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| The Management of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) v. Mr. Nathaniel S. Dickerson et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, 22.1–22.2, affirmation of liability but modification of damages from 24 to 15 months’ salary, appeal/petition for judicial review, application of Decent Work Act 2015 §§ 14.4, distinction between presidential appointee and regular employee, LPRC Employee Handbook §§ 8.1(a) & 8.2(b) declared partly void for conflict with statute (10-year vs 15-year pension rule), Management of Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) v. Dickerson & Elizabeth Matu Tubman White, Ministry of Labor & National Labor Court subject-matter jurisdiction, NASSCORP retirement scheme, progressive discipline and termination procedures, severance vs pension, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful dismissal vs alleged presidential directive | the-management-of-the-liberia-petroleum-refining-company-lprc-v-mr-nathaniel-s-dickerson-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions 22-1-22-2 affirmation-of-liability-but-modification-of-damages-from-24-to-15-months-salary appeal-petition-for-judicial-review application-of-decent-work-act-2015-%c2%a7%c2%a7-14-4 distinction-between-presidential-appointee-and-regular-employee lprc-employee-handbook-%c2%a7%c2%a7-8-1a-8-2b-declared-partly-void-for-conflict-with-statute-10-year-vs-15-year-pension-rule management-of-liberia-petroleum-refining-company-lprc-v-dickerson-elizabeth-matu-tubman-white ministry-of-labor-national-labor-court-subject-matter-jurisdiction nasscorp-retirement-scheme progressive-discipline-and-termination-procedures severance-vs-pension supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-dismissal-vs-alleged-presidential-directive | |
| Acquillas Construction Company v. The Government of the Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, action of debt, allegations of fraud, arbitration, Article III, Article VII, bondholder claims, Certiorari, Chambers Justice, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, Commercial Dispute, commercial dispute resolution, Commercial Law, Debt Action, duplicated bonds, evidentiary dispute, expert determination, extortion allegations, factual disputes in commercial cases, financial instruments, fraud, Government of Liberia, inflated claim, interlocutory ruling, jurisdictional challenge, Jury Trial, Ministry of Finance, Montserrado County, National Bank of Liberia, national savings bonds, non-jury trial, peremptory writ denied, petition for writ of certiorari, prompt disposition of commercial cases, public debt, redemption of bonds, referees, remedial process, Reversal, savings bonds, Sixth Judicial Circuit, specialized courts, Statutory interpretation, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, unjust enrichment, verification process, writ quashed | acquillas-construction-company-v-the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-debt allegations-of-fraud arbitration article-iii article-vii bondholder-claims certiorari chambers-justice civil-law-court civil-procedure commercial-court commercial-court-act commercial-dispute commercial-dispute-resolution commercial-law debt-action duplicated-bonds evidentiary-dispute expert-determination extortion-allegations factual-disputes-in-commercial-cases financial-instruments fraud government-of-liberia inflated-claim interlocutory-ruling jurisdictional-challenge jury-trial ministry-of-finance montserrado-county national-bank-of-liberia national-savings-bonds non-jury-trial peremptory-writ-denied petition-for-writ-of-certiorari prompt-disposition-of-commercial-cases public-debt redemption-of-bonds referees remedial-process reversal savings-bonds sixth-judicial-circuit specialized-courts statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error unjust-enrichment verification-process writ-quashed | |
| Bea Mountain Mining Corporation v. Kamara et.al (2023) | 2023, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, absence of agency, absence of privity, agency law, Appellate Review, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, burden of proof, Commercial Code, contractor liability, contractual interpretation, contractual relationship, Decent Work Act (2015), Ebola epidemic, emergency response, employee claims, employer-employee relationship, employment benefits, Employment Law, entitlement to severance, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary standard, Grand Cape Mount County, gratuity payment, hardship allowance, hearing officer, humanitarian assistance, ICE, independent contractor, International Construction and Engineering Inc, Judicial Review, Labor Dispute, Labour Law, meeting of minds, memoranda of understanding, Ministry of Labor, misapplication of law, mitigation of unrest, Monrovia, Montserrado County, MOU interpretation, National Labor Court, New Liberty Gold Mine, oral representation, parol evidence rule, payroll evidence, Petition for Judicial Review, principal-agent relationship, privity of contract, receipt evidence, Reversal, severance pay, statute of frauds principle, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination for economic reasons, third-party employment, trial court error, unenforceable oral agreement, Unfair Labor Practice, workplace disruption, written agreement rule, Wrongful Dismissal | bea-mountain-mining-corporation-v-kamara-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions absence-of-agency absence-of-privity agency-law appellate-review bea-mountain-mining-corporation burden-of-proof commercial-code contractor-liability contractual-interpretation contractual-relationship decent-work-act-2015 ebola-epidemic emergency-response employee-claims employer-employee-relationship employment-benefits employment-law entitlement-to-severance evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-standard grand-cape-mount-county gratuity-payment hardship-allowance hearing-officer humanitarian-assistance ice independent-contractor international-construction-and-engineering-inc judicial-review labor-dispute labour-law meeting-of-minds memoranda-of-understanding ministry-of-labor misapplication-of-law mitigation-of-unrest monrovia montserrado-county mou-interpretation national-labor-court new-liberty-gold-mine oral-representation parol-evidence-rule payroll-evidence petition-for-judicial-review principal-agent-relationship privity-of-contract receipt-evidence reversal severance-pay statute-of-frauds-principle supreme-court-of-liberia termination-for-economic-reasons third-party-employment trial-court-error unenforceable-oral-agreement unfair-labor-practice workplace-disruption written-agreement-rule wrongful-dismissal | |
| Boyce v. Boyce (2023) | 2023, Family Law, Human Rights Law | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, best interests of the child, Brewerville, child custody, children’s welfare, contract interpretation, custodial parent, custody modification, custody of minor children, divorce, divorce settlement agreement, domestic relations, domestic relations statute, DSA, Due Process, evidentiary hearing, factual issues, family law, Fendell, four-corners rule, habeas corpus, home relocation, incompatibility of temper, interpretation of agreements, joint custody, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, legal custody, marital home, Montserrado County, moral unfitness, parental fitness, parental rights, physical custody, proof of allegations, remand, Reversal, separation, settlement agreement enforcement, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial of facts, visitation rights, Weemon Jallah Cole-Boyce v. L. Olandor Boyce | boyce-v-boyce-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review best-interests-of-the-child brewerville child-custody childrens-welfare contract-interpretation custodial-parent custody-modification custody-of-minor-children divorce divorce-settlement-agreement domestic-relations domestic-relations-statute dsa due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-issues family-law fendell four-corners-rule habeas-corpus home-relocation incompatibility-of-temper interpretation-of-agreements joint-custody justice-yussif-d-kaba legal-custody marital-home montserrado-county moral-unfitness parental-fitness parental-rights physical-custody proof-of-allegations remand reversal separation settlement-agreement-enforcement sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia trial-of-facts visitation-rights weemon-jallah-cole-boyce-v-l-olandor-boyce | |
| Buway v. RL (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law | 2023 Opinions, alibi, alibi defense, anal penetration, Appellate Review, bench trial, burden of proof, child rape, circumstantial evidence, corroboration, credibility of witness, Criminal Assizes “E”, Criminal Law, direct evidence, first degree felony, hearsay, increase of sentence, Ministry of Justice, minor victim, modification of sentence, Montserrado County, Rape, sentencing, sexual violence, Supreme Court of Liberia | buway-v-rl-2023 | 2023-opinions alibi alibi-defense anal-penetration appellate-review bench-trial burden-of-proof child-rape circumstantial-evidence corroboration credibility-of-witness criminal-assizes-e criminal-law direct-evidence first-degree-felony hearsay increase-of-sentence ministry-of-justice minor-victim modification-of-sentence montserrado-county rape sentencing sexual-violence supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Carmmo et al v. Inestate Estate of Alhaji Turay (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2022 Opinions, abuse of process, administrators, affirmation, Appellate Review, Barnersville, Bill of information, Certiorari, civil law, Civil Law Court, Contempt, contempt of court, court order compliance, disobedience of court order, Due Process, Ejectment, enforcement of mandate, Estate Administration, fair hearing, Friends of Liberia Association v. Thompson, Gardensville, grantee in possession, Injunction, interlocutory judgment review, interlocutory ruling, Intestate Estate, Joinder of Parties, Justice in Chambers, Land Dispute, lis pendens effect, mandate, Montserrado County, motion to join, newly discovered evidence, ouster, pending motions, peremptory writ, petition for writ of certiorari, pleadings rested, possession of real property, preliminary injunction, procedural irregularity, property transfer during litigation, Real Property, repossession, responsive pleadings, sale of disputed property, self-help eviction, Sixth Judicial Circuit, stipulation of parties, Substantive Justice, Substitution of Parties, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title in dispute, trial court error, ultra vires ruling, unlawful eviction, voluntary discontinuance, writ confirmed | carmmo-et-al-v-inestate-estate-of-alhaji-turay-2023 | 2022-opinions abuse-of-process administrators affirmation appellate-review barnersville bill-of-information certiorari civil-law civil-law-court contempt contempt-of-court court-order-compliance disobedience-of-court-order due-process ejectment enforcement-of-mandate estate-administration fair-hearing friends-of-liberia-association-v-thompson gardensville grantee-in-possession injunction interlocutory-judgment-review interlocutory-ruling intestate-estate joinder-of-parties justice-in-chambers land-dispute lis-pendens-effect mandate montserrado-county motion-to-join newly-discovered-evidence ouster pending-motions peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-certiorari pleadings-rested possession-of-real-property preliminary-injunction procedural-irregularity property-transfer-during-litigation real-property repossession responsive-pleadings sale-of-disputed-property self-help-eviction sixth-judicial-circuit stipulation-of-parties substantive-justice substitution-of-parties summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-in-dispute trial-court-error ultra-vires-ruling unlawful-eviction voluntary-discontinuance writ-confirmed | |
| Clinton et al v His Honor Joe S. Barkon (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, Amos Clinton v. Judge Joe S. Barkon, appeal statute 10-day limit, Chambers Justice Yussif D. Kaba’s denial of mandamus affirmed, December 19 2023 opinion, effect of stay order on appeal timeline, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, late appeal bond and notice of completion, mandamus cannot compel illegal act, misrepresentation of ruling date by counsel, Motion for Relief from Judgment, petition for writ of mandamus, premature and belated bill of exceptions, Supreme Court of Liberia | clinton-et-al-v-his-honor-joe-s-barkon-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment amos-clinton-v-judge-joe-s-barkon appeal-statute-10-day-limit chambers-justice-yussif-d-kabas-denial-of-mandamus-affirmed december-19-2023-opinion effect-of-stay-order-on-appeal-timeline justice-yamie-q-gbeisay late-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion mandamus-cannot-compel-illegal-act misrepresentation-of-ruling-date-by-counsel motion-for-relief-from-judgment petition-for-writ-of-mandamus premature-and-belated-bill-of-exceptions supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Concerned Registered Voters vs Teahjay (2023) | 2023, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, administrative review, Appellate Review, candidate eligibility, candidate nomination, constitutional law, Due Process, election dispute resolution, elections law, electoral complaints, electoral dispute, electoral process, electoral regulations, enforcement of election laws, fair hearing, Judicial Review, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, NEC, petition for prohibition, political participation, political rights, public office, Republic of Liberia, right to contest election, Rule of Law, senatorial aspirant, Statutory interpretation, suffrage, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | concerned-registered-voters-vs-teahjay-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-review appellate-review candidate-eligibility candidate-nomination constitutional-law due-process election-dispute-resolution elections-law electoral-complaints electoral-dispute electoral-process electoral-regulations enforcement-of-election-laws fair-hearing judicial-review monrovia montserrado-county national-elections-commission nec petition-for-prohibition political-participation political-rights public-office republic-of-liberia right-to-contest-election rule-of-law senatorial-aspirant statutory-interpretation suffrage supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | |
| Demann vs Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, Article 20(a), Article 21(h), bench trial, beyond reasonable doubt, capital case procedure, capital offense, change of place of trial, change of venue, community service, compulsory process, constitutional law, constitutional violation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, defense evidence, denial of right to testify, denial of venue change, double jeopardy, Due Process, due process of law, fair and impartial hearing, fair trial, first degree felony, First Judicial Circuit, grand jury, guilty plea, impartial trial, indictment, law enforcement misconduct, local prejudice, media publicity, Montserrado County, murder, plea in capital case, police officer, Presumption of Innocence, probation, proportionality of sentence, prosecution burden, public trial, reasonable doubt standard, remand for new trial, Reversal, Reversible Error, right to confront witnesses, right to counsel, right to testify, self-incrimination, sentencing, speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, use of deadly force, waiver of jury trial, witness confrontation | demann-vs-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review article-20a article-21h bench-trial beyond-reasonable-doubt capital-case-procedure capital-offense change-of-place-of-trial change-of-venue community-service compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-law criminal-procedure defense-evidence denial-of-right-to-testify denial-of-venue-change double-jeopardy due-process due-process-of-law fair-and-impartial-hearing fair-trial first-degree-felony first-judicial-circuit grand-jury guilty-plea impartial-trial indictment law-enforcement-misconduct local-prejudice media-publicity montserrado-county murder plea-in-capital-case police-officer presumption-of-innocence probation proportionality-of-sentence prosecution-burden public-trial reasonable-doubt-standard remand-for-new-trial reversal reversible-error right-to-confront-witnesses right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-incrimination sentencing speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error use-of-deadly-force waiver-of-jury-trial witness-confrontation | |
| Eminent Citizens Residents of Margibi County VS. Hon. Nathaniel F. McGill of Margibi County (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Review, Article 30(b) Constitution of Liberia, Board of Commissioners NEC, candidate eligibility, challenge to nomination, Chapter 5 Elections Law, constitutional law, dismissal of action, District #6, domicile requirement, election dispute resolution, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral regulations, eminent citizens, filing deadline, hearing officers, interlocutory ruling, judicial restraint, jurisdiction of Board of Commissioners, lack of standing, legal capacity, legal standing, locus standi, Margibi County, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, National Elections Commission, NEC, NEC procedure, NEC v. Siebo, nomination and registration procedures 2023, objection to nomination, pre-election objection, procedural irregularity, provisional listing of candidates, registered voters, residency challenge, residents of Margibi County, Section 5.9 New Elections Law, senatorial aspirant, senatorial candidate, Statutory interpretation, summary proceeding, Supreme Court of Liberia, timeliness of objection | eminent-citizens-residents-of-margibi-county-vs-hon-nathaniel-f-mcgill-of-margibi-county-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review article-30b-constitution-of-liberia board-of-commissioners-nec candidate-eligibility challenge-to-nomination chapter-5-elections-law constitutional-law dismissal-of-action district-6 domicile-requirement election-dispute-resolution elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-regulations eminent-citizens filing-deadline hearing-officers interlocutory-ruling judicial-restraint jurisdiction-of-board-of-commissioners lack-of-standing legal-capacity legal-standing locus-standi margibi-county montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss national-elections-commission nec nec-procedure nec-v-siebo nomination-and-registration-procedures-2023 objection-to-nomination pre-election-objection procedural-irregularity provisional-listing-of-candidates registered-voters residency-challenge residents-of-margibi-county section-5-9-new-elections-law senatorial-aspirant senatorial-candidate statutory-interpretation summary-proceeding supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness-of-objection | |
| Fahnma Shopping Complex v. J. Fallah Business Center (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation with modification, Appellate Review, appellate standard of review, Bill of Exceptions, bill of lading, breach of duty, business interruption, civil law, Civil Law Court, commercial tenancy, contributory conduct, court closure, criminal vs civil action, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, Duty of Care, economic loss, emotional distress, Estoppel, evidentiary burden, general damages, insufficiency of evidence, inventory evidence, Judicial Notice, Jury Verdict, landlord-tenant dispute, leakage liability, lease agreement, liability for premises condition, lis pendens, Magisterial Court proceedings, memorandum of understanding, mitigation of damages, mitigation principle, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to Dismiss, National Judicial Conference, Negligence, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Compliance, proof of damages, property damage, settlement agreement, special damages, speculative damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenant responsibility, timeliness of appeal, tolling of time, West Point Magisterial Court | fahnma-shopping-complex-v-j-fallah-business-center-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-with-modification appellate-review appellate-standard-of-review bill-of-exceptions bill-of-lading breach-of-duty business-interruption civil-law civil-law-court commercial-tenancy contributory-conduct court-closure criminal-vs-civil-action damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence duty-of-care economic-loss emotional-distress estoppel evidentiary-burden general-damages insufficiency-of-evidence inventory-evidence judicial-notice jury-verdict landlord-tenant-dispute leakage-liability lease-agreement liability-for-premises-condition lis-pendens magisterial-court-proceedings memorandum-of-understanding mitigation-of-damages mitigation-principle modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss national-judicial-conference negligence preponderance-of-evidence procedural-compliance proof-of-damages property-damage settlement-agreement special-damages speculative-damages supreme-court-of-liberia tenant-responsibility timeliness-of-appeal tolling-of-time west-point-magisterial-court | |
| Faith Mission International v. Intestate Estate James B. Marshall (2023) | 2023 | faith-mission-international-v-intestate-estate-james-b-marshall-2023 | |||
| Feahn v. Her Honor Mardea T. Chenoweth et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Default Judgment, defense of property interest, destruction of property, Due Process, effect of judgment on grantee, Ejectment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Final Judgment, grantor and grantee, judgment by default, jurisdiction of court, Kpia Kpracon Town, lack of service, Margibi County, Marshall City, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion for Relief from Judgment, negligence of counsel, notice and service, personal jurisdiction, Property Dispute, Property Rights, Real Property, Reasonable Time, Relief from Judgment, remand, repossession, resistance to motion, Reversal, review of colleague’s ruling, right to be heard, Section 41.7 Civil Procedure Law, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, Void Judgment, writ of possession, writ of summons | feahn-v-her-honor-mardea-t-chenoweth-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment appellate-review attorney-in-fact bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law concurrent-jurisdiction default-judgment defense-of-property-interest destruction-of-property due-process effect-of-judgment-on-grantee ejectment failure-to-perfect-appeal final-judgment grantor-and-grantee judgment-by-default jurisdiction-of-court kpia-kpracon-town lack-of-service margibi-county marshall-city monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-relief-from-judgment negligence-of-counsel notice-and-service personal-jurisdiction property-dispute property-rights real-property reasonable-time relief-from-judgment remand repossession resistance-to-motion reversal review-of-colleagues-ruling right-to-be-heard section-41-7-civil-procedure-law subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error void-judgment writ-of-possession writ-of-summons | |
| Fedrick Kromah v Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, administrative review, Atmaca Services Liberia Inc., Bea Mountain Mining Company, burden of proof, CBA, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:25.5, collective bargaining agreement, continuity of employment, Contractual Obligations, corporate acquisition, Decent Work Act of 2015, employee discipline, employee rights, employer rights, Employment Law, enforcement of labor standards, evidentiary admissibility, go-slow action, Grand Cape Mount County, grave misconduct, hearing officer, illegal strike, investigative committee report, Judicial Review, Labor Law, ministerial authority, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Labor investigation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, MonuRent Liberia Limited, National Labor Court, negative averment, overpayment recovery, overtime compensation, payment in lieu of reinstatement, prohibited grounds of termination, reinstatement, Republic of Liberia, Rule 5 National Labor Court Rules, section 14.3 Decent Work Act, section 16.5(d) Decent Work Act, section 41.2 Decent Work Act, self-serving evidence, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination procedure, Unfair Labor Practice, unpaid wages, wage deduction, Wrongful Dismissal | fedrick-kromah-v-bea-mountain-mining-corporation-bmmc-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-review atmaca-services-liberia-inc bea-mountain-mining-company burden-of-proof cba civil-procedure-law-rev-code-125-5 collective-bargaining-agreement continuity-of-employment contractual-obligations corporate-acquisition decent-work-act-of-2015 employee-discipline employee-rights employer-rights employment-law enforcement-of-labor-standards evidentiary-admissibility go-slow-action grand-cape-mount-county grave-misconduct hearing-officer illegal-strike investigative-committee-report judicial-review labor-law ministerial-authority ministry-of-labor ministry-of-labor-investigation monrovia montserrado-county monurent-liberia-limited national-labor-court negative-averment overpayment-recovery overtime-compensation payment-in-lieu-of-reinstatement prohibited-grounds-of-termination reinstatement republic-of-liberia rule-5-national-labor-court-rules section-14-3-decent-work-act section-16-5d-decent-work-act section-41-2-decent-work-act self-serving-evidence summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia termination-procedure unfair-labor-practice unpaid-wages wage-deduction wrongful-dismissal | |
| Firestone v. His Honor Philip G. Williams et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, accident review board, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, company policy, compensation in lieu of reinstatement, damages for wrongful dismissal, Due Process, employee discipline, employer liability, Employment Law, evidentiary standard, Firestone Plantations Company, gross breach of duty, Harbel, hearing officer, heavy duty driver, insufficiency of evidence, internal investigation, John Cornomia, Judicial Review, Labor Law of 1964, Labour Law, length of service, Liberia National Police, Margibi County, Ministry of Labor, modification of judgment, Monrovia, National Labor Court, Negligence, pension avoidance standard, Plant Protection Department, police accident report, PPD, reinstatement, salary computation, Section 1511-8(b), Section 9 Labor Law, self-accident, Statutory interpretation, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, traffic accident investigation, Unfair Labor Practice, vehicle damage, workplace accident, Wrongful Dismissal | firestone-v-his-honor-philip-g-williams-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions accident-review-board appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof company-policy compensation-in-lieu-of-reinstatement damages-for-wrongful-dismissal due-process employee-discipline employer-liability employment-law evidentiary-standard firestone-plantations-company gross-breach-of-duty harbel hearing-officer heavy-duty-driver insufficiency-of-evidence internal-investigation john-cornomia judicial-review labor-law-of-1964 labour-law length-of-service liberia-national-police margibi-county ministry-of-labor modification-of-judgment monrovia national-labor-court negligence pension-avoidance-standard plant-protection-department police-accident-report ppd reinstatement salary-computation section-1511-8b section-9-labor-law self-accident statutory-interpretation summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia traffic-accident-investigation unfair-labor-practice vehicle-damage workplace-accident wrongful-dismissal | |
