020-opinions action-of-debt alternative-writ-quashed appeal banking-law banking-transaction certiorari-interlocutory-review chambers-justice-ruling-reversed civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-5-51-and-6-1 commercial-court commercial-law consolidated-group contracts-express-or-implied corporate-guarantee costs-to-abide-final-determination debt-action debt-court default ecobank-liberia-limited exhaustion-of-remedies guaranty inc joinder-of-parties jurisdiction leasehold-mortgage loan-facility mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction medium-term-loan monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure necessary-parties peremptory-writ-denied permissive-joinder personal-guarantee petition-for-writ-of-certiorari principal-debtor-and-guarantor radacon-liberia-limited restructuring-of-loan set-off simeon-freeman supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-debit writ-practice |
| Ecofuel vs. Srimex Oil (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| Fayad vs. The Intestate Estate of the late S. B. NAGBE SR (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| Firestone vs. His Honor Joseph Nagbe et aL (2020) | 2020, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 13th Judicial Circuit Margibi County, 2020 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, BeaGeorge Cooper v. Nagbe precedent, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:7.63, declaratory judgment, Firestone Liberia retirees, injunction bond requirement, interim order, interlocutory appeal, Judge Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, jurisdiction of certiorari, Justice in Chambers review, Justice Joseph N. Nagbe, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, labor division, Labor Law, Motion to Dismiss, motion to vacate, National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP), pension dispute, preliminary injunction, Procedural Default, remedial writs, Supreme Court of Liberia, timeliness of certiorari, Vargas v. Reeves precedent, writ of certiorari | | 2020-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | 13th-judicial-circuit-margibi-county 2020-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review beageorge-cooper-v-nagbe-precedent civil-procedure-law-rev-code-17-63 declaratory-judgment firestone-liberia-retirees injunction-bond-requirement interim-order interlocutory-appeal judge-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay jurisdiction-of-certiorari justice-in-chambers-review justice-joseph-n-nagbe justice-yussif-d-kaba labor-division labor-law motion-to-dismiss motion-to-vacate national-social-security-and-welfare-corporation-nasscorp pension-dispute preliminary-injunction procedural-default remedial-writs supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness-of-certiorari vargas-v-reeves-precedent writ-of-certiorari |
| Government of Liberia v. Atlantic Resources (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, administrative remedies, Article 25 Constitution, Article 26 Constitution, Atlantic Resources Ltd., bid process, Certiorari, claims against government, Complaints Appeals and Review Panel (CARP), concession law, constitutional law, contract formation, declaratory judgment, Euro Liberia Logging Company, Executive Law (Administrative Procedure Act), exhaustion of remedies, foreign investment, forest management concession, Forestry Development Authority, impairment of contract, in re petition, judicial enforcement of administrative order, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, legislative ratification, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, National Forestry Reform Law, National Legislature, non-executed contract, original jurisdiction, public procurement and concession, Public Procurement and Concession Commission, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, winning bidder, Writ of Prohibition | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions administrative-remedies article-25-constitution article-26-constitution atlantic-resources-ltd bid-process certiorari claims-against-government complaints-appeals-and-review-panel-carp concession-law constitutional-law contract-formation declaratory-judgment euro-liberia-logging-company executive-law-administrative-procedure-act exhaustion-of-remedies foreign-investment forest-management-concession forestry-development-authority impairment-of-contract in-re-petition judicial-enforcement-of-administrative-order jurisdiction-of-supreme-court legislative-ratification ministry-of-justice monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss national-forestry-reform-law national-legislature non-executed-contract original-jurisdiction public-procurement-and-concession public-procurement-and-concession-commission separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia winning-bidder writ-of-prohibition |
