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Document Category 2016
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| Barway et al. v. Republic of Liberia (2016) | 2016, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | Accomplice Testimony, Arson, AU Convention on Mercenarism, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Cavalla River, Confession & Miranda, Consolidation & Severance, Côte d’Ivoire Conflict, Criminal Appeal, Evidence Law, Extradition, Grand Gedeh, International Law, Jurisdiction, Jury Tampering, Liberia Supreme Court, Life Imprisonment, Mercenarism, murder, Para attack, Prima Facie, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rape, Security & Public Order, Theft of Property, UNOCI, Zwedru | barway-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2016 | accomplice-testimony arson au-convention-on-mercenarism beyond-a-reasonable-doubt cavalla-river confession-miranda consolidation-severance cote-divoire-conflict criminal-appeal evidence-law extradition grand-gedeh international-law jurisdiction jury-tampering liberia-supreme-court life-imprisonment mercenarism murder para-attack prima-facie prosecutorial-misconduct rape security-public-order theft-of-property unoci zwedru | |
| Bashir v RL LRSC 31 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law | 2016 Opinion, Appeal Withdrawal, Certificate of Withdrawal, Chambers Ruling, Civil Procedure, Costs, Court Administration, Full Bench, Judicial Practice, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Procedural Compliance, Rule 3(2), Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court Rules | bashir-v-rl-lrsc-31-2016 | 2016-opinion appeal-withdrawal certificate-of-withdrawal chambers-ruling civil-procedure costs court-administration full-bench judicial-practice jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court procedural-compliance rule-32 summary-proceedings supreme-court-rules | |
| Boakai et al v. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2017 Elections, Article 83(c), Bill of information, Charles Walker Brumskine, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, Contempt, Election Dispute, Electoral Jurisdiction, Electoral Justice, Expeditious Hearing, James Emmanuel Nuquay, Joseph Boakai, Judicial Review, Liberia, Liberty Party, Mandate Enforcement, Mootness Doctrine, National Elections Commission, Supreme Court, Unity Party | boakai-et-al-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2016 | 2017-elections article-83c bill-of-information charles-walker-brumskine civil-procedure constitutional-law contempt election-dispute electoral-jurisdiction electoral-justice expeditious-hearing james-emmanuel-nuquay joseph-boakai judicial-review liberia liberty-party mandate-enforcement mootness-doctrine national-elections-commission supreme-court unity-party | |
| Chebli V. Benson et al (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinion, Appellate Review, Breach of Lease, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Contractual Obligations, Default, Equitable Relief, Evidence, Force Majeure, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Lease Cancellation, Liberia Supreme Court, Real Property, Rental Arrears, Substantive Justice, Waiver, War Period | chebli-v-benson-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinion appellate-review breach-of-lease civil-procedure contract-law contractual-obligations default equitable-relief evidence force-majeure judicial-notice jury-trial lease-cancellation liberia-supreme-court real-property rental-arrears substantive-justice waiver war-period | |
| Citizens Solidarity Council v RL LRSC 20 (2016) | 2016, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Governance Law | 2016 Opinions, Article 2, Article 26, Article 90, board resolution authority, Citizens Solidarity Council, Civil Procedure Law §11.2, Code of Conduct Act 2014, Conflict of Interest, constitutional law, declaratory judgment, elections, ex post facto claim, Judicial Review, justiciability, legal capacity, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, petition denied, presidential appointees, resignation requirement, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia | citizens-solidarity-council-v-rl-lrsc-20-2016 | 2016-opinions article-2 article-26 article-90 board-resolution-authority citizens-solidarity-council civil-procedure-law-%c2%a711-2 code-of-conduct-act-2014 conflict-of-interest constitutional-law declaratory-judgment elections ex-post-facto-claim judicial-review justiciability legal-capacity ministry-of-justice montserrado-county petition-denied presidential-appointees resignation-requirement standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Davis et al v. Nevins et al (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, Adverse Possession, apartment building, Appellate Review, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Bassa Community, Capitol Bypass, civil law, Civil Law Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Land Dispute, land law, Montserrado County, public land sale deed, quiet title, Real Property, rental income escrow, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, unlawful eviction, wrongful withholding | davis-et-al-v-nevins-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinions adverse-possession apartment-building appellate-review article-20a-constitution-of-liberia bassa-community capitol-bypass civil-law civil-law-court due-process ejectment land-dispute land-law montserrado-county public-land-sale-deed quiet-title real-property rental-income-escrow sixth-judicial-circuit summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed unlawful-eviction wrongful-withholding | |