| Flomo et al v. His Honor Dahn (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law | 000 damages, 2023 Opinions, 8th Judicial Circuit Court, abandonment of claim, abuse of court process, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, bad faith litigation, Bill of information, Chester Gbonblee, Civil Procedure, contempt of court, counter-surveyor objection, court-appointed surveyor, damages award, denial of bill of information, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, enforcement of lower court judgment, enforcement of mandate, execution of judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, failure to testify, finality of judgment, harassment of prevailing party, His Hon. Roland F. Dahn, Intestate Estate of Johnny Gbonblee, James Flomo, lashes, metes and bounds, Motion to dismiss appeal, Nimba County, nonappearance at trial, Notice of Completion of Appeal, obstruction of mandate, Oliver Flomo, Paye Flomo, possession of real property, Property Rights, res judicata principles, Sokopa, summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, summary proceedings jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, title deed, US$5, Waiver, writ of possession, wrongful withholding, Zwolo Gbonblee | flomo-et-al-v-his-honor-dahn-2023 | 000-damages 2023-opinions 8th-judicial-circuit-court abandonment-of-claim abuse-of-court-process appellate-procedure appellate-review bad-faith-litigation bill-of-information chester-gbonblee civil-procedure contempt-of-court counter-surveyor-objection court-appointed-surveyor damages-award denial-of-bill-of-information dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enforcement-of-lower-court-judgment enforcement-of-mandate execution-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal failure-to-testify finality-of-judgment harassment-of-prevailing-party his-hon-roland-f-dahn intestate-estate-of-johnny-gbonblee james-flomo lashes metes-and-bounds motion-to-dismiss-appeal nimba-county nonappearance-at-trial notice-of-completion-of-appeal obstruction-of-mandate oliver-flomo paye-flomo possession-of-real-property property-rights res-judicata-principles sokopa summary-proceeding-to-recover-possession-of-real-property summary-proceedings-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute title-deed us5 waiver writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding zwolo-gbonblee | |
| Fofana et al v. Fofana (2023) | 2023, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, action of ejectment, adverse possession vs. permissive possession, attempted intervention by Intestate Estate of Wilmot F. Dennis, enforcement of landlord–tenant good faith, estoppel of person entrusted with title, Investigative Survey, jury verdict not against weight of evidence, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Moivamba Fofana v. Alhaji Kalamo Fofana, statute of limitations to recover real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful occupation and withholding of land | fofana-et-al-v-fofana-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-ejectment adverse-possession-vs-permissive-possession attempted-intervention-by-intestate-estate-of-wilmot-f-dennis enforcement-of-landlord-tenant-good-faith estoppel-of-person-entrusted-with-title investigative-survey jury-verdict-not-against-weight-of-evidence justice-yussif-d-kaba moivamba-fofana-v-alhaji-kalamo-fofana statute-of-limitations-to-recover-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-occupation-and-withholding-of-land | |
| Gotoba v. Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI) (2023) | 2023 | gotoba-v-liberia-bank-for-development-and-investment-lbdi-2023 | |||
| Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank v. Sirleaf (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, adverse inference, Appellate Review, Banking Law, best evidence rule, Bojelene Guest House Inc., breach of deposit contract, burden of proof, Charles E. Sirleaf, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, contributory negligence, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Deposit Contract, evidentiary standards, excessive damages, expert witness, failure to testify, forensic examination, forged signature, fraudulent withdrawals, general damages, GT Bank (Liberia) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited, handwriting analysis, Liberia National Police, mandate, mitigation of damages, Monrovia, Montserrado County, preponderance of evidence, punitive damages, qualification of expert, questioned documents, remand, reversal on appeal, SMS alert deactivation, special damages, subpoenaed witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia | guaranty-trust-gt-bank-v-sirleaf-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-inference appellate-review banking-law best-evidence-rule bojelene-guest-house-inc breach-of-deposit-contract burden-of-proof charles-e-sirleaf commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law contributory-negligence costs credibility-of-witnesses deposit-contract evidentiary-standards excessive-damages expert-witness failure-to-testify forensic-examination forged-signature fraudulent-withdrawals general-damages gt-bank-liberia-limited guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited handwriting-analysis liberia-national-police mandate mitigation-of-damages monrovia montserrado-county preponderance-of-evidence punitive-damages qualification-of-expert questioned-documents remand reversal-on-appeal sms-alert-deactivation special-damages subpoenaed-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Gweh v. Imam Isamail (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Alhaji Swalihio A. Sesay, Bill of information, bogus objection, Certiorari, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, contempt of court, court mandate, D. Morgan Paye, dilatory tactics, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, execution of judgment, Iman Ismail Sesay, Land Dispute, Lawyer Misconduct, Legal Ethics, Mandate Enforcement, Martha G. Gweh, Montserrado County, obstruction of justice, obstruction of mandate, Paynesville, physical obstruction, possession of property, Property Rights, repossession, Rule 1, Rule of Law, sheriffs, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, surveyor Kempson Murray, surveyor Tom Nimely, suspension from practice, unlawful occupancy, writ of possession | gweh-v-imam-isamail-2023 | 2023-opinions alhaji-swalihio-a-sesay bill-of-information bogus-objection certiorari civil-law-court civil-procedure code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics contempt-of-court court-mandate d-morgan-paye dilatory-tactics ejectment enforcement-of-judgment execution-of-judgment iman-ismail-sesay land-dispute lawyer-misconduct legal-ethics mandate-enforcement martha-g-gweh montserrado-county obstruction-of-justice obstruction-of-mandate paynesville physical-obstruction possession-of-property property-rights repossession rule-1 rule-of-law sheriffs sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute surveyor-kempson-murray surveyor-tom-nimely suspension-from-practice unlawful-occupancy writ-of-possession | |
| Hoff et al v. Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Alexander Slocum, alibi, Appellate Review, arraignment, autopsy, bench trial, call logs, circumstantial evidence, coroner, coroner’s report, corpus delicti, Criminal Assizes “B”, Criminal Assizes A, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, double jeopardy, Due Process, Emmanuel Gibson, Emmanuel Teddy Gbah, Emmett Hoff, eyewitness testimony, Forensic Evidence, homicide, indictment, John E. Tarpeh, Johnsonville Township, Judge Ceaineh D. Clinton-Johnson, Judge Korboi K. Nuta, Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie, Liberia National Police, Life Imprisonment, manifest necessity, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, motion for change of venue, motion for recusal, motion to admit to bail, murder, preliminary examination, Prima Facie Case, reasonable doubt, rebuttal evidence, severance, Solomon Gibson, statutory rights, Supreme Court of Liberia | hoff-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-of-conviction alexander-slocum alibi appellate-review arraignment autopsy bench-trial call-logs circumstantial-evidence coroner coroners-report corpus-delicti criminal-assizes-b criminal-assizes-a criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process emmanuel-gibson emmanuel-teddy-gbah emmett-hoff eyewitness-testimony forensic-evidence homicide indictment john-e-tarpeh johnsonville-township judge-ceaineh-d-clinton-johnson judge-korboi-k-nuta judge-roosevelt-z-willie liberia-national-police life-imprisonment manifest-necessity monrovia-city-court montserrado-county motion-for-change-of-venue motion-for-recusal motion-to-admit-to-bail murder preliminary-examination prima-facie-case reasonable-doubt rebuttal-evidence severance solomon-gibson statutory-rights supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| In re Contempt Proceedings Against Cllr. Frank Musah Dean (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2023 Opinions, Abuse of Office, Acquittal, administration of justice, amici curiae briefs, amicus curiae, apology and retraction, attorney general, authority of the judiciary, clear and present danger, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, constitutional governance, constitutional law, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, controlled substances, court authority, criminal conspiracy, criminal contempt, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criticism of judiciary, Dean of the Supreme Court Bar, derogatory remarks, dignity of the court, disrespect to court, fines, Frank Musah Dean Jr., free press, freedom of speech, impugning the judiciary, inherent powers of court, international ridicule, judicial independence, judicial power, judiciary, jury tampering allegations, Jury Trial, lawyers’ duty to courts, Ledgerhood J. Rennie, Legal Ethics, Minister of Information, minister of justice, Ministry of Information Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Ministry of Justice, Misconduct, money laundering, not guilty verdict, post-trial comments, press conference, Professional Responsibility, protection of judicial process, public officers, public ridicule, publication of contemptuous statements, publication order, retraction of statement, Rule of Law, sanctions, scandalizing the court, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, undermining confidence in courts | in-re-contempt-proceedings-against-cllr-frank-musah-dean-2023 | 2023-opinions abuse-of-office acquittal administration-of-justice amici-curiae-briefs amicus-curiae apology-and-retraction attorney-general authority-of-the-judiciary clear-and-present-danger code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics constitutional-governance constitutional-law contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings controlled-substances court-authority criminal-conspiracy criminal-contempt criminal-law criminal-procedure criticism-of-judiciary dean-of-the-supreme-court-bar derogatory-remarks dignity-of-the-court disrespect-to-court fines frank-musah-dean-jr free-press freedom-of-speech impugning-the-judiciary inherent-powers-of-court international-ridicule judicial-independence judicial-power judiciary jury-tampering-allegations jury-trial lawyers-duty-to-courts ledgerhood-j-rennie legal-ethics minister-of-information minister-of-justice ministry-of-information-cultural-affairs-and-tourism ministry-of-justice misconduct money-laundering not-guilty-verdict post-trial-comments press-conference professional-responsibility protection-of-judicial-process public-officers public-ridicule publication-of-contemptuous-statements publication-order retraction-of-statement rule-of-law sanctions scandalizing-the-court separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia undermining-confidence-in-courts | |