| His Honor Nelson T. Tokpa et al vs. The Intestate Estate of Kwia Nyene Howe (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, administrators of intestate estate, amendment of Civil Procedure Law, Appeal, arbitration, arbitration agreement, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, Costs Against Appellant, decedents estate law, Ejectment, Fiduciary Duty, Fourth Judicial Circuit Court, Investigative Survey, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, legal representation, Maryland County, metes and bounds, misapplication of law, Pleebo, prohibition granted, property ownership, Real Property, resumption of jurisdiction, squatter right certificate, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, town lot certificate, trial irregularity, two-thirds jury verdict, unauthorized practice of law, Writ of Prohibition | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions administrators-of-intestate-estate amendment-of-civil-procedure-law appeal arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-law civil-procedure-law costs-against-appellant decedents-estate-law ejectment fiduciary-duty fourth-judicial-circuit-court investigative-survey jury-tampering jury-verdict land-dispute legal-representation maryland-county metes-and-bounds misapplication-of-law pleebo prohibition-granted property-ownership real-property resumption-of-jurisdiction squatter-right-certificate supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed town-lot-certificate trial-irregularity two-thirds-jury-verdict unauthorized-practice-of-law writ-of-prohibition |
| Intestate Estate of Charles Johnston v. Testate Estate of Susan A Miller (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| Jackson vs. Liberia Maritime Authority (LMA) et al (2020) | 2020, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Maritime Law | 2020 Opinions, Administrative Law, Article 56(a) Constitution, Article 89 Constitution, autonomous agencies, constitutional law, contempt of court, diplomatic appointment, Disciplinary Action, executive authority, International Maritime Organization, Jurisdiction, Legal Ethics, Liberia Maritime Authority, permanent representative, presidential appointment power, Professional Misconduct, prohibition denied, removal from office, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of lawyer, tenure of office, Writ of Prohibition | | 2020-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases maritime-law supreme-court | 2020-opinions administrative-law article-56a-constitution article-89-constitution autonomous-agencies constitutional-law contempt-of-court diplomatic-appointment disciplinary-action executive-authority international-maritime-organization jurisdiction legal-ethics liberia-maritime-authority permanent-representative presidential-appointment-power professional-misconduct prohibition-denied removal-from-office separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-lawyer tenure-of-office writ-of-prohibition |
| Kamara et al. v Republic of Liberia (2020) | 2020, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, burglary, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, felonious restraint, hearsay evidence, indictment, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Restitution, reversal of conviction, sentencing, Sufficiency of Evidence, witness credibility | | 2020-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | 2020-opinions appellate-review burglary corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felonious-restraint hearsay-evidence indictment jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt restitution reversal-of-conviction sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence witness-credibility |
| Kiawu v Tweah et. al (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, appeal dismissed, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, civil servant license lawyers, Civil Service Agency, Clerk’s Certificate, Enforcement of Judgment, executive branch, Labour Law, lawyer licensing, Liberian National Bar Association, mandatory appeal requirements, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, nullity of pleadings, perfection of appeal, petition for enforcement of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized practice of law, Wrongful Dismissal | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions administrative-law administrative-procedure-act appeal-dismissed appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court civil-servant-license-lawyers civil-service-agency clerks-certificate enforcement-of-judgment executive-branch labour-law lawyer-licensing liberian-national-bar-association mandatory-appeal-requirements ministry-of-finance-and-development-planning montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal nullity-of-pleadings perfection-of-appeal petition-for-enforcement-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-practice-of-law wrongful-dismissal |
| Korkoya vs. Larmena (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| Korlubah et al. vs. R.L (2020) | 2020, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, bench trial, Criminal Court “B”, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, evidentiary relevance, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, possession of property, prior occupancy, property possession, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute | | 2020-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | 2013-opinions appellate-review bench-trial criminal-court-b criminal-law criminal-mischief criminal-trespass evidentiary-relevance land-dispute montserrado-county possession-of-property prior-occupancy property-possession reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute |
| Liberia Bank for Development and investment (LBDI) v Bacon (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| N Z Enterprises vs Min. Lands, Mines & Energy (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| New African Technology Company v. Cisco (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, amended petition for re-argument, Appellate Review, burden of proof, causation, civil law, Civil Law Court, costs taxed, Damages for Wrong, Expert Testimony, general damages, impeachment of witnesses, Jury Verdict, Medical Expenses, medical reports, modification of judgment, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Negligence, overlooking facts or law, palpable mistake, personal injury, Petition for re-argument, re-argument denied, rehearing standard, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Rules, torts | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions amended-petition-for-re-argument appellate-review burden-of-proof causation civil-law civil-law-court costs-taxed damages-for-wrong expert-testimony general-damages impeachment-of-witnesses jury-verdict medical-expenses medical-reports modification-of-judgment monrovia montserrado-county negligence overlooking-facts-or-law palpable-mistake personal-injury petition-for-re-argument re-argument-denied rehearing-standard sixth-judicial-circuit-court special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-rules torts |
| ORANGE LIBERIA INC. v Liberia Telecommunications Authority (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| Orange Liberia, Inc. Vs Liberia Telecommunication Authority (2020) | 2020 | | | 2020-1 supreme-court | |
| Paye v The Leadership of the Unity Party (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, Article 66 Constitution, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Law Court, constitutional law, constitutional questions, Contempt, declaratory judgment, Due Process, internal party governance, Judicial Canons, judicial ethics, Jurisdiction, mandate, Montserrado County, original jurisdiction, party constitution, political parties, reasoned judgment writing, remand, Service of Process, stay order, Supreme Court en banc, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of party officer, taking of evidence, trial court error, Unity Party, unscholarly ruling | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions appellate-review article-66-constitution bill-of-information civil-law civil-law-court constitutional-law constitutional-questions contempt declaratory-judgment due-process internal-party-governance judicial-canons judicial-ethics jurisdiction mandate montserrado-county original-jurisdiction party-constitution political-parties reasoned-judgment-writing remand service-of-process stay-order supreme-court-en-banc supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-party-officer taking-of-evidence trial-court-error unity-party unscholarly-ruling |
| Plan Liberia Vs Mrs. Martha Sua Autry (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, abandonment, admissibility of evidence, admissions, agent and principal, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, breach of contract, civil law, Contract Law, damages, Eighth Judicial Circuit Court, evidentiary foundation, general damages, Jury Verdict, landlord and tenant, lease agreement, mitigation of damages, modification of judgment, motion for new trial, Nimba County, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions abandonment admissibility-of-evidence admissions agent-and-principal appellate-review attorney-in-fact breach-of-contract civil-law contract-law damages eighth-judicial-circuit-court evidentiary-foundation general-damages jury-verdict landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement mitigation-of-damages modification-of-judgment motion-for-new-trial nimba-county special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia |
| Republic of Liberia Vs Moses Managbolor (2020) | 2020 | Administration of Criminal Justice, Agreement of Parties to Discontinue Proceedings, Alleged Compromise of Criminal Prosecution, Appeal, Arrest of Defendant, Availability of Defence Witnesses, Bail in Criminal Proceedings, change of venue, child sexual abuse, Child Victims of Sexual Violence, Civil Procedure Law section 11.6, Constitutional Rights of Accused Persons, Continuance of Criminal Proceedings, Court Approval of Stipulation, Criminal Assizes “E”, Criminal Court, criminal indictment, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Criminal Procedure Law Section 5.7, criminal prosecution, Delay in Criminal Proceedings, dismissal of indictment, Failure to Prosecute Criminal Case, Failure to Retain Counsel, Fair Administration of Justice, First Judicial Circuit, grand jury indictment, Judicial Oversight of Criminal Proceedings, Liberia National Police, local prejudice, Ministry of Justice, motion for change of venue, motion to admit to bail, Motion to Dismiss, motion to dismiss indictment, Police Custody, pretrial detention, Pretrial Public Sentiment, procedural technicalities, Prosecutorial Discretion, prosecutorial responsibility, protection of children, Protection of Prosecution Witnesses, Public Interest in Criminal Prosecution, Rape, Right to Counsel of Choice, Right to Due Process, right to fair trial, Right to Impartial Trial, right to legal representation, right to speedy trial, Seventy-Two-Hour Detention Rule, sexual offences, Sexual Violence Against Children, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, statutory rape, stipulation of voluntary discontinuance, Substantive Justice, Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction, Supreme Court Rules, Transfer of Criminal Proceedings, unlawful detention, victim protection, voluntary discontinuance, withdrawal of appeal, Withdrawal of Criminal Proceedings, Withdrawal Without Prejudice, Witness Interference, Women