| Farhat v. The Management of the Liberia Trading and Development Bank (TRADEVCO) (2016) | 2016, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, Appellate Review, bank records, Banking Law, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, civil war, Commercial Law, debt, Debt Court, documentary evidence, financial institutions, Judicial Notice, liquidation, Montserrado County, savings account, substantial justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncertified copies | farhat-v-the-management-of-the-liberia-trading-and-development-bank-tradevco-2016 | 2016-opinions appellate-review bank-records banking-law best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-war commercial-law debt debt-court documentary-evidence financial-institutions judicial-notice liquidation montserrado-county savings-account substantial-justice supreme-court-of-liberia uncertified-copies | |
| Firestone Liberia Inc. v MARDCO LRSC 16 (2016) | 2016, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting proceedings, agency relationship, ambiguity in contract, award of punitive damages, breach of contract, burden of proof, business losses, civil law, Commercial Law, construction against drafter, Contract Law, contractual interpretation, corporate liability, corporate officer misconduct, corporate transactions, damages for breach of contract, deterrence principle, Estoppel, failure to prove general damages, fiduciary breach, financial mismanagement, Firestone v Kollie, general damages, good faith and fair dealing, improper payment, insufficiency of evidence, Intrusco Corp v Ossely, Konn, LoneStar v Wright, memorandum of understanding, modification of damages, notice and noncompliance, payment dispute, pleading and proof of special damages, preponderance of evidence, proof of damages, punitive damages, separate causes of action, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, third-party liability, unjust enrichment, willful breach | firestone-liberia-inc-v-mardco-lrsc-16-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-proceedings agency-relationship ambiguity-in-contract award-of-punitive-damages breach-of-contract burden-of-proof business-losses civil-law commercial-law construction-against-drafter contract-law contractual-interpretation corporate-liability corporate-officer-misconduct corporate-transactions damages-for-breach-of-contract deterrence-principle estoppel failure-to-prove-general-damages fiduciary-breach financial-mismanagement firestone-v-kollie general-damages good-faith-and-fair-dealing improper-payment insufficiency-of-evidence intrusco-corp-v-ossely konn lonestar-v-wright memorandum-of-understanding modification-of-damages notice-and-noncompliance payment-dispute pleading-and-proof-of-special-damages preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-damages punitive-damages separate-causes-of-action special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia third-party-liability unjust-enrichment willful-breach | |
| Firestone Liberia v Kollie et al. LRSC 33 (2016) | 2016, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2016 Opinions, acid attack injuries, agency principles, appellate intervention, Appellate Review, arrest and detention, assault, battery, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Liberia, compensatory damages, conflicting evidence, corporate accountability, corporate liability, credibility of witnesses, cruel and inhumane treatment, Damages for Wrong, degree of burns, due process violations, employer liability, evidentiary weight, excessive damages, expert medical testimony, Firestone Liberia, general damages, human dignity, intentional torts, keloids, loitering, loss of earning capacity, malicious conduct, Margibi County, medical evidence, mistaken identity, modification of judgment, Negligence, pain and suffering, permanent injury, personal injury, plantation security, preponderance of evidence, private security actions, proportionality of damages, punitive damages, punitive liability standards, reasonable man doctrine, rebuttal evidence, reckless conduct, reduction of damages, right to bodily integrity., Section 22.14(c), security personnel misconduct, self-defense argument, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, trial by judge, unlawful punishment, vicarious liability, waiver of jury trial, witness testimony, wrongful conduct | firestone-liberia-v-kollie-et-al-lrsc-33-2016 | 2016-opinions acid-attack-injuries agency-principles appellate-intervention appellate-review arrest-and-detention assault battery burden-of-proof civil-law civil-procedure-law-liberia compensatory-damages conflicting-evidence corporate-accountability corporate-liability credibility-of-witnesses cruel-and-inhumane-treatment damages-for-wrong degree-of-burns due-process-violations employer-liability evidentiary-weight excessive-damages expert-medical-testimony firestone-liberia general-damages human-dignity intentional-torts keloids loitering loss-of-earning-capacity malicious-conduct margibi-county medical-evidence mistaken-identity modification-of-judgment negligence pain-and-suffering permanent-injury personal-injury plantation-security preponderance-of-evidence private-security-actions proportionality-of-damages punitive-damages punitive-liability-standards reasonable-man-doctrine rebuttal-evidence reckless-conduct reduction-of-damages right-to-bodily-integrity section-22-14c security-personnel-misconduct self-defense-argument supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law trial-by-judge unlawful-punishment vicarious-liability waiver-of-jury-trial witness-testimony wrongful-conduct | |