| IN RE The Constitutionality of the National Elections Commission Planned Conduct of the Voters Registration (2023) | 2023, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrative Law, Article 39 (Constitution), Article 80 Constitution, Article 80(c), Article 80(d), Article 80(e), Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), constitutional interpretation, constitutional law, constitutional supremacy, constitutionality challenge, costs disallowed, demarcation of constituencies, dismissal of petition, elections law, electoral constituencies, electoral districting, electoral law, electoral threshold, equal suffrage, executive authority, harmless error, harmonization doctrine, in re proceedings, Joint Resolution LEG-002(2010), Judicial Review, jurisdictional issue, lack of threshold, legislative authority, legislative inaction, Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Liberty Party v NEC, mandate, misjoinder of parties, national census, National Elections Commission (NEC), non-self-executing constitutional duty, October 2023 Elections, political parties, population disparity, precedent analysis, preconditions for reapportionment, procedural irregularities, provisional census results, provisional vs final census, reapportionment of constituencies, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, voter inequality, voter registration process, Voters registration | in-re-the-constitutionality-of-the-national-elections-commission-planned-conduct-of-the-voters-registration-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-law article-39-constitution article-80-constitution article-80c article-80d article-80e collaborating-political-parties-cpp constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-supremacy constitutionality-challenge costs-disallowed demarcation-of-constituencies dismissal-of-petition elections-law electoral-constituencies electoral-districting electoral-law electoral-threshold equal-suffrage executive-authority harmless-error harmonization-doctrine in-re-proceedings joint-resolution-leg-0022010 judicial-review jurisdictional-issue lack-of-threshold legislative-authority legislative-inaction liberia-institute-of-statistics-and-geo-information-services-lisgis liberty-party-v-nec mandate misjoinder-of-parties national-census national-elections-commission-nec non-self-executing-constitutional-duty october-2023-elections political-parties population-disparity precedent-analysis preconditions-for-reapportionment procedural-irregularities provisional-census-results provisional-vs-final-census reapportionment-of-constituencies separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia voter-inequality voter-registration-process voters-registration | |
| In re The Request for Pardon of Clinton Brown et al. (2023) | 2023 | in-re-the-request-for-pardon-of-clinton-brown-et-al-2023 | |||
| In re: Constitutionality of Sections 16.1 and 16.2 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act | 2023, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Constitutional Law, Executive Law, Governance Law, Judiciary Law | 2023 Opinions, abolition of statutory agency, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption Law, Article 20(a), Article 25, Article 3, Article 34(l), Article 50, Article 56, Article 89, Center for Law and Human Rights Education v. MCC, Citizens Solidarity Council v. Republic of Liberia, constitutional law, constitutionality of statute, contract clause, Due Process, executive authority, Fazzah v. National Economy Committee, Garlawolu v. NEC, governance reform, harmonization of statutes, impairment of contract, independence of commissions, Janeh v. House of Representatives, judicial restraint, Judicial Review, justiciability, Kruah v. Weah, LACC Act 2008, LACC Act 2022, legislative authority, legislative power, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, loss of office, Mappy-Polson v. Republic of Liberia, Martin Sallie Kollie v. Executive Branch, Monrovia, Montserrado County, premature action, prosecutorial powers, public offices, Public Policy, removal from office, restructuring of public institutions, ripeness doctrine, separation of powers, Standing, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary appointment, tenure of public officials, transitional provisions, Wolo v. Wolo | in-re-constitutionality-of-sections-16-1-and-16-2-of-the-anti-corruption-commission-act | 2023-opinions abolition-of-statutory-agency administrative-law anti-corruption-law article-20a article-25 article-3 article-34l article-50 article-56 article-89 center-for-law-and-human-rights-education-v-mcc citizens-solidarity-council-v-republic-of-liberia constitutional-law constitutionality-of-statute contract-clause due-process executive-authority fazzah-v-national-economy-committee garlawolu-v-nec governance-reform harmonization-of-statutes impairment-of-contract independence-of-commissions janeh-v-house-of-representatives judicial-restraint judicial-review justiciability kruah-v-weah lacc-act-2008 lacc-act-2022 legislative-authority legislative-power liberia-anti-corruption-commission loss-of-office mappy-polson-v-republic-of-liberia martin-sallie-kollie-v-executive-branch monrovia montserrado-county premature-action prosecutorial-powers public-offices public-policy removal-from-office restructuring-of-public-institutions ripeness-doctrine separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-appointment tenure-of-public-officials transitional-provisions wolo-v-wolo | |
| Intestate Estate of Edmund Cisco v. Mount Sinai (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, administrator's authority, Administrator’s Deed, affidavit of non-consent, Appellate Review, authority of administrator, bench trial, burden of proof, civil law, court’s decree of sale, Decedents Estates Law, Edmond D. Cisco, Ejectment, Estate Administration, estate property sale, Estoppel, Evidence, fraud, fraudulent conveyance claim, honorable purchase, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, Joshua Cisco, judgment affirmed, Land Dispute, Larkpazee Community, lawful purchase, legal capacity, Letters of Administration, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Mount Sanai Tabernacle, notice to vacate, possession of real property, Probate Court, Probate Law, property ownership, sale of estate property, Sinkor, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, valid conveyance, Waiver, wrongful withholding | intestate-estate-of-edmund-cisco-v-mount-sinai-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-authority administrators-deed affidavit-of-non-consent appellate-review authority-of-administrator bench-trial burden-of-proof civil-law courts-decree-of-sale decedents-estates-law edmond-d-cisco ejectment estate-administration estate-property-sale estoppel evidence fraud fraudulent-conveyance-claim honorable-purchase intestate-estate intestate-succession joshua-cisco judgment-affirmed land-dispute larkpazee-community lawful-purchase legal-capacity letters-of-administration monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county mount-sanai-tabernacle notice-to-vacate possession-of-real-property probate-court probate-law property-ownership sale-of-estate-property sinkor standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed valid-conveyance waiver wrongful-withholding | |
| Intestate Estate of Musa kamara v. Her Honor Eva Mappy Morgan (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, adverse claim, appellate procedure, Banking Law, Bill of information, cognizability, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, creditors remedies, debt recovery, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, enforcement proceedings, Estate Administration, execution of mandate, Failure to Perfect Appeal, fair hearing, finality of judgment, foreclosure sale, Holder v. Intestate Estate of Sarah King-Howard, improper execution, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, Intestate Estate of Musa M. Kamara, judicial auction, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Kpoto v. Kpoto, mandate of the Supreme Court, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to dismiss appeal, procedural irregularities, Property Rights, Rule IV Part 12 Supreme Court Rules, sheriff sale, special proceedings, Sr., Supreme Court of Liberia | intestate-estate-of-musa-kamara-v-her-honor-eva-mappy-morgan-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-claim appellate-procedure banking-law bill-of-information cognizability commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law creditors-remedies debt-recovery dismissal-of-appeal due-process enforcement-of-judgment enforcement-proceedings estate-administration execution-of-mandate failure-to-perfect-appeal fair-hearing finality-of-judgment foreclosure-sale holder-v-intestate-estate-of-sarah-king-howard improper-execution international-bank-liberia-limited intestate-estate-of-musa-m-kamara judicial-auction judicial-review jurisdiction kpoto-v-kpoto mandate-of-the-supreme-court monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss-appeal procedural-irregularities property-rights rule-iv-part-12-supreme-court-rules sheriff-sale special-proceedings sr supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Intestate Estate of Shad Kaydea v Trawally (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, annual rent, Appellate Review, arrears in rent, Article 25 Constitution of Liberia, assignment of lease, breach by lessee, Breach of Lease, cancellation of lease, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 1.2.2, clear and unambiguous contract, commercial lease, Contract Enforcement, contractual interpretation, contractual remedies, Debt Action, Debt Court for Montserrado County, debt court judgment, developed property, dismissal reversed, Equitable Relief, equity and contracts, error in form of action, eviction, form of relief, investment in leased property, Judicial Notice, landlord and tenant, lease agreement, lease default, lease enforcement, legal remedy, lessee default, lessor and lessee, lessor rights, material breach, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for summary judgment, Motion to Dismiss, no refund for improvements, nonpayment of rent, OAC compound, ouster, percentage of sublease rent, petition for cancellation of lease, possession of real property, proper remedy, recovery of possession, remand with instructions, rental differential, rental obligation, repossession, sanctity of contract, special proceedings, sublease, subletting, summary judgment, summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia | intestate-estate-of-shad-kaydea-v-trawally-2023 | 2023-opinions annual-rent appellate-review arrears-in-rent article-25-constitution-of-liberia assignment-of-lease breach-by-lessee breach-of-lease cancellation-of-lease civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-1-2-2 clear-and-unambiguous-contract commercial-lease contract-enforcement contractual-interpretation contractual-remedies debt-action debt-court-for-montserrado-county debt-court-judgment developed-property dismissal-reversed equitable-relief equity-and-contracts error-in-form-of-action eviction form-of-relief investment-in-leased-property judicial-notice landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement lease-default lease-enforcement legal-remedy lessee-default lessor-and-lessee lessor-rights material-breach monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-summary-judgment motion-to-dismiss no-refund-for-improvements nonpayment-of-rent oac-compound ouster percentage-of-sublease-rent petition-for-cancellation-of-lease possession-of-real-property proper-remedy recovery-of-possession remand-with-instructions rental-differential rental-obligation repossession sanctity-of-contract special-proceedings sublease subletting summary-judgment summary-proceeding-to-recover-possession-of-real-property summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Intestate Estate of Zoe Gar v. Intestate Estate of Francis R.T. Gardiner (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Abi-Jaoudi & Azar Trading Corporation v. Monrovia Tobacco Corporation, abuse of process, action of ejectment, administrators of estate, administrators’ deeds, affirmation of trial court, appeal denied, Appellate Review, bona fide ownership, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 5.61, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, conveyance of property, damages for wrongful occupation, delay tactics, direct and substantial interest, duty of candor, Ejectment, encroachment, estate litigation, estate of Francis R.T. Gardner, estate of Zoe-Gar, eviction, Evidence, fraudulent instruments allegation, grantor and grantee, intervention denied, intervention of right, Intestate Estate, Isaac Gboking v. Johnny Hill, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, land ownership, legal interest protected by law, legal practice standards, litigation conduct, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, ownership of property, Paynesville City, pleadings, precedent, professional ethics, Property Rights, purchaser of land, real property law, relinquishment of title, remote and inconsequential interest, restitution of possession, Rule 31, sanctions against lawyers, settled law doctrine, Sr., Stare Decisis, substantial interest test, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court opinions, Tar-sue Gezor Estate case, title deed, transfer of title, unlawful occupancy, witness testimony, wrongful withholding | intestate-estate-of-zoe-gar-v-intestate-estate-of-francis-r-t-gardiner-2023 | 2023-opinions abi-jaoudi-azar-trading-corporation-v-monrovia-tobacco-corporation abuse-of-process action-of-ejectment administrators-of-estate administrators-deeds affirmation-of-trial-court appeal-denied appellate-review bona-fide-ownership civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-5-61 code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics conveyance-of-property damages-for-wrongful-occupation delay-tactics direct-and-substantial-interest duty-of-candor ejectment encroachment estate-litigation estate-of-francis-r-t-gardner estate-of-zoe-gar eviction evidence fraudulent-instruments-allegation grantor-and-grantee intervention-denied intervention-of-right intestate-estate isaac-gboking-v-johnny-hill jury-trial land-dispute land-ownership legal-interest-protected-by-law legal-practice-standards litigation-conduct mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-intervene ownership-of-property paynesville-city pleadings precedent professional-ethics property-rights purchaser-of-land real-property-law relinquishment-of-title remote-and-inconsequential-interest restitution-of-possession rule-31 sanctions-against-lawyers settled-law-doctrine sr stare-decisis substantial-interest-test supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-opinions tar-sue-gezor-estate-case title-deed transfer-of-title unlawful-occupancy witness-testimony wrongful-withholding | |