and Children Protection Section | | 2020-1 supreme-court | administration-of-criminal-justice agreement-of-parties-to-discontinue-proceedings alleged-compromise-of-criminal-prosecution appeal arrest-of-defendant availability-of-defence-witnesses bail-in-criminal-proceedings change-of-venue child-sexual-abuse child-victims-of-sexual-violence civil-procedure-law-section-11-6 constitutional-rights-of-accused-persons continuance-of-criminal-proceedings court-approval-of-stipulation criminal-assizes-e criminal-court criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure-law criminal-procedure-law-section-5-7 criminal-prosecution delay-in-criminal-proceedings dismissal-of-indictment failure-to-prosecute-criminal-case failure-to-retain-counsel fair-administration-of-justice first-judicial-circuit grand-jury-indictment judicial-oversight-of-criminal-proceedings liberia-national-police local-prejudice ministry-of-justice motion-for-change-of-venue motion-to-admit-to-bail motion-to-dismiss motion-to-dismiss-indictment police-custody pretrial-detention pretrial-public-sentiment procedural-technicalities prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-responsibility protection-of-children protection-of-prosecution-witnesses public-interest-in-criminal-prosecution rape right-to-counsel-of-choice right-to-due-process right-to-fair-trial right-to-impartial-trial right-to-legal-representation right-to-speedy-trial seventy-two-hour-detention-rule sexual-offences sexual-violence-against-children sixteenth-judicial-circuit statutory-rape stipulation-of-voluntary-discontinuance substantive-justice supreme-court-appellate-jurisdiction supreme-court-rules transfer-of-criminal-proceedings unlawful-detention victim-protection voluntary-discontinuance withdrawal-of-appeal withdrawal-of-criminal-proceedings withdrawal-without-prejudice witness-interference women-and-children-protection-section |
| Republic of Liberia vs. Managbolor (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, Appeal, change of venue, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, Due Process, Gbarpolu County, lawyers' duties to justice and public interest, Legal Ethics, Liberia National Police, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, obstruction of justice, Presumption of Innocence, prolonged detention, prosecutorial delay, Prosecutorial Discretion, public interest, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, right to counsel, sexual offenses, speedy trial, statutory rape, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary continuance, voluntary discontinuance, withdrawal of appeal, witness unavailability | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions appeal change-of-venue criminal-assizes criminal-law due-process gbarpolu-county lawyers-duties-to-justice-and-public-interest legal-ethics liberia-national-police ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss obstruction-of-justice presumption-of-innocence prolonged-detention prosecutorial-delay prosecutorial-discretion public-interest revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court right-to-counsel sexual-offenses speedy-trial statutory-rape supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-continuance voluntary-discontinuance withdrawal-of-appeal witness-unavailability |
| Republic of Liberia VS. Oliver Dillon (2020) | 2020 | 13th Judicial Circuit Court, 2020 Opinions, Article 21(c), Article 66, bail, Bill of information, capital offense, Certiorari, change of venue, contempt adjudication, contempt of court, criminal appearance bond, Criminal Court “A”, Criminal Court “B”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Due Process, Gardnersville, impartial tribunal, James A. A. Pierre Judicial Institute, judicial discipline, judicial hierarchy, justice presiding in chambers, mandate of Supreme Court, Margibi County, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia, Montserrado County, murder, pretrial detention, proof evident or presumption great, recusal, review of superior court ruling, Solicitor General, speedy trial, subordinate court, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension without pay | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 13th-judicial-circuit-court 2020-opinions article-21c article-66 bail bill-of-information capital-offense certiorari change-of-venue contempt-adjudication contempt-of-court criminal-appearance-bond criminal-court-a criminal-court-b criminal-law criminal-procedure-law due-process gardnersville impartial-tribunal james-a-a-pierre-judicial-institute judicial-discipline judicial-hierarchy justice-presiding-in-chambers mandate-of-supreme-court margibi-county ministry-of-justice monrovia montserrado-county murder pretrial-detention proof-evident-or-presumption-great recusal review-of-superior-court-ruling solicitor-general speedy-trial subordinate-court supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-without-pay |