| Goodridge v. The Testate Estate of Togba LRSC 24 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, abuse of discretion, access to court, administrators cum testamento annexo, answer, Appellate Review, Bare Denial, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, concession by counsel, constitutional property rights, Constructive Notice, Due Process, Ejectment, enlargement of time, Estate Administration, excusable neglect, failure to hear motion, fair hearing, hearing requirement, judgment without opinion, judicial discretion, jurisdictional issues, lack of service, late filing of answer, Liberia civil procedure law., litigation process, mandate, Montserrado County, motion practice, newspaper publication, pleadings, pretrial motions, procedural error, procedural fairness, Property Rights, real property law, remand, restoration of jurisdiction, Reversible Error, right to be heard, service of summons, striking pleadings, summary disposition, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, trial court error | goodridge-v-the-testate-estate-of-togba-lrsc-24-2016 | 2016-opinions abuse-of-discretion access-to-court administrators-cum-testamento-annexo answer appellate-review bare-denial civil-law-court civil-procedure concession-by-counsel constitutional-property-rights constructive-notice due-process ejectment enlargement-of-time estate-administration excusable-neglect failure-to-hear-motion fair-hearing hearing-requirement judgment-without-opinion judicial-discretion jurisdictional-issues lack-of-service late-filing-of-answer liberia-civil-procedure-law litigation-process mandate montserrado-county motion-practice newspaper-publication pleadings pretrial-motions procedural-error procedural-fairness property-rights real-property-law remand restoration-of-jurisdiction reversible-error right-to-be-heard service-of-summons striking-pleadings summary-disposition supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate trial-court-error | |
| Gulley et al. v The intestate Estate of the late Ethel Kaba Gayflorzee LRSC 1 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | Chambers Justice, Ejectment, foreclosure, Intestate Estate, joint tenancy, judicial sale, Liberia Supreme Court, mortgage law, NHSB, Prohibition, Real Property, Service by Publication, Sheriff’s Deed, Survivorship | gulley-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-ethel-kaba-gayflorzee-lrsc-1-2016 | chambers-justice ejectment foreclosure intestate-estate joint-tenancy judicial-sale liberia-supreme-court mortgage-law nhsb prohibition real-property service-by-publication sheriffs-deed survivorship | |
| His Honor H. Nyenswa Davis, Sr. v. Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA) (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | Appeal bond, Confidentiality, Default Judgment, Employment Law, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Labour Law, Liberia, Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), Ministry of Labour, National Labour Court, Service of Process, Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Supreme Court, Wiefueh A. Sayeh, Wrongful Dismissal | his-honor-h-nyenswa-davis sr-v-liberia-telecommunication-authority-lta-2016 | appeal-bond confidentiality default-judgment employment-law judicial-review jurisdiction labour-law liberia liberia-telecommunications-authority-lta ministry-of-labour national-labour-court service-of-process sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh supreme-court wiefueh-a-sayeh wrongful-dismissal | |
| Howard-Kendor v. Bailey 015 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law | 2016 Opinion, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Practice, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure Law, Costs, Final Judgment, Jurisdictional Defect, Legal Concession, Liberia Supreme Court, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Section 51.4, Statutory Time Limit, Timeliness | howard-kendor-v-bailey-015-2016 | 2016-opinion appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-practice bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure-law costs final-judgment jurisdictional-defect legal-concession liberia-supreme-court motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal section-51-4 statutory-time-limit timeliness | |
| In re: Judicial Inquiry Commission report on His Honor Francis Danuweli LRSC 38 (2016) | 2016, Ethics | appellate superintendence, Bong County, Canon 39, contempt of court, Debt Court, ethics training, Francis A. Danuweli, Judicial Canon 13, Judicial Canon 25, Judicial Canon 28, judicial discipline, judicial ethics, Judicial Inquiry Commission, Labor Commissioner Henry N. Davis, Liberia, Magattfried Tehmeh, Ministry of Labor, repayment order, Supreme Court, suspension | in-re-judicial-inquiry-commission-report-on-his-honor-francis-danuweli-lrsc-38-2016 | appellate-superintendence bong-county canon-39 contempt-of-court debt-court ethics-training francis-a-danuweli judicial-canon-13 judicial-canon-25 judicial-canon-28 judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-inquiry-commission labor-commissioner-henry-n-davis liberia magattfried-tehmeh ministry-of-labor repayment-order supreme-court suspension | |