| Johnetta Pinky Abou v. Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, bail, battered woman syndrome, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, capital offense, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Court “A”, Criminal Law, domestic violence, heat of passion, homicide, indictment, juror misconduct, Jury Trial, malice aforethought, manslaughter, modification of judgment, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, premeditation, Prosecutorial Misconduct, reasonable doubt, self-defense, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia | johnetta-pinky-abou-v-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review bail battered-woman-syndrome bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof capital-offense circumstantial-evidence criminal-court-a criminal-law domestic-violence heat-of-passion homicide indictment juror-misconduct jury-trial malice-aforethought manslaughter modification-of-judgment monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder premeditation prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt self-defense sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Juah v. Lawrence (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | 2022 hearing, 2023 opinion, administrator vs next of kin, appellate procedure, Bill of information, Decedents Estates Law, dismissal of appeal for failure to file bill of exceptions, estate of Charlotte Crawford, Felix K. Lawrence, improper use of bill of information, interference with intestate estate, Intestate Estate, Intestate Succession, Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Letters of Administration, Liberian civil procedure, Monthly and Probate Court Montserrado County, motion to rescind, prima facie evidence, probate jurisdiction, probate practice, relief from final judgment, revocation of letters of administration, scope of bill of information, Service of Process, sheriff’s returns, Supreme Court of Liberia, William G. J. Juah v. Jojo/J. W. Lawrence, Writ of Error | juah-v-lawrence-2023 | 2022-hearing 2023-opinion administrator-vs-next-of-kin appellate-procedure bill-of-information decedents-estates-law dismissal-of-appeal-for-failure-to-file-bill-of-exceptions estate-of-charlotte-crawford felix-k-lawrence improper-use-of-bill-of-information interference-with-intestate-estate intestate-estate intestate-succession justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh letters-of-administration liberian-civil-procedure monthly-and-probate-court-montserrado-county motion-to-rescind prima-facie-evidence probate-jurisdiction probate-practice relief-from-final-judgment revocation-of-letters-of-administration scope-of-bill-of-information service-of-process sheriffs-returns supreme-court-of-liberia william-g-j-juah-v-jojo-j-w-lawrence writ-of-error | |
| Kamand v Jun (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2023, 2023 Opinions, abuse of process, action of debt by attachment, Appeal, April 19, Attorney Discipline, Certiorari, civil law, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, Commercial Code, Commercial Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, continuance, Debt Court, default judgment application, dilatory tactics, disputed signature, doctrine of recency, fines, fraud allegation, judgment during trial, jurisdictional threshold, loan agreement, mandamus to resume jurisdiction, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to refuse jurisdiction, New Judiciary Law, petition for writ of certiorari, plain meaning rule, promissory note, sanctions, Statutory interpretation, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | kamand-v-jun-2023 | 2023 2023-opinions abuse-of-process action-of-debt-by-attachment appeal april-19 attorney-discipline certiorari civil-law code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics commercial-code commercial-court concurrent-jurisdiction continuance debt-court default-judgment-application dilatory-tactics disputed-signature doctrine-of-recency fines fraud-allegation judgment-during-trial jurisdictional-threshold loan-agreement mandamus-to-resume-jurisdiction mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-refuse-jurisdiction new-judiciary-law petition-for-writ-of-certiorari plain-meaning-rule promissory-note sanctions statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Kesseley v. RL (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, admissibility of statement, Appeal, Appellate Review, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, circumstantial evidence, Confession, coroner report, Criminal Court “A”, Criminal Law, indictment, JFK Medical Center, judgment affirmed, Jury Trial, Liberia National Police, Life Imprisonment, Miranda Rights, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, murder weapon, Presumption of Innocence, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, tampering with evidence | kesseley-v-rl-2023 | 2023-opinions admissibility-of-statement appeal appellate-review beyond-a-reasonable-doubt circumstantial-evidence confession coroner-report criminal-court-a criminal-law indictment jfk-medical-center judgment-affirmed jury-trial liberia-national-police life-imprisonment miranda-rights monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder murder-weapon presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia tampering-with-evidence | |
| Kevin Vs. Her Honor Compfort S. Natt et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, Decent Work Act 2015 §14.5, failure to accept offer, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Labour Law, Nathaniel Kevin v. Judge Comfort S. Natt & Lonestar Cell MTN, National Labor Court, Petition for Judicial Review, redundancy, Regulation No. 8 Labour Practices Law, reinstatement as new employment offer, reversal of lower court, severance and redundancy benefits, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of employment upon redundancy letter, Unfair Labour Practice, Wrongful Dismissal | kevin-vs-her-honor-compfort-s-natt-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions decent-work-act-2015-%c2%a714-5 failure-to-accept-offer justice-yamie-q-gbeisay labour-law nathaniel-kevin-v-judge-comfort-s-natt-lonestar-cell-mtn national-labor-court petition-for-judicial-review redundancy regulation-no-8-labour-practices-law reinstatement-as-new-employment-offer reversal-of-lower-court severance-and-redundancy-benefits supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-employment-upon-redundancy-letter unfair-labour-practice wrongful-dismissal | |
| Klah vs. Keingo (2023) | 2023, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Amos Klah v. The Intestate Estate of Tahiru Keingo, Boakai Rogers, bona fide purchaser, Chain of Title, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law §64.5(f), Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary weight, Francis S. Fahnbulleh, fraudulent conveyance, illegal occupation, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, Land Dispute, metes and bounds, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to survey report, preponderance of evidence, proof of ownership, property ownership, public land sale deed, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | klah-vs-keingo-2023 | 2023-opinions amos-klah-v-the-intestate-estate-of-tahiru-keingo boakai-rogers bona-fide-purchaser chain-of-title civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-%c2%a764-5f ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-weight francis-s-fahnbulleh fraudulent-conveyance illegal-occupation investigative-survey jury-verdict justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh land-dispute metes-and-bounds ministry-of-mines-and-energy montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-survey-report preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-ownership property-ownership public-land-sale-deed superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | |
| Koroma v. Henries (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Appeal, bill in equity to remove cloud on title, Bill of information, Bushrod Island, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, cloud on title, Consolidation, equity proceeding, Escrow Account, Evidence, Investigative Survey, jury trial error, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to survey, plain error, property ownership, remand for new trial, rental income, resurvey, sequestration, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, survey team, title deed, Writ of Prohibition | koroma-v-henries-2023 | 2023-opinions appeal bill-in-equity-to-remove-cloud-on-title bill-of-information bushrod-island civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law cloud-on-title consolidation equity-proceeding escrow-account evidence investigative-survey jury-trial-error land-dispute montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-survey plain-error property-ownership remand-for-new-trial rental-income resurvey sequestration supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report survey-team title-deed writ-of-prohibition | |
| Kowo et al. v Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, Appeal, bench trial, burden of proof, by and through the Ministry of Justice, cause of death, change of venue, coroner’s report, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, evidentiary insufficiency, Grand Bassa County, lesser included offense, manslaughter, modification of judgment, modification of sentence, murder, negligent homicide, Nimba County, Penal Law, police misconduct, reasonable doubt, Republic of Liberia, Second Judicial Circuit, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, use of force, waiver of jury trial | kowo-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions appeal bench-trial burden-of-proof by-and-through-the-ministry-of-justice cause-of-death change-of-venue coroners-report criminal-law criminal-procedure-law evidentiary-insufficiency grand-bassa-county lesser-included-offense manslaughter modification-of-judgment modification-of-sentence murder negligent-homicide nimba-county penal-law police-misconduct reasonable-doubt republic-of-liberia second-judicial-circuit sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia use-of-force waiver-of-jury-trial | |
| Kuteh vs. NEC (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation of NEC certification, bribery allegations, burden of proof in election disputes, District #1 Bong County representative election, electoral fraud, electoral irregularities, hearsay evidence, Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, missing or altered TEE-3s, NEC Board of Commissioners, NEC Hearing Officer, New Elections Law §4.12, preponderance of evidence, presumption of validity of election results, recount or re-run request, rejection of recount and rerun, standard for proving fraud (clear and convincing), Supreme Court of Liberia, tally center procedures, TEE-3/tabulated register, Wamah Jones Kuteh v. National Elections Commission & Prince Koinah, WhatsApp evidence | kuteh-vs-nec-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-of-nec-certification bribery-allegations burden-of-proof-in-election-disputes district-1-bong-county-representative-election electoral-fraud electoral-irregularities hearsay-evidence justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh missing-or-altered-tee-3s nec-board-of-commissioners nec-hearing-officer new-elections-law-%c2%a74-12 preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-validity-of-election-results recount-or-re-run-request rejection-of-recount-and-rerun standard-for-proving-fraud-clear-and-convincing supreme-court-of-liberia tally-center-procedures tee-3-tabulated-register wamah-jones-kuteh-v-national-elections-commission-prince-koinah whatsapp-evidence | |
| Liberia Sheng Xin De Yuan v. Saah (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law | 2023 Opinions, application of Isaaclyn Kollor v. Varney, clerk’s certificate as best evidence of timeliness, distinction from Kunakey v. Smith, late filing of bill of exceptions, Liberia Sheng Xin De Yuan Mining Company v. John P. Saah, Motion to dismiss appeal, notice of assignment and absent counsel, original dismissal of appeal affirmed., Petition for re-argument, petition for re-argument denied, re-argument standard under Rule IX (palpable substantial mistake), strict compliance with Civil Procedure Law §§ 51.4 & 51.6, Supreme Court of Liberia | liberia-sheng-xin-de-yuan-v-saah-2023 | 2023-opinions application-of-isaaclyn-kollor-v-varney clerks-certificate-as-best-evidence-of-timeliness distinction-from-kunakey-v-smith late-filing-of-bill-of-exceptions liberia-sheng-xin-de-yuan-mining-company-v-john-p-saah motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-assignment-and-absent-counsel original-dismissal-of-appeal-affirmed petition-for-re-argument petition-for-re-argument-denied re-argument-standard-under-rule-ix-palpable-substantial-mistake strict-compliance-with-civil-procedure-law-%c2%a7%c2%a7-51-4-51-6 supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Mutual Benefit Assurance Company (MBAC) v. Bea Mountains Mining Corporation (BMMC) (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of process, action of debt, affirmation, affirmation of lower court, appeal process, Appellate Review, Arbitration Award, arbitration proceedings, Article IV, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, bill of costs, Bill of Exceptions, breach of contract, Chambers Justice ruling, Civil Procedure, Commercial Code Section 7.54, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, Commercial Law, completion of appeal, construction contract, contractual liability, corrective remedy, Debt Action, denial of writ, enforcement of arbitral award, enforcement of award as judgment, Enforcement of Judgment, escrow account deposit, escrow requirement, foreign arbitral award, guarantee bond, indemnity obligation, interlocutory vs final judgment, International Construction Engineering (ICE), Jurisdiction, jurisdictional challenge, London arbitration, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mutual Benefit Assurance Company, perfection of appeal, performance bond, petition for prohibition, pretrial conference, preventive remedy, privity of contract, prohibition not substitute for appeal, remedial writs, statutory compliance, stay of enforcement, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error allegations, Writ of Prohibition | mutual-benefit-assurance-company-mbac-v-bea-mountains-mining-corporation-bmmc-2023 | 2023-opinions abuse-of-process action-of-debt affirmation affirmation-of-lower-court appeal-process appellate-review arbitration-award arbitration-proceedings article-iv bea-mountain-mining-corporation bill-of-costs bill-of-exceptions breach-of-contract chambers-justice-ruling civil-procedure commercial-code-section-7-54 commercial-court commercial-court-act commercial-law completion-of-appeal construction-contract contractual-liability corrective-remedy debt-action denial-of-writ enforcement-of-arbitral-award enforcement-of-award-as-judgment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account-deposit escrow-requirement foreign-arbitral-award guarantee-bond indemnity-obligation interlocutory-vs-final-judgment international-construction-engineering-ice jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge london-arbitration mandate monrovia montserrado-county mutual-benefit-assurance-company perfection-of-appeal performance-bond petition-for-prohibition pretrial-conference preventive-remedy privity-of-contract prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal remedial-writs statutory-compliance stay-of-enforcement summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error-allegations writ-of-prohibition | |
| National Elections Commission et al. v. Bility et al (2023) | 2023 | national-elections-commission-et-al-v-bility-et-al-2023 | |||
| Njoh V. Intestate Estate of C. Harry Gbesi (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, Appeal, Chain of Title, Charlesville land dispute, Civil Law Court, defaced deed, defective title, Ejectment, evidentiary burden, general and special damages, insufficiency of evidence, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Margibi County, metes and bounds, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, preponderance of evidence, proof of ownership, Real Property, reversal of jury verdict, ruling reversed, Supreme Court of Liberia, technical survey, title deed, wrongful withholding | njoh-v-intestate-estate-of-c-harry-gbesi-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-deed appeal chain-of-title charlesville-land-dispute civil-law-court defaced-deed defective-title ejectment evidentiary-burden general-and-special-damages insufficiency-of-evidence justice-yamie-q-gbeisay margibi-county metes-and-bounds ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-ownership real-property reversal-of-jury-verdict ruling-reversed supreme-court-of-liberia technical-survey title-deed wrongful-withholding | |
| Richard-Townsend v. Estate of Momo Mbolon (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, absence of surveyor signature, action of ejectment, affirmation, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, arbitration board, arbitration instructions, arbitration report, board of arbitration procedure, burden of proof, Caldwell, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 64, competing title claims, confirmation of arbitration award, corruption allegation, damages, Ejectment, encroachment, Enforcement of Judgment, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary rules, exclusion of unpleaded evidence, failure to plead documents, failure to timely object, finality of arbitration, fraud allegation, general damages, Investigative Survey, judicial deference to arbitration findings, King Governor Farms, Land Dispute, litigation strategy, majority decision rule, mandate, metes and bounds, Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy, misconduct of arbitrators, misrepresentation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, notice and participation, objection to arbitration award, objection to award, pleadings requirement, Procedural Compliance, proof of fraud, property law doctrine, property ownership, public land sale deed, punitive damages, Real Property, recovery on strength of own title, resistance to objection, Section 64.11 Civil Procedure Law, self-serving evidence, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, statutory grounds to vacate award, strength of title rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey dispute, survey notice, surveyor evidence, Tay v. Teh doctrine, technical representative, title deed, trial court ruling, Upper Caldwell, vacating arbitration award, Waiver, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | richard-townsend-v-estate-of-momo-mbolon-2023 | 2023-opinions absence-of-surveyor-signature action-of-ejectment affirmation appellate-review arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award arbitration-board arbitration-instructions arbitration-report board-of-arbitration-procedure burden-of-proof caldwell civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-64 competing-title-claims confirmation-of-arbitration-award corruption-allegation damages ejectment encroachment enforcement-of-judgment evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-rules exclusion-of-unpleaded-evidence failure-to-plead-documents failure-to-timely-object finality-of-arbitration fraud-allegation general-damages investigative-survey judicial-deference-to-arbitration-findings king-governor-farms land-dispute litigation-strategy majority-decision-rule mandate metes-and-bounds ministry-of-lands-mines-and-energy misconduct-of-arbitrators misrepresentation monrovia montserrado-county notice-and-participation objection-to-arbitration-award objection-to-award pleadings-requirement procedural-compliance proof-of-fraud property-law-doctrine property-ownership public-land-sale-deed punitive-damages real-property recovery-on-strength-of-own-title resistance-to-objection section-64-11-civil-procedure-law self-serving-evidence sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages statutory-grounds-to-vacate-award strength-of-title-rule supreme-court-of-liberia survey-dispute survey-notice surveyor-evidence tay-v-teh-doctrine technical-representative title-deed trial-court-ruling upper-caldwell vacating-arbitration-award waiver warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | |
| Roland v. Allison et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, appellate procedure, Austin B. Taylor, Board of Commissioners, burden of evidence, burden of proof, Coalition for Democratic Change, confirmation of election results, election appeal, election petition dismissal, electoral complaint, electoral dispute resolution, Electoral District #3, electoral irregularities, electoral law, Hon. Isaac B. Roland, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Maryland County, motion for diminution of records, National Elections Commission, NEC hearing officer ruling, NEC regulations, notice and pleadings, poll watchers, Procedural Compliance, representative election, Supreme Court of Liberia | roland-v-allison-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-procedure austin-b-taylor board-of-commissioners burden-of-evidence burden-of-proof coalition-for-democratic-change confirmation-of-election-results election-appeal election-petition-dismissal electoral-complaint electoral-dispute-resolution electoral-district-3 electoral-irregularities electoral-law hon-isaac-b-roland justice-yamie-q-gbeisay maryland-county motion-for-diminution-of-records national-elections-commission nec-hearing-officer-ruling nec-regulations notice-and-pleadings poll-watchers procedural-compliance representative-election supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Seimavula vs Mansaray (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | “Challenge to Names on Provisional List”, 2023 opinion, 5.9 Elections Law interpreted as voter roll & voting-stage only, age requirement for House of Representatives (Article 30(a)), appeal/objection to nomination, birth certificate vs conflicting age records, challenge to candidate’s eligibility, collateral constitutional challenge to NEC regulation rejected, exclusive power of Supreme Court to review constitutionality (Article 2), Hussein Seimavula v. Bintu Mansaray, lack of standing → objection dismissed, NEC 2023 Nomination & Registration Procedures, NEC Board decision affirmed., NEC’s duty to verify candidate information and age, standing of registered voter vs candidate/party/coalition/alliance, Supreme Court of Liberia | seimavula-vs-mansaray-2023 | challenge-to-names-on-provisional-list 2023-opinion 5-9-elections-law-interpreted-as-voter-roll-voting-stage-only age-requirement-for-house-of-representatives-article-30a appeal-objection-to-nomination birth-certificate-vs-conflicting-age-records challenge-to-candidates-eligibility collateral-constitutional-challenge-to-nec-regulation-rejected exclusive-power-of-supreme-court-to-review-constitutionality-article-2 hussein-seimavula-v-bintu-mansaray lack-of-standing-%e2%86%92-objection-dismissed nec-2023-nomination-registration-procedures nec-board-decision-affirmed necs-duty-to-verify-candidate-information-and-age standing-of-registered-voter-vs-candidate-party-coalition-alliance supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Stoner Liberia Inc. vs. Ecobank Liberia Limited (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2023 Opinions, action of debt, admission of indebtedness, Article III(4), Banking Law, Civil Procedure, collateral source of repayment, Commercial Court of Liberia Act, Commercial Law, costs taxed, damages award, debt by attachment, Ecobank Liberia Limited, Eva Mappy Morgan, extraordinary writ, guaranty/third-party responsibility, interlocutory ruling, Joinder of Parties, Judicial Notice, Jurisdiction, loan facility, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, moot by operation of law, mootness, motion to join indispensable party, no genuine issue of material fact, prior Supreme Court judgment, proceeding by wrong rules, prohibition as remedy, prohibition not substitute for appeal, prompt determination of commercial disputes, remand to court below, res judicata principles, review of interlocutory ruling, single judge ruling, Stoner Liberia Inc., sua sponte dismissal, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, three-judge panel, Total Liberia Inc., window for review, Writ of Prohibition | stoner-liberia-inc-vs-ecobank-liberia-limited-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-debt admission-of-indebtedness article-iii4 banking-law civil-procedure collateral-source-of-repayment commercial-court-of-liberia-act commercial-law costs-taxed damages-award debt-by-attachment ecobank-liberia-limited eva-mappy-morgan extraordinary-writ guaranty-third-party-responsibility interlocutory-ruling joinder-of-parties judicial-notice jurisdiction loan-facility mandate monrovia montserrado-county moot-by-operation-of-law mootness motion-to-join-indispensable-party no-genuine-issue-of-material-fact prior-supreme-court-judgment proceeding-by-wrong-rules prohibition-as-remedy prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal prompt-determination-of-commercial-disputes remand-to-court-below res-judicata-principles review-of-interlocutory-ruling single-judge-ruling stoner-liberia-inc sua-sponte-dismissal summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia three-judge-panel total-liberia-inc window-for-review writ-of-prohibition | |