| Ross vs. Burnette (2020) | 2020, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law, Tax Law | 2020 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 51.8 and 63.2.1, costs taxed, damages, defective appeal bond, dismissibility of appeal, Ejectment, Evidence, insurance company as surety, jurisdiction of trial court, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Liberia Revenue Authority, mandate, Mentor Initiative v. Fardoun, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to dismiss appeal, Paynesville, perfection of appeal, property ownership, Reeves v. Quiah Brothers, resumption of jurisdiction, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, Surety Qualification, tax clearance requirement | | 2020-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases tax-law supreme-court | 2020-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-51-8-and-63-2-1 costs-taxed damages defective-appeal-bond dismissibility-of-appeal ejectment evidence insurance-company-as-surety jurisdiction-of-trial-court jury-verdict land-dispute liberia-revenue-authority mandate mentor-initiative-v-fardoun montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss-appeal paynesville perfection-of-appeal property-ownership reeves-v-quiah-brothers resumption-of-jurisdiction sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia surety-qualification tax-clearance-requirement |
| Steele Vs Pentecostal Believers Assembly Church (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, civil law, court’s decree of sale, damages, Ejectment, encroachment, Evidence, general damages, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Real Property, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, waiver of service, wrongful withholding | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions appellate-review civil-law courts-decree-of-sale damages ejectment encroachment evidence general-damages intestate-estate investigative-survey jurisdiction jury-verdict land-dispute letters-of-administration metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial real-property service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit-court summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed waiver-of-service wrongful-withholding |
| The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) Vs United Commodities Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Health Law, Insurance Law | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, banking and finance law, breach of contract, civil law, collateral management, Commercial Law, contractual interpretation, Costs, damaged goods, default on loan, Ebola outbreak, ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Escrow Account, field warehousing agreement, Force Majeure, foreclosure rights, impossibility of performance, insurance obligation, international finance, Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), loan agreement, mandate, Montserrado County, mortgage security, personal guarantees, petition for declaratory judgment, reversal of trial court judgment, risk of loss, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconditional liability, United Commodities Inc., unjust enrichment | | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases health-law insurance-law supreme-court | 2020-opinions appellate-review banking-and-finance-law breach-of-contract civil-law collateral-management commercial-law contractual-interpretation costs damaged-goods default-on-loan ebola-outbreak ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid escrow-account field-warehousing-agreement force-majeure foreclosure-rights impossibility-of-performance insurance-obligation international-finance liberia-bank-for-development-and-investment-lbdi loan-agreement mandate montserrado-county mortgage-security personal-guarantees petition-for-declaratory-judgment reversal-of-trial-court-judgment risk-of-loss supreme-court-of-liberia unconditional-liability united-commodities-inc unjust-enrichment |
| The Testate Estate of Dr. Joseph N. Togba v Goodridge (2020) | 2020 | 2020 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Jurisdiction, mandatory statutory requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, negligence of counsel, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2020-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-judgment jurisdiction mandatory-statutory-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal negligence-of-counsel notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate |
| Trokon International Corporation Vs Adama Sumoro (2020) | 2020 | 2021 Opinions, admission against interest, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Battery Factory, bench trial, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, cancellation of deed, cancellation of lease, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, deed registration, Equitable Relief, Evidence, fraud, Gardnersville, intervention, Land Dispute, lease agreement, Liberia Land Authority, misrepresentation, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, motion to intervene, National Archives, power of attorney, probate jurisdiction, Real Property, registrar of deeds, repossession, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, unauthorized agency, wrongful withholding | | 2020-1 supreme-court | 2021-opinions admission-against-interest appellate-review attorney-in-fact battery-factory bench-trial bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information cancellation-of-deed cancellation-of-lease chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court deed-registration equitable-relief evidence fraud gardnersville intervention land-dispute lease-agreement liberia-land-authority misrepresentation monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss motion-to-intervene national-archives power-of-attorney probate-jurisdiction real-property registrar-of-deeds repossession sixth-judicial-circuit-court subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed unauthorized-agency wrongful-withholding |