| K & H Construction Company v The Realty Trust of the late William E. Dennis, Sr LRSC 13 (2016) (Dissenting Opinion) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Dissenting Opinions, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, absence of returns, ancillary issues, appellate disagreement, Appellate Review, Article 65 Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, calculation of certain period, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, commencement of optional period, commercial lease, compliance with mandate, computation of lease period, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Contract Law, declaratory judgment, disagreement with majority, Dissenting Opinion, distinction between possession and contractual rights, enforcement of mandate, equitable considerations, estate property management, evidentiary insufficiency, execution of judgment, factual uncertainty, Houssenini v Jawhary, interpretation of contracts, interpretation vs enforcement of judgment, Jawhary v Ja’neh, judicial dissent, judicial reasoning, Judiciary Law Liberia, jurisdiction of lower court, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, K & H Construction Company, Kamara v Kindii, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, legal reasoning critique, loss of jurisdiction upon remand, minority opinion, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple appeals, Nyumah v Kontoe, optional lease period, petition for declaratory judgment, precedent analysis, proper remedy, Real Property, Realty Trust, renewal clause, rental income sharing, scope of declaratory judgment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standard of review, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, trust estate, trustee authority, William E. Dennis Estate | k-h-construction-company-v-the-realty-trust-of-the-late-william-e-dennis-sr-lrsc-13-2016-dissenting-opinion | 2016-opinions absence-of-returns ancillary-issues appellate-disagreement appellate-review article-65-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information calculation-of-certain-period civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law commencement-of-optional-period commercial-lease compliance-with-mandate computation-of-lease-period concurrent-jurisdiction contract-law declaratory-judgment disagreement-with-majority dissenting-opinion distinction-between-possession-and-contractual-rights enforcement-of-mandate equitable-considerations estate-property-management evidentiary-insufficiency execution-of-judgment factual-uncertainty houssenini-v-jawhary interpretation-of-contracts interpretation-vs-enforcement-of-judgment jawhary-v-janeh judicial-dissent judicial-reasoning judiciary-law-liberia jurisdiction-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-supreme-court k-h-construction-company kamara-v-kindii landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest legal-reasoning-critique loss-of-jurisdiction-upon-remand minority-opinion monrovia montserrado-county multiple-appeals nyumah-v-kontoe optional-lease-period petition-for-declaratory-judgment precedent-analysis proper-remedy real-property realty-trust renewal-clause rental-income-sharing scope-of-declaratory-judgment sixth-judicial-circuit standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia trust-estate trustee-authority william-e-dennis-estate | |
| Keita v. Keita LRSC 23 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 13th Judicial Circuit, 2016 Opinions, action for specific performance, adequacy of consideration, admission as evidence, alleged breach, Appellate Review, breach of contract, burden of proof, change of venue, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 16.5, Civil Procedure Law Section 9.8(3), clean hands doctrine, clerk’s certificate nullity, collateral for loan, Conflict of Interest, contract interpretation, Contract Law, Contractual Obligations, documentary evidence, enforcement of contract, Equitable Relief, equity jurisdiction, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure of proof, fraudulent conveyance, illiteracy and consent, intent of parties, Intestate Estate, judicial ethics, Judicial Recusal, Lakpazee, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, Letters of Administration, mandate to lower court, Margibi County, memorandum of understanding, misrepresentation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage transaction, multiple trials, non-interference clause, parol evidence rule, pleadings in special proceedings, preponderance of evidence, promissory note, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, rental income, reply not required, Restitution, reversal on appeal, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Specific Performance, Substitution of Parties, Supreme Court of Liberia, testimonial evidence, title to land, transfer of title, trial procedure, Undue Influence, unjust enrichment, validity of deed, waiver of objection, warranty deed | keita-v-keita-lrsc-23-2016 | 13th-judicial-circuit 2016-opinions action-for-specific-performance adequacy-of-consideration admission-as-evidence alleged-breach appellate-review breach-of-contract burden-of-proof change-of-venue civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-16-5 civil-procedure-law-section-9-83 clean-hands-doctrine clerks-certificate-nullity collateral-for-loan conflict-of-interest contract-interpretation contract-law contractual-obligations documentary-evidence enforcement-of-contract equitable-relief equity-jurisdiction estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-of-proof fraudulent-conveyance illiteracy-and-consent intent-of-parties intestate-estate judicial-ethics judicial-recusal lakpazee landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest letters-of-administration mandate-to-lower-court margibi-county memorandum-of-understanding misrepresentation monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-transaction multiple-trials non-interference-clause parol-evidence-rule pleadings-in-special-proceedings preponderance-of-evidence promissory-note quiet-enjoyment real-property rental-income reply-not-required restitution reversal-on-appeal sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit specific-performance substitution-of-parties supreme-court-of-liberia testimonial-evidence title-to-land transfer-of-title trial-procedure undue-influence unjust-enrichment validity-of-deed waiver-of-objection warranty-deed | |