| Tandapolie al. v. National Election Commission et al (2023) | 2023, Administrative Law, Citizenship Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, administrative investigation, Aliens and Nationality Law, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Article 30 Constitution of Liberia, Board of Commissioners NEC, Caldwell, candidate eligibility, challenge to nomination, citizenship eligibility, Civil Procedure Law, consolidation of actions, constitutional law, denial of motion, disqualification, District 11, documentary evidence, domicile definition, domicile requirement, dual citizenship, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral maps, electoral procedures, eligibility to contest election, eminent citizen, evidentiary burden, GIS evidence, hearing officers, jurisdiction of NEC, lack of standing, legal standing, locus standi, Louisiana community, mandate, Montserrado County, motion for newly discovered evidence, Motion to Dismiss, National Elections Commission, NEC, nomination and registration procedures 2023, objection to nomination, political party standing, preponderance of evidence, provisional listing of candidates, registered voter, renunciation of citizenship, representative aspirant, residency requirement, Rule of Law, Statutory interpretation, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia | tandapolie-al-v-national-election-commission-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-investigation aliens-and-nationality-law appellate-reversal appellate-review article-30-constitution-of-liberia board-of-commissioners-nec caldwell candidate-eligibility challenge-to-nomination citizenship-eligibility civil-procedure-law consolidation-of-actions constitutional-law denial-of-motion disqualification district-11 documentary-evidence domicile-definition domicile-requirement dual-citizenship elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-maps electoral-procedures eligibility-to-contest-election eminent-citizen evidentiary-burden gis-evidence hearing-officers jurisdiction-of-nec lack-of-standing legal-standing locus-standi louisiana-community mandate montserrado-county motion-for-newly-discovered-evidence motion-to-dismiss national-elections-commission nec nomination-and-registration-procedures-2023 objection-to-nomination political-party-standing preponderance-of-evidence provisional-listing-of-candidates registered-voter renunciation-of-citizenship representative-aspirant residency-requirement rule-of-law statutory-interpretation subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Tarpeh v. National Elections Commission (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation, Appellate Review, Board of Commissioners NEC, candidate eligibility, constitutional law, dismissal of action, District 5, election dispute resolution, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral regulations, filing deadline, hearing officer ruling, judicial restraint, jurisdictional threshold, lack of standing, legal capacity, Liberia First Movement Party, locus standi, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, motion to join, National Elections Commission, NEC, nomination and registration procedures 2023, objection to nomination, political party participation, pre-election objection, precedent adherence, procedural bar, provisional listing of candidates, registered voter, representative aspirant, Rule of Law, Section 5.9 New Elections Law, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, timeliness of complaint | tarpeh-v-national-elections-commission-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation appellate-review board-of-commissioners-nec candidate-eligibility constitutional-law dismissal-of-action district-5 election-dispute-resolution elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-regulations filing-deadline hearing-officer-ruling judicial-restraint jurisdictional-threshold lack-of-standing legal-capacity liberia-first-movement-party locus-standi monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss motion-to-join national-elections-commission nec nomination-and-registration-procedures-2023 objection-to-nomination political-party-participation pre-election-objection precedent-adherence procedural-bar provisional-listing-of-candidates registered-voter representative-aspirant rule-of-law section-5-9-new-elections-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness-of-complaint | |
| Teah vs Awacotata et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law | 2023 Opinions, Appeal Procedure, Chambers Justice jurisdiction, denial of motion to dismiss, effect of stay order on appeal timeline, Johnson Teah v. Philip Orega Awacotata and Sylvester, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Kailondo Petroleum v. GT Bank precedent, Motion to dismiss appeal, restoration of remaining appeal time after stay, statutory compliance with Civil Procedure Law §51.4, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, timeliness of appeal bond and notice of completion | teah-vs-awacotata-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions appeal-procedure chambers-justice-jurisdiction denial-of-motion-to-dismiss effect-of-stay-order-on-appeal-timeline johnson-teah-v-philip-orega-awacotata-and-sylvester justice-yussif-d-kaba kailondo-petroleum-v-gt-bank-precedent motion-to-dismiss-appeal restoration-of-remaining-appeal-time-after-stay statutory-compliance-with-civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-4 summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia timeliness-of-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion | |
| The Campaign Team of Mr. Julius K. Kanubah for the Press Union of Liberia 2022 Elections v. His Honor Joseph Nagbe et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2023 Opinions, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, Campaign Team of Julius K. Kanubah v. His Honor Joseph Nagbe and the Press Union of Liberia, Chambers Justice authority, declaratory judgment, Due Process, expansion of bill of information, improper execution of Supreme Court mandate, irregular enforcement, issuance of alternative writ, judicial discretion, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Karen-Gaydou Sehkeporh v. Nagbe, May 2 hearing, preliminary injunction, Press Union of Liberia elections, procedural error, remedial writs, right to be heard, scope of bill of information, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order (TRO), Writ of Prohibition | the-campaign-team-of-mr-julius-k-kanubah-for-the-press-union-of-liberia-2022-elections-v-his-honor-joseph-nagbe-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions article-20a-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information campaign-team-of-julius-k-kanubah-v-his-honor-joseph-nagbe-and-the-press-union-of-liberia chambers-justice-authority declaratory-judgment due-process expansion-of-bill-of-information improper-execution-of-supreme-court-mandate irregular-enforcement issuance-of-alternative-writ judicial-discretion justice-yussif-d-kaba karen-gaydou-sehkeporh-v-nagbe may-2-hearing preliminary-injunction press-union-of-liberia-elections procedural-error remedial-writs right-to-be-heard scope-of-bill-of-information supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order-tro writ-of-prohibition | |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. The Intestate Estate of Joseph V. Gaye, Sr. (2023) | 2023, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of discretion in refusing survey, action of ejectment, case remanded for investigative survey within 2 months, competing chains of title, damages to depend on survey outcome, encroachment determination, jury verdict of liability and US$750, Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Knuckles / SDA / DSTV chain, metes and bounds vs. ground location, need for investigative survey in ejectment, Oldest Congo Town land dispute, public land sale deed 1962 (Tubman), Supreme Court of Liberia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Intestate Estate of Joseph V. Gaye Sr., tracing title to Republic of Liberia | sr-2023 the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-v-the-intestate-estate-of-joseph-v-gaye | 2023-opinions abuse-of-discretion-in-refusing-survey action-of-ejectment case-remanded-for-investigative-survey-within-2-months competing-chains-of-title damages-to-depend-on-survey-outcome encroachment-determination jury-verdict-of-liability-and-us750 justice-yussif-d-kaba knuckles-sda-dstv-chain metes-and-bounds-vs-ground-location need-for-investigative-survey-in-ejectment oldest-congo-town-land-dispute public-land-sale-deed-1962-tubman supreme-court-of-liberia the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-v-intestate-estate-of-joseph-v-gaye-sr tracing-title-to-republic-of-liberia | |
| The Intestate Estate of AB Mars v. Freeman et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, administrators and administratrix, Appeal bond, appeal process, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Brown v. General Construction, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law, clerk of court duties, continuation of appeal, Dayrell v. Thomas and Moore, denial of motion, dismissal grounds, Estate Administration, excusable neglect, failure to prosecute appeal, Gbartoe v. Doe, Intestate Estate, judicial discretion, Liberia Telecommunications Corp v. Tyler, litigation costs, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Morgan v. Barclay, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Housing and Savings Bank v. Gordon, Notice of Completion of Appeal, precedent, preponderance of evidence, Probate Law, procedural requirements, Property Dispute, refund of costs, Section 51.11 Civil Procedure Law, Section 51.16 Civil Procedure Law, Statutory interpretation, superintendence of records, transcription of records, transmittal of records, upreme Court of Liberia, VH Timber v. Naca Logging Company | the-intestate-estate-of-ab-mars-v-freeman-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions abandonment-of-appeal administrators-and-administratrix appeal-bond appeal-process appellate-procedure appellate-review bill-of-exceptions brown-v-general-construction burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law clerk-of-court-duties continuation-of-appeal dayrell-v-thomas-and-moore denial-of-motion dismissal-grounds estate-administration excusable-neglect failure-to-prosecute-appeal gbartoe-v-doe intestate-estate judicial-discretion liberia-telecommunications-corp-v-tyler litigation-costs monrovia montserrado-county morgan-v-barclay motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-housing-and-savings-bank-v-gordon notice-of-completion-of-appeal precedent preponderance-of-evidence probate-law procedural-requirements property-dispute refund-of-costs section-51-11-civil-procedure-law section-51-16-civil-procedure-law statutory-interpretation superintendence-of-records transcription-of-records transmittal-of-records upreme-court-of-liberia vh-timber-v-naca-logging-company | |
| The Intestate Estate of Joseph N. Boley Vs. Oldman Gaye et. al. (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, absence of trial judge not justification, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, Bill of Exceptions, dismissal of appeal for lateness, evidentiary requirement for delay, Intestate Estate of Joseph N. Boley v. Oldman Gaye, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, late filing of bill of exceptions, Liberia Sheng Xin De Yuan Mining Co. v. Saah, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, sequential appeal steps, statutory timeline for appeal, strict compliance with appeal statute, Supreme Court of Liberia, violation of Civil Procedure Law §51.4 | the-intestate-estate-of-joseph-n-boley-vs-oldman-gaye-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions absence-of-trial-judge-not-justification appeal-bond appeal-procedure bill-of-exceptions dismissal-of-appeal-for-lateness evidentiary-requirement-for-delay intestate-estate-of-joseph-n-boley-v-oldman-gaye justice-yamie-q-gbeisay late-filing-of-bill-of-exceptions liberia-sheng-xin-de-yuan-mining-co-v-saah motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal sequential-appeal-steps statutory-timeline-for-appeal strict-compliance-with-appeal-statute supreme-court-of-liberia violation-of-civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-4 | |
| The Intestate of Gobbeh Kamara v. The Intestate of J. Lamark Cox (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law | 2023 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, Civil Procedure Law §51.11, denied motion to intervene, duty to superintend appeal, ejectment action, failure to transmit records, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Motion to dismiss appeal, Nat’l Housing & Savings Bank v. Gordon, Sixth Judicial Circuit Montserrado, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubman v. Lacquoi distinguished | the-intestate-of-gobbeh-kamara-v-the-intestate-of-j-lamark-cox-2023 | 2023-opinions abandonment-of-appeal civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-11 denied-motion-to-intervene duty-to-superintend-appeal ejectment-action failure-to-transmit-records justice-yamie-q-gbeisay motion-to-dismiss-appeal natl-housing-savings-bank-v-gordon sixth-judicial-circuit-montserrado supreme-court-of-liberia tubman-v-lacquoi-distinguished | |
| The Management of Ecobank Liberia Limited v. Embassy Suite Corporation (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 opinion, absence of board resolution, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, collateral VIP premises name change, Commercial Court debt by attachment and garnishment, damages without proof of injury, Ecobank Liberia Limited v Embassy Suite Corporation, joint and several loan obligation, lack of corporate existence at time of wrong, no transfer of assets or liabilities, ruling reversed, sole proprietorship vs corporation, Standing to Sue, successor liability not proven, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, ultra vires corporate act, verdict against weight of evidence | the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation-2023 | 2023-opinion absence-of-board-resolution action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal collateral-vip-premises-name-change commercial-court-debt-by-attachment-and-garnishment damages-without-proof-of-injury ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation joint-and-several-loan-obligation lack-of-corporate-existence-at-time-of-wrong no-transfer-of-assets-or-liabilities ruling-reversed sole-proprietorship-vs-corporation standing-to-sue successor-liability-not-proven supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law ultra-vires-corporate-act verdict-against-weight-of-evidence | |
| The Management of Mamba Point Hotel v. Dee (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, breach of duty, Civil Law Court, compensatory damages, Damages for Wrong, Decent Work Act (2015), Duty of Care, employer liability, Evidence, Jury Verdict, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, Negligence, personal injury, property maintenance, reasonable care, spinal injury, Supreme Court of Liberia, workplace injury | the-management-of-mamba-point-hotel-v-dee-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review breach-of-duty civil-law-court compensatory-damages damages-for-wrong decent-work-act-2015 duty-of-care employer-liability evidence jury-verdict medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county negligence personal-injury property-maintenance reasonable-care spinal-injury supreme-court-of-liberia workplace-injury | |
| Tweh v. Tandapolie (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, All Liberian Party, ALP, Appellate Review, application by special leave, Application for Special Leave, Article IX, Board of Commissioners NEC, constitutional law, denial of special leave, discretionary relief, dismissal of application, District 11, domicile requirement, election procedure, elections law, electoral dispute, eligibility to contest, excusable neglect, Final Judgment, Force Majeure, good cause shown, Granting of Special Leave is not a right but a privilege, judicial discretion, mandate, mandatory filing period, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, NEC, New Liberia Party, nomination challenge, noncompliance with rules, Nunc Pro Tunc, objection to nomination, overlooked fact, overlooked point of law, palpable substantial mistake, Petition for re-argument, political party challenge, procedural bar, Procedural Default, Re-argument, recall of mandate, representative candidate, representative seat, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IX, Rule of Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, Three-day requirement for filing of petition for re-argument mandatory, Timeliness | tweh-v-tandapolie-2023 | 2023-opinions all-liberian-party alp appellate-review application-by-special-leave application-for-special-leave article-ix board-of-commissioners-nec constitutional-law denial-of-special-leave discretionary-relief dismissal-of-application district-11 domicile-requirement election-procedure elections-law electoral-dispute eligibility-to-contest excusable-neglect final-judgment force-majeure good-cause-shown granting-of-special-leave-is-not-a-right-but-a-privilege judicial-discretion mandate mandatory-filing-period montserrado-county national-elections-commission nec new-liberia-party nomination-challenge noncompliance-with-rules nunc-pro-tunc objection-to-nomination overlooked-fact overlooked-point-of-law palpable-substantial-mistake petition-for-re-argument political-party-challenge procedural-bar procedural-default re-argument recall-of-mandate representative-candidate representative-seat revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-ix rule-of-law supreme-court-of-liberia three-day-requirement-for-filing-of-petition-for-re-argument-mandatory timeliness | |
| Unity Party et al v. National Elections Commission (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrative Law, Brumskine and Karnwea precedent, constitutional law, democratic governance, election transparency, elections law, Elections Law 1986, electoral law, Final Registration Roll, free and fair elections, Liberia People’s Party, magisterial offices, National Elections Commission, NEC regulations, political parties, publication of FRR, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unity Party, voter registration, voter rights, writ of mandamus | unity-party-et-al-vs-national-elections-commission-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-law brumskine-and-karnwea-precedent constitutional-law democratic-governance election-transparency elections-law elections-law-1986 electoral-law final-registration-roll free-and-fair-elections liberia-peoples-party magisterial-offices national-elections-commission nec-regulations political-parties publication-of-frr supreme-court-of-liberia unity-party voter-registration voter-rights writ-of-mandamus | |
| Unity Party V. National Elections Commission (2023) | 2023, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Elections Law, Judiciary Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrative discretion, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Board of Commissioners NEC, constitutional law, constitutional right to vote, construction of statutes, elections law, electoral disputes, electoral fairness, electoral integrity, equal distribution of voters, hearing officer rulings, interpretation of statutes, judiciary authority, Koffah v. Republic of Liberia, legislative intent, Monrovia, Montserrado County, National Elections Commission, NEC powers and duties, overcrowding, Plain language important in statutory interpretation, plain meaning rule, polling places, precinct demarcation, precinct limits, quasi-judicial review, Richard v. Monrovia Brewery, Section 2.9 Elections Law, Section 4.1(2) Elections Law, separation of powers, Statutes must be construed with reference to legislative intent, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, voter access, voter registration, Voters registration, voting precincts | unity-party-v-national-elections-commission-2023 | 2023-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-discretion administrative-law appellate-review bill-of-exceptions board-of-commissioners-nec constitutional-law constitutional-right-to-vote construction-of-statutes elections-law electoral-disputes electoral-fairness electoral-integrity equal-distribution-of-voters hearing-officer-rulings interpretation-of-statutes judiciary-authority koffah-v-republic-of-liberia legislative-intent monrovia montserrado-county national-elections-commission nec-powers-and-duties overcrowding plain-language-important-in-statutory-interpretation plain-meaning-rule polling-places precinct-demarcation precinct-limits quasi-judicial-review richard-v-monrovia-brewery section-2-9-elections-law section-4-12-elections-law separation-of-powers statutes-must-be-construed-with-reference-to-legislative-intent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia voter-access voter-registration voters-registration voting-precincts | |
| Unity Party v. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, administrative discretion, Administrative Law, Appeal, Chapter 4, conduct of elections, constitutional law, elections law, electoral law, National Elections Commission, precinct size limit, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unity Party, voter registration, voting precincts | unity-party-v-national-elections-commission-nec-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-discretion administrative-law appeal chapter-4 conduct-of-elections constitutional-law elections-law electoral-law national-elections-commission precinct-size-limit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia unity-party voter-registration voting-precincts | |
| Unity Party v. The National Elections Commission (NEC) (2023) Dissenting Opinion | 2023, Constitutional Law, Dissenting Opinions, Elections Law | 2023 Opinions, Dissenting Opinion, elections law, electoral administration, electoral integrity, judicial restraint, Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokollie, legislative history, legislative intent, NEC discretion, plain meaning rule, Section 4.1(2) of the New Elections Law 2016, separation of powers, statutory ceiling of 3, statutory construction, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unity Party v. National Elections Commission, violation of elections law, voter equality, voter registration, voting precinct limit | unity-v-the-national-elections-commission-nec-2023-dissenting-opinion | 2023-opinions dissenting-opinion elections-law electoral-administration electoral-integrity judicial-restraint justice-jamesetta-howard-wolokollie legislative-history legislative-intent nec-discretion plain-meaning-rule section-4-12-of-the-new-elections-law-2016 separation-of-powers statutory-ceiling-of-3 statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia unity-party-v-national-elections-commission violation-of-elections-law voter-equality voter-registration voting-precinct-limit | |
| Wesley et al vs. His Honor Yamie Gbeisay et al (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Amos Geah-Doe, Appellate Review, Barnersville, Bill of information, biological heirship, bona fide ownership, civil law, Civil Law Court, closure of estate, constitutional rights, court decree of sale, Decree of Sale, denial of day in court, determination of heirs, Due Process, Ejectment, ELWA Road, Enforcement of Judgment, estate distribution, estates and trusts, eviction, heirs and beneficiaries, improper execution of mandate, improper transfer, Intestate Estate, judgment not binding on nonparties, judicial overreach, Jurisdiction, King Gray Town, lack of probate jurisdiction, Letters of Administration, long possession, mandate compliance, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, nonparty rights, Paynesville, petition for revocation of letters of administration, possession of real property, Probate Law, Property Rights, quashing writ, real property dispute, revocation of letters of administration, right to property, Sheaplor R. Dunbar, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, title holders, unlawful eviction, Writ of Error, writ of execution, writ of possession, Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay | wesley-et-al-vs-his-honor-yamie-gbeisay-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions amos-geah-doe appellate-review barnersville bill-of-information biological-heirship bona-fide-ownership civil-law civil-law-court closure-of-estate constitutional-rights court-decree-of-sale decree-of-sale denial-of-day-in-court determination-of-heirs due-process ejectment elwa-road enforcement-of-judgment estate-distribution estates-and-trusts eviction heirs-and-beneficiaries improper-execution-of-mandate improper-transfer intestate-estate judgment-not-binding-on-nonparties judicial-overreach jurisdiction king-gray-town lack-of-probate-jurisdiction letters-of-administration long-possession mandate-compliance monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county nonparty-rights paynesville petition-for-revocation-of-letters-of-administration possession-of-real-property probate-law property-rights quashing-writ real-property-dispute revocation-of-letters-of-administration right-to-property sheaplor-r-dunbar sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia title-holders unlawful-eviction writ-of-error writ-of-execution writ-of-possession yamie-quiqui-gbeisay | |
| Willie et al v. Fahnbulleh et al. (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, 72nd Community Paynesville, Appeal, board of arbitration, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 64 (Arbitration), Ejectment, Fallah Willie v. Yussif B. Fahnbulleh, grounds to vacate arbitration award, implied arbitration agreement, Justice Yamie Q. Gbeisay, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority / former Lands Mines & Energy, majority arbitrators’ report, mix-shape garage encroachment, motion for arbitration, notice of survey, objection to arbitration report, ruling confirmed and affirmed, Somalia Drive frontage, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey and metes-and-bounds, waiver and laches | willie-et-al-v-fahnbulleh-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions 72nd-community-paynesville appeal board-of-arbitration civil-procedure-law-chapter-64-arbitration ejectment fallah-willie-v-yussif-b-fahnbulleh grounds-to-vacate-arbitration-award implied-arbitration-agreement justice-yamie-q-gbeisay land-dispute liberia-land-authority-former-lands-mines-energy majority-arbitrators-report mix-shape-garage-encroachment motion-for-arbitration notice-of-survey objection-to-arbitration-report ruling-confirmed-and-affirmed somalia-drive-frontage supreme-court-of-liberia survey-and-metes-and-bounds waiver-and-laches | |
| Yengbeh Jr. v. Kiazolu et al (2023) | 2023, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, agency, alternative writ affirmed, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Certiorari, Chambers Justice ruling, civil law, Civil Law Court, complete relief, compulsory joinder, conveyance of land, court’s decree of sale, David M. Morris, deed validity, Due Process, Ejectment, fee simple title, Frank Jallah, intervention, Jennie B. Morris, joinder of necessary parties, joint ownership, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Kai Ballah Family, landlord-tenant dispute, Letters of Administration, Marital Property, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiplicity of suits, occupancy rights, party defendant, peremptory writ, petition for writ of certiorari, possession of real property, power of attorney, Probate Court Rules, Real Property, remand, right to possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, striking pleadings, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title in dispute, title instruments, trial court error | yengbeh-jr-v-kiazolu-et-al-2023 | 2023-opinions administrators-deed agency alternative-writ-affirmed appellate-review attorney-in-fact certiorari chambers-justice-ruling civil-law civil-law-court complete-relief compulsory-joinder conveyance-of-land courts-decree-of-sale david-m-morris deed-validity due-process ejectment fee-simple-title frank-jallah intervention jennie-b-morris joinder-of-necessary-parties joint-ownership judicial-notice jury-trial kai-ballah-family landlord-tenant-dispute letters-of-administration marital-property mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county multiplicity-of-suits occupancy-rights party-defendant peremptory-writ petition-for-writ-of-certiorari possession-of-real-property power-of-attorney probate-court-rules real-property remand right-to-possession sixth-judicial-circuit striking-pleadings summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-in-dispute title-instruments trial-court-error |