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Document Category 1997
| Title | Categories | Tags | Link | hf:tax:document_title | hf:doc_tags |
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| Former Workers of REGSA v REGSA [1997] LRSC 13_ 38 LLR 444 (1997) (15 August 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, abuse of discretion, annual leave, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Civil Procedure, contradictory rulings, Default Judgment, Enforcement of Judgment, excusable neglect, inadvertence, judicial discretion, Labor Law, mandate, Ministry of Labour, mistake, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, National Labour Court, notice pay, notice to parties, notices of assignment, petition for enforcement, redundancy benefits, Service of Process, severance pay, Supreme Court of Liberia, surprise, unfair labour practices | former-workers-of-regsa-v-regsa-1997-lrsc-13_-38-llr-444-1997-15-august-1997 | 1997-opinions abuse-of-discretion annual-leave appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof civil-procedure contradictory-rulings default-judgment enforcement-of-judgment excusable-neglect inadvertence judicial-discretion labor-law mandate ministry-of-labour mistake montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment national-labour-court notice-pay notice-to-parties notices-of-assignment petition-for-enforcement redundancy-benefits service-of-process severance-pay supreme-court-of-liberia surprise unfair-labour-practices | |
| In re Petition of G. Henry Andrews [1997] LRSC 11_ 38 LLR 429 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, Administrative Law, admission to the bar, attorney-at-law, Bar Examination, counsellor-at-law, discretionary dispensation, Elections Commission, five-year practice requirement, Judiciary Law, legal education, Legal Profession, Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, moral and professional character, petition for dispensation, presidential appointment, qualifications for admission, Revised Rules of Court, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-petition-of-g-henry-andrews-1997-lrsc-11_-38-llr-429-1997-22-july-1997 | 1997-opinions administrative-law admission-to-the-bar attorney-at-law bar-examination counsellor-at-law discretionary-dispensation elections-commission five-year-practice-requirement judiciary-law legal-education legal-profession louis-arthur-grimes-school-of-law moral-and-professional-character petition-for-dispensation presidential-appointment qualifications-for-admission revised-rules-of-court supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Intestate Estate of Lewis v Metzger et al [1997] LRSC 9_ 38 LLR 404 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997 | intestate-estate-of-lewis-v-metzger-et-al-1997-lrsc-9_-38-llr-404-1997-22-july-1997 | |||
| Jeff et al v Hall et al [1997] LRSC 8_ 38 LLR 396 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, arbitrary action, circuit court authority, Civil Procedure, Due Process, effect of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, information proceedings, jurisdictional error, magistrate jurisdiction, Monrovia City Corporation, Montserrado County, Prohibition, Provisional Remedies, status quo order, stay of execution, Summary Proceedings, summary proceedings investigation, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, supersedeas, Supreme Court of Liberia | jeff-et-al-v-hall-et-al-1997-lrsc-8_-38-llr-396-1997-22-july-1997 | 1997-opinions appellate-jurisdiction arbitrary-action circuit-court-authority civil-procedure due-process effect-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment information-proceedings jurisdictional-error magistrate-jurisdiction monrovia-city-corporation montserrado-county prohibition provisional-remedies status-quo-order stay-of-execution summary-proceedings summary-proceedings-investigation summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supersedeas supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Kartoe et al v Inter Con Security System, Inc. [1997] LRSC 10_ 38 LLR 414 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, acceptance of benefits, Compensation, Contract Enforcement, dismissal without notice, employee benefits, employment contract, Estoppel, hours of work, indefinite employment contract, judicial restraint, Judicial Review, Labour Law, Labour Practices Law, legislative intent, Ministry of Labour, Montserrado County, muster time, National Labour Court, notice pay, payment in lieu of notice, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of employment, training compensation, Waiver, Wrongful Dismissal | inc-1997-lrsc-10_-38-llr-414-1997-22-july-1997 kartoe-et-al-v-inter-con-security-system | 1997-opinions acceptance-of-benefits compensation contract-enforcement dismissal-without-notice employee-benefits employment-contract estoppel hours-of-work indefinite-employment-contract judicial-restraint judicial-review labour-law labour-practices-law legislative-intent ministry-of-labour montserrado-county muster-time national-labour-court notice-pay payment-in-lieu-of-notice statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-employment training-compensation waiver wrongful-dismissal | |
| Kennedy et al v Carlton Petroleum Inc. [1997] LRSC 4_ 38 LLR 360 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1997 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, approval of appeal bond, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, costs taxed against appellants, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to file resistance, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Jurisdiction, mandatory statutory requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, neglect of counsel, Nonappearance of Counsel, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, service of notice of completion, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Sixty-Day Rule, Supreme Court of Liberia | kennedy-et-al-v-carlton-petroleum-inc-1997-lrsc-4_-38-llr-360-1997-22-july-1997 | 1997-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure approval-of-appeal-bond civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-taxed-against-appellants dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-file-resistance failure-to-perfect-appeal jurisdiction mandatory-statutory-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal neglect-of-counsel nonappearance-of-counsel notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal service-of-notice-of-completion sixth-judicial-circuit sixty-day-rule supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Kennedy et al v Carlton Petroleum Inc. [1997] LRSC 4_ 38 LLR 360 (1998) (22 July 1997) | 1997, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 1997 Opinions, administrative adjudication, admission by failure to deny, amended pleading, amendment of pleadings, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure, contempt proceedings, costs prerequisite, hearing officers, Judicial Review, Labor Law, last pleader rule, Mandate Enforcement, Ministry of Labour, Motion to Dismiss, notice pay, payment of accrued costs, pleading practice, Re-argument, redundancy benefits, remedial process, Supreme Court jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of pleadings, Writ of Error | kennedy-et-al-v-carlton-petroleum-inc-1997-lrsc-4_-38-llr-360-1998-22-july-1997 united-states-trading-company-by-and-thru-its-general-manager-movant-united-states-trading-company-redundant-workers | 1997-opinions administrative-adjudication admission-by-failure-to-deny amended-pleading amendment-of-pleadings bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure contempt-proceedings costs-prerequisite hearing-officers judicial-review labor-law last-pleader-rule mandate-enforcement ministry-of-labour motion-to-dismiss notice-pay payment-of-accrued-costs pleading-practice re-argument redundancy-benefits remedial-process supreme-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-pleadings writ-of-error | |
| Liberia Agricultural Co. C v Mathies et al [1997] LRSC 3_ 38 LLR 354 | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, amended pleadings, amendment of pleadings, appellate procedure, Bill of information, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, Debt Court, Enforcement of Judgment, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, motion to strike, notice of assignment, prohibition proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial commencement, unreasonable delay, verification of pleadings, withdrawal of pleadings | liberia-agricultural-co-c-v-mathies-et-al-1997-lrsc-3_-38-llr-354 | 1997-opinions amended-pleadings amendment-of-pleadings appellate-procedure bill-of-information civil-procedure civil-procedure-law debt-court enforcement-of-judgment jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-strike notice-of-assignment prohibition-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia trial-commencement unreasonable-delay verification-of-pleadings withdrawal-of-pleadings | |
| Mathies et al v Liberia Agricultural Co. [1997] LRSC 14_ 38 LLR 466 (1997) (15 August 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, appeal dismissed, appellate procedure, Bill of information, Civil Procedure, Debt Court, execution of mandate, improper execution of mandate, itemization of costs, Jurisdiction, Mandate Enforcement, miscarriage of justice, Montserrado County, statutory interest, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | mathies-et-al-v-liberia-agricultural-co-1997-lrsc-14_-38-llr-466-1997-15-august-1997 | 1997-opinions appeal-dismissed appellate-procedure bill-of-information civil-procedure debt-court execution-of-mandate improper-execution-of-mandate itemization-of-costs jurisdiction mandate-enforcement miscarriage-of-justice montserrado-county statutory-interest supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | |
| Montgomery v Hall et al [1997] LRSC 6_ 38 LLR 378 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, de novo trial, Due Process, excusable neglect, judicial discretion, land ownership, Magisterial Court, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, notice to parties, real property dispute, rescission of judgment, Summary Proceedings, summary proceedings against magistrate, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, term time jurisdiction | montgomery-v-hall-et-al-1997-lrsc-6_-38-llr-378-1997-22-july-1997 | 1997-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-law-court civil-procedure de-novo-trial due-process excusable-neglect judicial-discretion land-ownership magisterial-court modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment notice-to-parties real-property-dispute rescission-of-judgment summary-proceedings summary-proceedings-against-magistrate summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia term-time-jurisdiction | |
| Pentee v Zoe et al [1997] LRSC 16_ 38 LLR 485 (1997) (15 August 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal Withdrawal, approval of costs, attachment proceedings, bill of costs, challenge to service, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, day in court, Default Judgment, Due Process, jurisdiction over the person, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, notice of assignment, payment of costs, Service of Process, sheriff’s returns, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia, taxation of costs, Writ of Attachment, Writ of Error, writ of summons | pentee-v-zoe-et-al-1997-lrsc-16_-38-llr-485-1997-15-august-1997 | 1997-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appeal-withdrawal approval-of-costs attachment-proceedings bill-of-costs challenge-to-service civil-law-court civil-procedure day-in-court default-judgment due-process jurisdiction-over-the-person montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment notice-of-assignment payment-of-costs service-of-process sheriffs-returns sixth-judicial-circuit specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia taxation-of-costs writ-of-attachment writ-of-error writ-of-summons | |
| Ramatrielle v Metzger et al [1997] LRSC 2_ 38 LLR 336 (1997) (22 July 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, agent, appointment of interim administrator, Article 20, business associations, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, corporate governance, Corporate Law, corporate officers, Corporate Personality, declaratory judgment, defective service, Due Process, Fiduciary Duty, intervention, intervention as of right, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, motions practice, new issues barred, nonresident Liberian corporation, permissive intervention, petition for reargument, reargument, registered agent, rehearing, removal of director, scope of reargument, separate legal entity, Service of Process, shareholders’ meeting, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness, untimely intervention | ramatrielle-v-metzger-et-al-1997-lrsc-2_-38-llr-336-1997-22-july-1997 | 1997-opinions agent appointment-of-interim-administrator article-20 business-associations civil-law-court civil-procedure corporate-governance corporate-law corporate-officers corporate-personality declaratory-judgment defective-service due-process fiduciary-duty intervention intervention-as-of-right jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-intervene motions-practice new-issues-barred nonresident-liberian-corporation permissive-intervention petition-for-reargument reargument registered-agent rehearing removal-of-director scope-of-reargument separate-legal-entity service-of-process shareholders-meeting sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness untimely-intervention | |
| Rizzo et al v Metzger et al [1997] LRSC 15_ 38 LLR 476 (1997) (15 August 1997) | 1997 | 1997 Opinions, Appellate Practice, Bill of information, Civil Procedure, clerk of court, Consolidation, dismissal, execution of mandate, extraordinary relief, germane issues, judicial discretion, Jurisdiction, Justice in Chambers, mandamus, mandate, meritorious issues, Montserrado County, mootness, Motion to Dismiss, petition for reargument, petitions, procedural defect, reargument, rehearing, Service of Process, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, void writ, Writ of Error | rizzo-et-al-v-metzger-et-al-1997-lrsc-15_-38-llr-476-1997-15-august-1997 | 1997-opinions appellate-practice bill-of-information civil-procedure clerk-of-court consolidation dismissal execution-of-mandate extraordinary-relief germane-issues judicial-discretion jurisdiction justice-in-chambers mandamus mandate meritorious-issues montserrado-county mootness motion-to-dismiss petition-for-reargument petitions procedural-defect reargument rehearing service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia void-writ writ-of-error | |
| Wiah v RL LRSC 7; 38 LLR 385 (1997) | 1997, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1997 Opinions, Acquittal, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, charge to the jury, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, Criminal Procedure, damage to property, discharge, evidentiary insufficiency, exception to jury charge, First Judicial Circuit, indictment, judicial discretion, jury instructions, malicious mischief, material variance, Montserrado County, pleading requirements, proof as laid, reasonable doubt, request to charge, specificity in exceptions, Supreme Court of Liberia, tangible property, trial error, variance, waiver of issues | wiah-v-rl-lrsc-7-38-llr-385-1997 | 1997-opinions acquittal appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof charge-to-the-jury criminal-assizes criminal-law criminal-mischief criminal-procedure damage-to-property discharge evidentiary-insufficiency exception-to-jury-charge first-judicial-circuit indictment judicial-discretion jury-instructions malicious-mischief material-variance montserrado-county pleading-requirements proof-as-laid reasonable-doubt request-to-charge specificity-in-exceptions supreme-court-of-liberia tangible-property trial-error variance waiver-of-issues |