| Kpaan v. Johnson, et al LRSC 15 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | “wrong rule” doctrine, 2016 Opinions, abuse of discretion, abuse of power, alternative writ, appellate jurisprudence, appointment powers, arbitrary detention, Article 2 Constitution of Liberia, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Article 21(c) Constitution of Liberia, Article 44 Constitution of Liberia, Article 54 Constitution of Liberia, Article 66 Constitution of Liberia, Ashkar v Badio, attorney general, avoidance of constitutional questions, Broh v House of Representatives, Chambers Justice powers, Civil Procedure Law Section 16.21, co-equal branches of government, Commercial Fisheries v Puk Yang, compliance with constitutional safeguards, Conflict of Interest, constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, constitutional protections, contempt powers of Legislature, denial of legal representation, due process of law, emergency relief, exclusive constitutional jurisdiction, Executive, Executive Law Chapter 22, executive officer, extraordinary writs, Fiduciary Duty, fundamental rights, Green v Tubman, House of Representatives, improper representation, in re proceedings, institutional conflict, intervention by government, Jitco v Sesay, judicial restraint, Judicial Review, judicial supremacy in constitutional interpretation, judiciary, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, justiciability, Kennedy v Goodridge, lack of jurisdiction, Legal Ethics, legislative contempt, legislative hearings, legislature, limits of oversight, limits on legislative contempt, mandate of Supreme Court, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, nullity doctrine, oversight powers of Legislature, peremptory writ, petition for writ of prohibition, prohibition proceedings, Public Policy, quasi-judicial proceedings, representation of government, right to counsel, right to fair hearing, rights enforcement, separation of powers, Snowe v House of Representatives., status quo ante, statutory mandate, Superintendent of Montserrado County, supremacy of the Constitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconstitutional acts, unlawful imprisonment, violation of due process, void acts, Writ of Prohibition | kpaan-v-johnson-et-al-lrsc-15-2016 | wrong-rule-doctrine 2016-opinions abuse-of-discretion abuse-of-power alternative-writ appellate-jurisprudence appointment-powers arbitrary-detention article-2-constitution-of-liberia article-20a-constitution-of-liberia article-21c-constitution-of-liberia article-44-constitution-of-liberia article-54-constitution-of-liberia article-66-constitution-of-liberia ashkar-v-badio attorney-general avoidance-of-constitutional-questions broh-v-house-of-representatives chambers-justice-powers civil-procedure-law-section-16-21 co-equal-branches-of-government commercial-fisheries-v-puk-yang compliance-with-constitutional-safeguards conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-protections contempt-powers-of-legislature denial-of-legal-representation due-process-of-law emergency-relief exclusive-constitutional-jurisdiction executive executive-law-chapter-22 executive-officer extraordinary-writs fiduciary-duty fundamental-rights green-v-tubman house-of-representatives improper-representation in-re-proceedings institutional-conflict intervention-by-government jitco-v-sesay judicial-restraint judicial-review judicial-supremacy-in-constitutional-interpretation judiciary jurisdiction-of-supreme-court justiciability kennedy-v-goodridge lack-of-jurisdiction legal-ethics legislative-contempt legislative-hearings legislature limits-of-oversight limits-on-legislative-contempt mandate-of-supreme-court ministry-of-justice monrovia monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county nullity-doctrine oversight-powers-of-legislature peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-prohibition prohibition-proceedings public-policy quasi-judicial-proceedings representation-of-government right-to-counsel right-to-fair-hearing rights-enforcement separation-of-powers snowe-v-house-of-representatives status-quo-ante statutory-mandate superintendent-of-montserrado-county supremacy-of-the-constitution supreme-court-of-liberia unconstitutional-acts unlawful-imprisonment violation-of-due-process void-acts writ-of-prohibition | |
| Kronyahn et al. v Chico et al. (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2016 Opinions, abuse of judicial discretion, Act of 2006 amendment, Appeal bond, appellate jurisdiction, appellate jurisprudence, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, approval of bond without hearing, Article 20(b) Constitution of Liberia, Bill of Exceptions, Brewer v Mathies, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Section 1.7.2, Civil Procedure Law Section 1.8.3, Civil Procedure Law Section 51.8, definition of excusable neglect, denial of new trial, discretionary power of trial judge, dismissal of appeal, due process violation, enlargement of time, equitable considerations, excusable neglect, Failure to Perfect Appeal, failure to serve motion, filing requirements, fundamental rights, harsh sanction doctrine, hearing requirement, Hogg Robinson v Morris., imputed negligence, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, King v Howard, lack of notice, limits of discretion, loss of jurisdiction, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, motion for enlargement of time, motion for new trial, Motion to Dismiss, multiple counsel representation, negligence of counsel, Notice of Completion of Appeal, obligation of legal counsel, preference for determination on merits, Procedural Default, reasonableness standard, right to appeal, Sherman v Reeves, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statutory Time Limit, strict compliance rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, Timeliness, trial court jurisdiction, two-thirds majority verdict, ultra vires act, unreasonable delay | kronyahn-et-al-v-chico-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinions abuse-of-judicial-discretion act-of-2006-amendment appeal-bond appellate-jurisdiction appellate-jurisprudence appellate-procedure appellate-review approval-of-bond-without-hearing article-20b-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-exceptions brewer-v-mathies civil-law-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-section-1-7-2 civil-procedure-law-section-1-8-3 civil-procedure-law-section-51-8 definition-of-excusable-neglect denial-of-new-trial discretionary-power-of-trial-judge dismissal-of-appeal due-process-violation enlargement-of-time equitable-considerations excusable-neglect failure-to-perfect-appeal failure-to-serve-motion filing-requirements fundamental-rights harsh-sanction-doctrine hearing-requirement hogg-robinson-v-morris imputed-negligence jurisdiction jury-trial jury-verdict king-v-howard lack-of-notice limits-of-discretion loss-of-jurisdiction mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county motion-for-enlargement-of-time motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss multiple-counsel-representation negligence-of-counsel notice-of-completion-of-appeal obligation-of-legal-counsel preference-for-determination-on-merits procedural-default reasonableness-standard right-to-appeal sherman-v-reeves sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limit strict-compliance-rule supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness trial-court-jurisdiction two-thirds-majority-verdict ultra-vires-act unreasonable-delay | |
| Lonestar Communication Corporation v His Honour Chesson et al LRSC 29 (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Tax Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting practices, Administrative Law, administrative tribunal powers, Appellate Review, audit and investigation, audit discrepancies, Board of Tax Appeals, burden of proof, Certiorari, corporate expenses, corporate governance, corporate taxation, disclosure of evidence, disguised dividends, Due Process, emergency hearing, Estoppel, evidentiary requirements, exhaustion of administrative remedies, expatriate taxation, fairness in taxation, final decision rule, finality of tax obligations, five-year limitation rule, forensic audit, fraud allegation, government revenue collection, interest on tax liability, interlocutory ruling, internal appeal process, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, legal memoranda, Liberia Revenue Authority, Liberia Telecommunications Authority, Liberia telecommunications sector, management fees, Ministry of Finance, Montserrado County, motions to dismiss, multiple tax assessments, non-resident taxation, pleadings, procedural requirements, reassessment authority, reconciliation exercise, regulatory agencies, remand, Revenue Code of Liberia, revenue law, right of appeal, Section 59 Revenue Code, Section 60 Revenue Code, Section 70 Revenue Code, Section 71 Revenue Code, Section 74 Revenue Code, Statutory interpretation, statutory timelines, sua sponte issues, Supreme Court of Liberia, tax clearance certificate, tax compliance, tax court, tax evasion allegations, tax law, tax liability, tax penalties, tax reassessment, taxation dispute, taxpayer rights, ten-year limitation exception, timeliness of appeal, waiver of penalties, withholding tax | lonestar-communication-corporation-v-his-honour-chesson-et-al-lrsc-29-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-practices administrative-law administrative-tribunal-powers appellate-review audit-and-investigation audit-discrepancies board-of-tax-appeals burden-of-proof certiorari corporate-expenses corporate-governance corporate-taxation disclosure-of-evidence disguised-dividends due-process emergency-hearing estoppel evidentiary-requirements exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies expatriate-taxation fairness-in-taxation final-decision-rule finality-of-tax-obligations five-year-limitation-rule forensic-audit fraud-allegation government-revenue-collection interest-on-tax-liability interlocutory-ruling internal-appeal-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-memoranda liberia-revenue-authority liberia-telecommunications-authority liberia-telecommunications-sector management-fees ministry-of-finance montserrado-county motions-to-dismiss multiple-tax-assessments non-resident-taxation pleadings procedural-requirements reassessment-authority reconciliation-exercise regulatory-agencies remand revenue-code-of-liberia revenue-law right-of-appeal section-59-revenue-code section-60-revenue-code section-70-revenue-code section-71-revenue-code section-74-revenue-code statutory-interpretation statutory-timelines sua-sponte-issues supreme-court-of-liberia tax-clearance-certificate tax-compliance tax-court tax-evasion-allegations tax-law tax-liability tax-penalties tax-reassessment taxation-dispute taxpayer-rights ten-year-limitation-exception timeliness-of-appeal waiver-of-penalties withholding-tax | |
| Manhattan Trading Corp. V. World Bank LRSC 26 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | Appeal bond, appeal bond requirement (CPL 51.8), declaratory judgment, exception to surety (CPL 63.5), FDA v. FDA Workers Union, indemnification, insurance company surety (ICA), Intercon Security Systems v. Philips, jurisdiction divestiture (trial court), Justice Wolokollie, Kerpai v. Kpene, lease dispute, Liberia civil procedure, Manhattan Trading Corporation v. World Bank, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, procedural waiver, regulatory certification of surety, sufficiency of surety, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thompson v. George, unpaid rent, waiver and laches | manhattan-trading-corp-v-world-bank-lrsc-26-2016 | appeal-bond appeal-bond-requirement-cpl-51-8 declaratory-judgment exception-to-surety-cpl-63-5 fda-v-fda-workers-union indemnification insurance-company-surety-ica intercon-security-systems-v-philips jurisdiction-divestiture-trial-court justice-wolokollie kerpai-v-kpene lease-dispute liberia-civil-procedure manhattan-trading-corporation-v-world-bank motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc procedural-waiver regulatory-certification-of-surety sufficiency-of-surety summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia thompson-v-george unpaid-rent waiver-and-laches | |
| Miamen, et al. v Inter Con Security LRSC 30 (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2016 Opinions, administrative fine, administrative proceedings, allegation of fraud, amendment of pleadings, American Embassy Monrovia, Appellate Review, burden of proof, compensation compliance, consent and voluntariness, contractual obligation, corporate employer, Due Process, duress and undue influence, eligibility for pension, employer-employee relationship, Employment Law, employment records, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to notify Ministry of Labour, Inter-Con Security System, Judicial Review, labour dispute, Labour Law, legal effect of release, Liberia, mandatory vs directory provisions, Ministry of Labour, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, National Labour Court, operational restructuring, pension rights, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Law, proof of replacement, re-employment preference, reassignment of employees, redundancy, redundancy benefits, redundancy regulation, Regulation No. 8, release agreement, remedies under labour law, replacement of employees, retirement benefits, Section 2501 Labour Law, Section 2503 Labour Law, security services industry, severance pay, Statutory interpretation, statutory penalty, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of employment, unfair labour practices, validity of release, waiver of claims, witness credibility, workforce reduction, Wrongful Dismissal | miamen-et-al-v-inter-con-security-lrsc-30-2016 | 2016-opinions administrative-fine administrative-proceedings allegation-of-fraud amendment-of-pleadings american-embassy-monrovia appellate-review burden-of-proof compensation-compliance consent-and-voluntariness contractual-obligation corporate-employer due-process duress-and-undue-influence eligibility-for-pension employer-employee-relationship employment-law employment-records estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-notify-ministry-of-labour inter-con-security-system judicial-review labour-dispute labour-law legal-effect-of-release liberia mandatory-vs-directory-provisions ministry-of-labour misrepresentation montserrado-county national-labour-court operational-restructuring pension-rights preponderance-of-evidence procedural-law proof-of-replacement re-employment-preference reassignment-of-employees redundancy redundancy-benefits redundancy-regulation regulation-no-8 release-agreement remedies-under-labour-law replacement-of-employees retirement-benefits section-2501-labour-law section-2503-labour-law security-services-industry severance-pay statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-employment unfair-labour-practices validity-of-release waiver-of-claims witness-credibility workforce-reduction wrongful-dismissal | |
| Nyazeebuo v. NASSCORP LRSC 36 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2016 Opinion, Appeal Procedure, Civil Procedure Law, Clerk’s Certificate, Compensation, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Judicial Modification, Jurisdictional Defect, Labour Practices Law, Liberia Supreme Court, Motion to dismiss appeal, NASSCORP, Nonappearance of Counsel, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Reinstatement Option, Substantive Justice, Transparent Justice, Unfair Labour Practice, Wrongful Dismissal | nyazeebuo-v-nasscorp-lrsc-36-2016 | 2016-opinion appeal-procedure civil-procedure-law clerks-certificate compensation failure-to-perfect-appeal judicial-modification jurisdictional-defect labour-practices-law liberia-supreme-court motion-to-dismiss-appeal nasscorp nonappearance-of-counsel notice-of-completion-of-appeal reinstatement-option substantive-justice transparent-justice unfair-labour-practice wrongful-dismissal | |
| Parkinsons v. Parker LRSC 35 (2016) | 2016, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law | 2016 Opinion, Affidavit of Impossibility, Appeal bond, Appeal Perfection, Arbitration Award, Buzzy Quarter, Camp Johnson Road, Civil Procedure Law §§51.4 & 51.8, Civil Procedure Law §1.7(1), Ejectment, Hylton R. Parkinson, Johnetta L. Parkinson, Judge’s Ruling Received Date, Julius Parker, Jurisdiction, Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie, Law Firm Service Practices, Liberia Supreme Court, MONCO Inc., Monrovia, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, Service of Process, Sixty-Day Rule, Time Computation, UN Drive | parkinsons-v-parker-lrsc-35-2016 | 2016-opinion affidavit-of-impossibility appeal-bond appeal-perfection arbitration-award buzzy-quarter camp-johnson-road civil-procedure-law-%c2%a7%c2%a751-4-51-8 civil-procedure-law-%c2%a71-71 ejectment hylton-r-parkinson johnetta-l-parkinson judges-ruling-received-date julius-parker jurisdiction justice-jamesetta-howard-wolokolie law-firm-service-practices liberia-supreme-court monco-inc monrovia motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default service-of-process sixty-day-rule time-computation un-drive | |
| Republic of Liberia v Ilyas LRSC 19 (2016) | 2016, Criminal Law | 2016 Opinions, 2nd Judicial Circuit Court, Appeal, Appellate Practice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, dismissal of appeal, Grand Bassa County, human trafficking, indictment, IST International Liberia Inc., Jurisdiction, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, Supreme Court of Liberia, trafficking in persons | republic-of-liberia-v-ilyas-lrsc-19-2016 | 2016-opinions 2nd-judicial-circuit-court appeal appellate-practice criminal-law criminal-procedure-law dismissal-of-appeal grand-bassa-county human-trafficking indictment ist-international-liberia-inc jurisdiction notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default supreme-court-of-liberia trafficking-in-persons | |
| Subah Belleh v. Oniyama (Dissent)(2016) | 2016, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2015 Filing, Adverse Possession, burden of proof, Bushrod Island, Chain of Title, Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor, Civil Law Court, Common Grantor Rule, Criminal Conveyance Law, Decree of Sale, Dissenting Opinion, Ejectment, Four-Month Rule, Jury Verdict, Justice Jamesetta H. Wolokolie, Letters of Administration, Liberia Supreme Court, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Nelson Oniyama, Prior Title Doctrine, Probate Court, Property Law, Race Statute, Subah-Belleh & Associates, Substantive Justice | subah-belleh-v-oniyama-dissent2016 | 2015-filing adverse-possession burden-of-proof bushrod-island chain-of-title chief-justice-francis-s-korkpor civil-law-court common-grantor-rule criminal-conveyance-law decree-of-sale dissenting-opinion ejectment four-month-rule jury-verdict justice-jamesetta-h-wolokolie letters-of-administration liberia-supreme-court monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial nelson-oniyama prior-title-doctrine probate-court property-law race-statute subah-belleh-associates substantive-justice | |
| The Intestate Estate of the late Edmond Z. Dixon v Mezbau, Inc. et al. LRSC 18 (2016) | 2016, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, civil law, Civil Procedure, debt, Debt Court, Due Process, Evidence, garnishment, Intestate Estate, judgment enforcement, lease agreement, Mamba Point, Mezbau Inc., Montserrado County, pretrial conference, Rental Arrears, Sethi Brothers Inc., sublease, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-edmond-z-dixon-v-mezbau-inc-et-al-lrsc-18-2016 | 2016-opinions civil-law civil-procedure debt debt-court due-process evidence garnishment intestate-estate judgment-enforcement lease-agreement mamba-point mezbau-inc montserrado-county pretrial-conference rental-arrears sethi-brothers-inc sublease supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Vrex Remodeling Inc. v. LPRC (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Procurement Law | 2016 Opinion, Administrative Procedure Act, Agency error, Arbitrary and capricious, CARP, Conditional award, Docket advancement, Enforcement petition, Judicial Review, Liberia Supreme Court, LPRC, Lutech Engineering, Ministry of Justice, PPCC, Prequalification, Procurement law, Public safety, Record evidence, Technical requirements, Vrex Remodeling | vrex-remodeling-inc-v-lprc-2016 | 2016-opinion administrative-procedure-act agency-error arbitrary-and-capricious carp conditional-award docket-advancement enforcement-petition judicial-review liberia-supreme-court lprc lutech-engineering ministry-of-justice ppcc prequalification procurement-law public-safety record-evidence technical-requirements vrex-remodeling | |
| Yardamah v Her Honor Natt et al. LRSC 28 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2016 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bill of information, budget records, chief training officer, Employment Law, enforcement of mandate, Evidence, judicial warning, Labour Law, National Labour Court, National Port Authority, NPA, payment in lieu of reinstatement, promotion, public corporation, retroactive salary, salary dispute, Supreme Court of Liberia, training officer, Unfair Labour Practice, Wrongful Dismissal | yardamah-v-natt-and-national-port-authority-unfair-labour-practice-and-bill-of-information | 2016-opinions appellate-review bill-of-information budget-records chief-training-officer employment-law enforcement-of-mandate evidence judicial-warning labour-law national-labour-court national-port-authority npa payment-in-lieu-of-reinstatement promotion public-corporation retroactive-salary salary-dispute supreme-court-of-liberia training-officer unfair-labour-practice wrongful-dismissal | |
| Yates et al. v. Republic of Liberia, LRSC 3 (2016) | 2016, Criminal Law | 2016 Opinions, Appellate Review, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, Evidence, indictment, Margibi County, reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance | yates-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-3-2016 | 2016-opinions appellate-review corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law criminal-mischief evidence indictment margibi-county reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance |