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Document Category 2024
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| Access Bank Liberia (Limited) v. Wael Gharzerddine (2024) | 2024, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, Accessbank (Liberia) Limited, action of damages, Appellate Review, ArcelorMittal, Auto Elegance, Banking Law, breach of contract, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, corporate succession, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Cross-examination inconsistency, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, general damages, implied admission, legal capacity to sue, lost profits, mandate, mitigation, modification of judgment, Monrovia, Montserrado County, non-retroactivity, one-judge jurisdiction, preponderance of evidence, proof of special damages, punitive damages, shareholder rights, sole proprietorship, special damages, Standing, statutory threshold, subject matter jurisdiction, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, three-judge panel, Tort Law, Wael Gharzeddine | access-bank-liberia-limited-v-wael-gharzerddine-2024 | 2024-opinions accessbank-liberia-limited action-of-damages appellate-review arcelormittal auto-elegance banking-law breach-of-contract commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law corporate-succession costs credibility-of-witnesses cross-examination-inconsistency damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence general-damages implied-admission legal-capacity-to-sue lost-profits mandate mitigation modification-of-judgment monrovia montserrado-county non-retroactivity one-judge-jurisdiction preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-special-damages punitive-damages shareholder-rights sole-proprietorship special-damages standing statutory-threshold subject-matter-jurisdiction subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia three-judge-panel tort-law wael-gharzeddine | 2024-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bloyougar et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Kollie (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, adjoining landowners, administrator, Administrator’s Deed, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration agreement, arbitration survey, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, board of arbitration, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Costs Against Appellant, damages claim, deed description, deed plotting, disputed signature, Ejectment, encroachment, enforcement of arbitration award, Estate Administration, eviction, fraud allegation, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, Older Title, Paynesville City, priority of title, property ownership, public land sale deed, Real Property, restitution of possession, Samuel Kanyon Doe Boulevard, Section 64.11(2), service of notice, SKD Boulevard Community, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey notice, thirty-day statutory period, title deed, vacating arbitration award, Waiver, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | bloyougar-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-kollie-2024 seluminee-bloyougar-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-kollie-2024 | 2024-opinions adjoining-landowners administrator administrators-deed appellate-review arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-survey bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information board-of-arbitration civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law costs-against-appellant damages-claim deed-description deed-plotting disputed-signature ejectment encroachment enforcement-of-arbitration-award estate-administration eviction fraud-allegation intestate-estate investigative-survey land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county notice-of-assignment older-title paynesville-city priority-of-title property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-property restitution-of-possession samuel-kanyon-doe-boulevard section-64-112 service-of-notice skd-boulevard-community supreme-court-of-liberia survey-notice thirty-day-statutory-period title-deed vacating-arbitration-award waiver warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Conneh v RL (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law | Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, bona fide purchaser, Caldwell Township, civil ejectment pending, Coffee’s Farm Community, Confession, consolidation of indictments, criminal conspiracy, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, deed verification, Due Process, evidentiary contradictions, falsus in uno, Fraudulent Deed, good faith purchaser defense, indictment, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Commission, Land Dispute, land law, metes and bounds, modification of sentence, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Nolle Prosequi, Property Law, reasonable doubt, sentencing, severance, summary proceedings to recover possession, surveyor misconduct, title dispute | conneh-v-rl-2024 | appellate-review bill-of-exceptions bona-fide-purchaser caldwell-township civil-ejectment-pending coffees-farm-community confession consolidation-of-indictments criminal-conspiracy criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law deed-verification due-process evidentiary-contradictions falsus-in-uno fraudulent-deed good-faith-purchaser-defense indictment investigative-survey jury-verdict land-commission land-dispute land-law metes-and-bounds modification-of-sentence montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial nolle-prosequi property-law reasonable-doubt sentencing severance summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession surveyor-misconduct title-dispute | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cooper et al v. Cooper (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators cum testamento annexo, Appeal, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, clerk's duty not to issue conflicting certificates, Clerk’s Certificate, computation of time, conflicting court certificates, distribution of estate, Estate Administration, Intestate Estate, mere allegations not proof, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Probate Law, service of final ruling, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia | cooper-et-al-v-cooper-2024 susan-f-cooper-et-al-v-monique-c-cooper-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators-cum-testamento-annexo appeal appeal-bond appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure clerks-duty-not-to-issue-conflicting-certificates clerks-certificate computation-of-time conflicting-court-certificates distribution-of-estate estate-administration intestate-estate mere-allegations-not-proof monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal probate-law service-of-final-ruling statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dennis Dukuly v. The Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal, Confession, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, death sentence, Due Process, evidentiary sufficiency, insanity defense, jury prejudice, Life Imprisonment, Lofa County, malice aforethought, mitigation of sentence, murder, Penal Code, presumption of sanity, statutory rape, Supreme Court of Liberia | dennis-dukuly-v-the-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal confession criminal-law criminal-procedure-law death-sentence due-process evidentiary-sufficiency insanity-defense jury-prejudice life-imprisonment lofa-county malice-aforethought mitigation-of-sentence murder penal-code presumption-of-sanity statutory-rape supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Derrick et al v Global Pharm Medical Center (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Health Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, action of damages, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, bad faith practice, Bill of Exceptions, Bushrod Island, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Duty of Care, healthcare liability, hospital liability, jurisdictional requirements, medical malpractice, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Negligence, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Compliance, Section 51.16, Section 51.7, Section 51.8, Section 51.9, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, Time for service of appeal bond and notice of completion of appeal, wrongful medical treatment | lucia-derrick-james-k-wolovah-vs-global-pharm-medical-center-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-damages appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bad-faith-practice bill-of-exceptions bushrod-island civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law duty-of-care healthcare-liability hospital-liability jurisdictional-requirements medical-malpractice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal negligence notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-compliance section-51-16 section-51-7 section-51-8 section-51-9 sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia time-for-service-of-appeal-bond-and-notice-of-completion-of-appeal wrongful-medical-treatment | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases health-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dewalt v Sele (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | Administrative Law, Appellate Review, board of directors, contract renewal and expiry, delegated authority, Due Process, employment contract, enabling statute, executive director powers, government agencies, irregular appointment, Judicial Review, jurisdictional overreach, Labor Law, LACE, legality of administrative action, Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment, mandate, public employment, removal for cause, reversal of chambers ruling, separation of powers within agencies, special proceedings, status quo ante, statutory appointment power, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition, wrongful termination | dewalt-v-sele-2024 mrs-monica-freeman-dewalt-vs-mr-julius-k-sele-2024 | administrative-law appellate-review board-of-directors contract-renewal-and-expiry delegated-authority due-process employment-contract enabling-statute executive-director-powers government-agencies irregular-appointment judicial-review jurisdictional-overreach labor-law lace legality-of-administrative-action liberia-agency-for-community-empowerment mandate public-employment removal-for-cause reversal-of-chambers-ruling separation-of-powers-within-agencies special-proceedings status-quo-ante statutory-appointment-power statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition wrongful-termination | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Donyen v Kanneh (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Elections Law, Evidence Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appeal, Appellate Review, Best evidence, Board of Commissioners, burden of proof, certification of election results, constitutional law, Due Process, Election Dispute, election irregultarities, electoral fraud, electoral irregularities, electoral law, fraud allegations, Fraud must be proved, hearing officer ruling, House of Representatives election, independent candidate, margin of votes, Montserrado County District #2, National Elections Commission (NEC), preponderance of evidence, records of count, recount of ballots', recount of votes, Supreme Court of Liberia, tally sheets, Unity Party | nimely-j-donyen-vs-sekou-s-kanneh-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-law appeal appellate-review best-evidence board-of-commissioners burden-of-proof certification-of-election-results constitutional-law due-process election-dispute election-irregultarities electoral-fraud electoral-irregularities electoral-law fraud-allegations fraud-must-be-proved hearing-officer-ruling house-of-representatives-election independent-candidate margin-of-votes montserrado-county-district-2 national-elections-commission-nec preponderance-of-evidence records-of-count recount-of-ballots recount-of-votes supreme-court-of-liberia tally-sheets unity-party | 2024-1 administrative-law elections-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Fahnbulleh et al. v Brown (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Executive Law, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, administrative authority, Administrative Law, affirmation of chambers ruling, Appellate Review, attendance and work ethic, chairperson powers, Code of Conduct, commissioners’ salaries, constitutional law, Due Process, government agencies, human rights law, INCHR, Independent National Commission on Human Rights, internal governance, Judicial Review, mandate, Monrovia, presidential appointees, public administration, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition | atty-mohammed-el-dust-fahnbulleh-et-al-vs-cllr-t-dempster-brown-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-authority administrative-law affirmation-of-chambers-ruling appellate-review attendance-and-work-ethic chairperson-powers code-of-conduct commissioners-salaries constitutional-law due-process government-agencies human-rights-law inchr independent-national-commission-on-human-rights internal-governance judicial-review mandate monrovia presidential-appointees public-administration separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Harris et al v Turning (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, forged signature, fraud, fraud to be specifically proved, heirs and beneficiaries, Intestate Estate, jury instructions, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, mandate, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, objection to charge, Party's duty to object o a judge's erroneous charge to jury, preponderance of the evidence, preservation of error, probate proceedings, property ownership, Real Property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standing and capacity to sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, verdict contrary to weight of evidence, warranty deed | harris-et-al-v-turning-2024 jesse-harris-et-al-v-mary-turning-2024 | 2024-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-law civil-law-court ejectment forged-signature fraud fraud-to-be-specifically-proved heirs-and-beneficiaries intestate-estate jury-instructions jury-verdict letters-of-administration mandate montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial objection-to-charge partys-duty-to-object-o-a-judges-erroneous-charge-to-jury preponderance-of-the-evidence preservation-of-error probate-proceedings property-ownership real-property sixth-judicial-circuit standing-and-capacity-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed verdict-contrary-to-weight-of-evidence warranty-deed | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Her Honor Nancy F. Sammy et al v. CHICO (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | action of damages, alternative writ, Appellate Review, certiorari vs prohibition, civil law, Civil Law Court, complaint in an action of damages filed before a Circuit Court is not ipso facto dismissible for lack of jurisdiction, Decent Work Act, Duty of Care, employer-employee relationship, exclusive remedy doctrine, interlocutory ruling, jurisdictional challenge, Labor Court, Labor Law, Labor-related disputes not cognizable before Circuit Courts, Ministry of Labor, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Negligence, occupational injury, peremptory writ, personal protective equipment, petition for writ of prohibition, Private Wrongs Law, Private Wrongs law not applicable to disputes arising from labor relations, Reversal, subject matter jurisdiction, Superseding status of recent legislation when in conflict with another, Supreme Court of Liberia, workers’ compensation, writ of certiorari, wrongful death | her-honor-nancy-f-sammy-and-intestate-estate-of-jalloh-v-chico-2024 her-honor-nancy-f-sammy-et-al-v-chico-2024 | action-of-damages alternative-writ appellate-review certiorari-vs-prohibition civil-law civil-law-court complaint-in-an-action-of-damages-filed-before-a-circuit-court-is-not-ipso-facto-dismissible-for-lack-of-jurisdiction decent-work-act duty-of-care employer-employee-relationship exclusive-remedy-doctrine interlocutory-ruling jurisdictional-challenge labor-court labor-law labor-related-disputes-not-cognizable-before-circuit-courts ministry-of-labor montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss negligence occupational-injury peremptory-writ personal-protective-equipment petition-for-writ-of-prohibition private-wrongs-law private-wrongs-law-not-applicable-to-disputes-arising-from-labor-relations reversal subject-matter-jurisdiction superseding-status-of-recent-legislation-when-in-conflict-with-another supreme-court-of-liberia workers-compensation writ-of-certiorari wrongful-death | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hill v Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, appellate procedure, backdated deed, burden of proof, Chapter 15.20, Chapter 15.21, contradictions in testimony, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, deed probate and registration, double sale of land, failure to appear, felony of the second degree, five-year imprisonment, fraud in land sale, indictment, Johnsonville, Jury Trial, land law, mandate to lower court, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, motion for new trial, National Registry of Deeds, Nolle Prosequi, Penal Code, Real Property, reasonable doubt, Restitution, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IV Part 6(c), sentencing, severance of defendants, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey and sale | hill-jr-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 johnny-hills-jr-vs-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators-deed appellate-procedure backdated-deed burden-of-proof chapter-15-20 chapter-15-21 contradictions-in-testimony criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law deed-probate-and-registration double-sale-of-land failure-to-appear felony-of-the-second-degree five-year-imprisonment fraud-in-land-sale indictment johnsonville jury-trial land-law mandate-to-lower-court modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-new-trial national-registry-of-deeds nolle-prosequi penal-code real-property reasonable-doubt restitution revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-iv-part-6c sentencing severance-of-defendants supreme-court-of-liberia survey-and-sale | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Holder, Sr. et al. Vs Mrs. Holder of the USA (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Chambers Justice, computation of time, Estate Administration, Jurisdiction, Kailondo Petroleum v. Guaranty Trust Bank, Letters of Administration, mandamus, Monthly & Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, probate, proper accounting, revocation of letters, Supreme Court of Liberia, tolling | holder sr-et-al-vs-mrs-holder-of-the-usa-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions chambers-justice computation-of-time estate-administration jurisdiction kailondo-petroleum-v-guaranty-trust-bank letters-of-administration mandamus monthly-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc probate proper-accounting revocation-of-letters supreme-court-of-liberia tolling | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hon. Atty. Garrison Doldeh Yealue Jr. et al vs. The Executive Branch of Government of the Republic of Liberia. (2024) | 2024, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Executive Law, Governance Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrative Law, constitutional law, constitutional supremacy, contractual rights, Due Process, enforcement of precedent, executive overreach, governance, Governance Commission, Judicial Review, legislative authority, Liberia Telecommunications Authority, National Identification Registry, National Lottery Authority, petition granted, presidential appointment power, revocation of nomination, Rule of Law, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenure protection, tenured officials, Writ of Prohibition | hon-atty-garrison-doldeh-yealue-jr-et-al-vs-the-executive-branch-of-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-law constitutional-law constitutional-supremacy contractual-rights due-process enforcement-of-precedent executive-overreach governance governance-commission judicial-review legislative-authority liberia-telecommunications-authority national-identification-registry national-lottery-authority petition-granted presidential-appointment-power revocation-of-nomination rule-of-law separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia tenure-protection tenured-officials writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court governance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ibrahim v Barry (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law | admission by counsel, Appeal bond, Appeal Dismissal, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure Law, concession, Enforcement of Judgment, Failure to Perfect Appeal, judgment without opinion, landlord and tenant, Lease Cancellation, mandate, Monrovia, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, resumption of jurisdiction, Section 25.8 | ruth-ibrahim-vs-mohammed-barry-2024 | admission-by-counsel appeal-bond appeal-dismissal appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure-law concession enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-perfect-appeal judgment-without-opinion landlord-and-tenant lease-cancellation mandate monrovia motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal resumption-of-jurisdiction section-25-8 | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| IN RE GEC REPORT AGAINST CLLR JACOB K. DAYRELL, SR. (2024) | 2024, Ethics | 2024 Opinions, acquisition of interest in subject matter of litigation, Amici Curiae, Appellate Review, Attorney Discipline, attorney fees, bill of costs, client property, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, collection of legal fees, commitment for nonpayment, Conflict of Interest, contingency arrangement, good faith of counsel, Grievance and Ethics Committee, landlord-tenant arrangement, Legal Ethics, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mootness Doctrine, Professional Responsibility, retainer agreement, reversal of committee recommendation, Rule 13, settlement of dispute, Supreme Court of Liberia, warning to legal practitioners, withdrawal of complaint, writ of execution | in-re-gec-report-against-cllr-jacob-k-dayrell | 2024-opinions acquisition-of-interest-in-subject-matter-of-litigation amici-curiae appellate-review attorney-discipline attorney-fees bill-of-costs client-property code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics collection-of-legal-fees commitment-for-nonpayment conflict-of-interest contingency-arrangement good-faith-of-counsel grievance-and-ethics-committee landlord-tenant-arrangement legal-ethics monrovia montserrado-county mootness-doctrine professional-responsibility retainer-agreement reversal-of-committee-recommendation rule-13 settlement-of-dispute supreme-court-of-liberia warning-to-legal-practitioners withdrawal-of-complaint writ-of-execution | 2024-1 ethics supreme-court | |
| In RE GEC Report Against Cllr. Thompson N. Jargba (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Evidence Law | 2024, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Review, Attorney Discipline, benefit of doubt, burden of proof, client funding obligations, contradictory testimony, credibility of witnesses, disciplinary proceedings, dismissal of complaint, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Grievance and Ethics Committee, ineffective assistance of counsel, Lawyer-Client Relationship, Legal Ethics, Montserrado County, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Professional Responsibility, reprimand of counsel, standard of proof, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-gec-report-against-cllr-thompson-n-jargba-2024 | 2024 appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-review attorney-discipline benefit-of-doubt burden-of-proof client-funding-obligations contradictory-testimony credibility-of-witnesses disciplinary-proceedings dismissal-of-complaint failure-to-perfect-appeal grievance-and-ethics-committee ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lawyer-client-relationship legal-ethics montserrado-county notice-of-completion-of-appeal professional-responsibility reprimand-of-counsel standard-of-proof summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics evidence-law supreme-court | |
| In Re GEC Report on Cllr. Jacob K. Dayrell, Sr. (2024) | 2024, Ethics | 2024 Opinions, acquisition of interest in subject matter, Appellate Review, Attorney Discipline, attorney-client relationship, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, Conflict of Interest, contingency and fee arrangements, good faith of counsel, Grievance and Ethics Committee, Legal Ethics, legal fees and retainers, mitigation and remorse, Mootness Doctrine, Professional Responsibility, restitution and settlement, reversal of disciplinary recommendation, Rule 13 ethics, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of counsel, withdrawal of complaint | in-re-gec-report-on-cllr-jacob-k-dayrell | 2024-opinions acquisition-of-interest-in-subject-matter appellate-review attorney-discipline attorney-client-relationship code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics conflict-of-interest contingency-and-fee-arrangements good-faith-of-counsel grievance-and-ethics-committee legal-ethics legal-fees-and-retainers mitigation-and-remorse mootness-doctrine professional-responsibility restitution-and-settlement reversal-of-disciplinary-recommendation rule-13-ethics supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-counsel withdrawal-of-complaint | 2024-1 ethics supreme-court | |
| IN RE: The Constitutionality of Several Actions taken by Members of the House of Representatives (2024) | 2024, Constitutional Law | 2024 Opinions, 55th Legislature, Article 33 interpretation, Article 49 interpretation, Capitol Building, constitutional law, election and removal of Speaker, extraordinary writ practice, House of Representatives, internal legislative dispute, Judicial Review, legislative due process, legislative procedure, Mason’s Rules, Montserrado County, political question doctrine, precedent analysis, public law governance, quorum controversy, separation of powers, status quo ante, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ proceedings | in-re-the-constitutionality-of-several-actions-taken-by-members-of-the-house-of-representatives-2024 | 2024-opinions 55th-legislature article-33-interpretation article-49-interpretation capitol-building constitutional-law election-and-removal-of-speaker extraordinary-writ-practice house-of-representatives internal-legislative-dispute judicial-review legislative-due-process legislative-procedure masons-rules montserrado-county political-question-doctrine precedent-analysis public-law-governance quorum-controversy separation-of-powers status-quo-ante statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia writ-proceedings | 2024-1 constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Barzoe Tiapon vs. Intestate Estate of Marboe Tarr (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 1970s UL map, 1972–1976 survey, 2024 Opinions, aborigine deed, administrators, administratrix, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, arbitration survey, award beyond submission, Bill of information, board of arbitration, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Contempt, correction of arbitration award, costs against appellee, definite award, Ejectment, enforcement of arbitration award, failure to timely challenge, Fendell, imperfect award, Intestate Estate administration, judicial overreach, King Karnley Estate, Land Dispute, land registry records, land survey, mandate, metes and bounds, Mines and Energy, Ministry of Lands, Ministry of Mines and Energy, miscalculation of figures, mistake in description, modification of arbitration award, Montserrado County, motion to modify or correct award, notice of assignment, objection to arbitration report, President Arthur Barclay, President Joseph J. Cheesman, public land sale deed, Real Property, Republic of Liberia grant, Reversal, Section 64.1, Section 64.11, Section 64.12, statutory grounds, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey notice, Time Limitation, title deed, Ultra Vires, University of Liberia Fendell Campus, Waiver, writ of arrest | intestate-estate-of-barzoe-tiapon-vs-intestate-estate-of-marboe-tarr-2024 | 1970s-ul-map 1972-1976-survey 2024-opinions aborigine-deed administrators administratrix arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award arbitration-survey award-beyond-submission bill-of-information board-of-arbitration chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law contempt correction-of-arbitration-award costs-against-appellee definite-award ejectment enforcement-of-arbitration-award failure-to-timely-challenge fendell imperfect-award intestate-estate-administration judicial-overreach king-karnley-estate land-dispute land-registry-records land-survey mandate metes-and-bounds mines-and-energy ministry-of-lands ministry-of-mines-and-energy miscalculation-of-figures mistake-in-description modification-of-arbitration-award montserrado-county motion-to-modify-or-correct-award notice-of-assignment objection-to-arbitration-report president-arthur-barclay president-joseph-j-cheesman public-land-sale-deed real-property republic-of-liberia-grant reversal section-64-1 section-64-11 section-64-12 statutory-grounds superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-notice time-limitation title-deed ultra-vires university-of-liberia-fendell-campus waiver writ-of-arrest | 2024-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Daniel Webster Urey v Intestate Estate of Karboyan (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of ruling, Appellate Review, bench trial, Careysburg District, civil law, Civil Procedure Law §5.61, closure error, common grantor, Costs, demarcative survey, engulfment of land, evidentiary value of investigative survey, interpretation of survey report, intervention as of right, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, legal capacity to sue, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest deed rule, probate jurisdiction, re-demarcation of land, real property dispute, registration of letters of administration, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, Tatee Town, title deed, variance in bearings and distances | intestate-estate-of-daniel-webster-urey-vs-intestate-estate-of-karboyan-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-ruling appellate-review bench-trial careysburg-district civil-law civil-procedure-law-%c2%a75-61 closure-error common-grantor costs demarcative-survey engulfment-of-land evidentiary-value-of-investigative-survey interpretation-of-survey-report intervention-as-of-right intestate-estate investigative-survey legal-capacity-to-sue letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-deed-rule probate-jurisdiction re-demarcation-of-land real-property-dispute registration-of-letters-of-administration supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report tatee-town title-deed variance-in-bearings-and-distances | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jalloh v His Honor J. Kennedy Peabody (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, constitutional law, defamation, Jurisdiction, Justice in Chambers, lis pendens, mandate of Supreme Court, Montserrado County, nullification of judgment, prohibition denied, Service by Publication, Service of Process, severance, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | almaz-kadiatu-jalloh-vs-his-honor-j-kennedy-peabody-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal appellate-review civil-law-court civil-procedure constitutional-law defamation jurisdiction justice-in-chambers lis-pendens mandate-of-supreme-court montserrado-county nullification-of-judgment prohibition-denied service-by-publication service-of-process severance sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jun v Kamand (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2024 Opinions, action of debt by attachment, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Clerk’s Certificate, Debt Court, Enforcement of Judgment, jurisdictional requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, partial payment, Procedural Default, stipulation negotiation, Supreme Court of Liberia | jun-v-kamand-2024 the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-v-sekou-h-dukuly-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-debt-by-attachment appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-law clerks-certificate debt-court enforcement-of-judgment jurisdictional-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal partial-payment procedural-default stipulation-negotiation supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara v Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, abatement ab initio, abuse of trust, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, common law doctrine, Criminal Assizes C, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, death of appellant, deed and map, eviction order, indictment, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, land documents, licensed surveyor, mandate, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, non-transferability of crimes, preliminary investigation, private prosecutor, private prosecutrix, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey fraud, termination of criminal proceedings, Theft of Property, Virginia | arah-kamara-vs-republic-of-liberia-2024 kamara-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions abatement-ab-initio abuse-of-trust appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions common-law-doctrine criminal-assizes-c criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law death-of-appellant deed-and-map eviction-order indictment intestate-estate jury-verdict land-documents licensed-surveyor mandate ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial non-transferability-of-crimes preliminary-investigation private-prosecutor private-prosecutrix restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia survey-fraud termination-of-criminal-proceedings theft-of-property virginia | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kocik v. The Management of Kanu Equipment (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellant duty to serve notice, appellate procedure, attorney negligence, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure Law §51.4, Civil Procedure Law §51.9, Costs, dismissal of appeal, evidentiary burden, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Judicial Institute training, Judicial Review, Labour Law, mandate to lower courts, mandatory appeal requirements, mere allegations insufficient, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Labor Court, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Professional Misconduct, service by appellant, service of notice of completion, sheriff not authorized to serve notice, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of counsel, unfair labor practices | christian-kocik-v-the-management-of-kanu-equipment-2024 kocik-v-the-management-of-kanu-equipment-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal-bond appellant-duty-to-serve-notice appellate-procedure attorney-negligence bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-4 civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-9 costs dismissal-of-appeal evidentiary-burden failure-to-perfect-appeal judicial-institute-training judicial-review labour-law mandate-to-lower-courts mandatory-appeal-requirements mere-allegations-insufficient monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-labor-court notice-of-completion-of-appeal professional-misconduct service-by-appellant service-of-notice-of-completion sheriff-not-authorized-to-serve-notice supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-counsel unfair-labor-practices | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lawal v Intestate Estate of James A. Gittens (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, bill in equity, Bill of Exceptions, cancellation of land deed, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, enlargement of time, equity, excusable neglect, Fraudulent Deed, Intestate Estate, judicial discretion, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, procedural error, Real Property, remand, Resistance to pleadings, Sixth Judicial Circuit, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, title cancellation | lawal-v-intestate-estate-of-james-a-gittens-2024 praise-o-tony-lawal-vs-intestate-estate-of-james-a-gittens-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bill-in-equity bill-of-exceptions cancellation-of-land-deed civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law enlargement-of-time equity excusable-neglect fraudulent-deed intestate-estate judicial-discretion land-dispute montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-error real-property remand resistance-to-pleadings sixth-judicial-circuit statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia title-cancellation | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Marsh v The United Muslims in Fiamah Lelhi (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure, damages award, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to transcribe records, financial capacity of surety, insufficiency of appeal bond, invalid appeal bond, justification of sureties, loss of trial court jurisdiction, mandatory steps of appeal, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, transmission of records, writ of possession, wrongful withholding of property | elizabeth-marsh-vs-the-united-muslims-in-fiamah-lelhi-2024 marsh-v-the-united-muslims-in-fiamah-lelhi-2024 | abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure damages-award due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-transcribe-records financial-capacity-of-surety insufficiency-of-appeal-bond invalid-appeal-bond justification-of-sureties loss-of-trial-court-jurisdiction mandatory-steps-of-appeal motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal transmission-of-records writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding-of-property | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Martin, Sr. v Wiles, Jr. (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Family Law, Family Law (Case Law), Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | administration of estate, agency and power of attorney, Appellate Review, Bill of information, constitutional law, Decedents Estates Law, Due Process, guardianship of minors, Intestate Succession, jurisdictional error, Letters of Administration, mandate, Monthly and Probate Court, principal-agent relationship, Probate Law, property rights in marriage, remarriage of surviving spouse, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, surviving spouse priority, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition | jr-2024 lysander-g-martin martin-sr-v-wiles | administration-of-estate agency-and-power-of-attorney appellate-review bill-of-information constitutional-law decedents-estates-law due-process guardianship-of-minors intestate-succession jurisdictional-error letters-of-administration mandate monthly-and-probate-court principal-agent-relationship probate-law property-rights-in-marriage remarriage-of-surviving-spouse statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia surviving-spouse-priority ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases family-law-cases family-law-case-law inheritance-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Modern Development & Management Corporation (MDMC) v. Kyne et al (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, due diligence, Ejectment, error in closure, eviction, four-month statutory period, fraudulent deed allegation, intervention, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, investigative survey distinct from arbitration survey, Johnsonville, Jury Verdict, land boundary dispute, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to intervene, Mount Barclay, notice to the world, older deed doctrine, open traverse, ouster, principle of older title, probate and registration of deeds, Property Law, purpose of investigative survey, Real Property, Reversal, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title dispute, verdict contrary to weight of evidence, weight of evidence, writ of possession | mdmc-v-otis-kyne-et-al-2024 modern-development-management-corporation-mdmc-v-kyne-et-al-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law due-diligence ejectment error-in-closure eviction four-month-statutory-period fraudulent-deed-allegation intervention intestate-estate investigative-survey investigative-survey-distinct-from-arbitration-survey johnsonville jury-verdict land-boundary-dispute metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-intervene mount-barclay notice-to-the-world older-deed-doctrine open-traverse ouster principle-of-older-title probate-and-registration-of-deeds property-law purpose-of-investigative-survey real-property reversal superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-dispute verdict-contrary-to-weight-of-evidence weight-of-evidence writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Morris Kiazolu et al. v. Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators, affirmative defense, appeal granted, Archives, Article 21(h), Assistant Registrar of Deeds, bench trial, bona fide purchaser, burden of proof, buyer liability, Catholic Community, Chain of Title, costs disallowed, courts of record, criminal conspiracy, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Decree of Sale, deed, documentary evidence, ejectment as proper remedy, Estate Administration, extended letters of administration, good faith purchaser, indictment, Intestate Estate, Land Dispute, land records search, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Oldest Congo Town, Paynesville City, presentence investigation, private prosecutrix, probate court authorization, probation services, procedural irregularity, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, public land sale deed, real estate tax receipts, Real Property, reasonable hypothesis of innocence, restitution order, Reversal, seller liability, sentencing error, severance, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, surveyor liability, title dispute, waiver of jury trial | morris-kiazolu-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators affirmative-defense appeal-granted archives article-21h assistant-registrar-of-deeds bench-trial bona-fide-purchaser burden-of-proof buyer-liability catholic-community chain-of-title costs-disallowed courts-of-record criminal-conspiracy criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law criminal-procedure-law decree-of-sale deed documentary-evidence ejectment-as-proper-remedy estate-administration extended-letters-of-administration good-faith-purchaser indictment intestate-estate land-dispute land-records-search letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority mandate monrovia montserrado-county oldest-congo-town paynesville-city presentence-investigation private-prosecutrix probate-court-authorization probation-services procedural-irregularity proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt public-land-sale-deed real-estate-tax-receipts real-property reasonable-hypothesis-of-innocence restitution-order reversal seller-liability sentencing-error severance superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia surveyor-liability title-dispute waiver-of-jury-trial | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mulbah v His Honor A. Blamo Dixon (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Insurance Law | absconding, Appellate Review, bail, bailiwick, Bill of information, bond forfeiture, bonding company, Brewerville Magisterial Court, burglary, clarification of mandate, criminal appearance bond, Criminal Assizes Court “C”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, human surety, improper execution of mandate, judicial bias, mandate, Mandate Enforcement, Montserrado County, Presumption of Innocence, private prosecutor, property valuation bond, reasonable doubt, recusal, Sky International Insurance Company, stipulation for payment, substitution of bond, Summary Proceedings, surety, Theft of Property, trial on the merits, withdrawal of bond | becca-mulbah-vs-a-blamo-dixon-2024 | absconding appellate-review bail bailiwick bill-of-information bond-forfeiture bonding-company brewerville-magisterial-court burglary clarification-of-mandate criminal-appearance-bond criminal-assizes-court-c criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process enforcement-of-judgment human-surety improper-execution-of-mandate judicial-bias mandate mandate-enforcement montserrado-county presumption-of-innocence private-prosecutor property-valuation-bond reasonable-doubt recusal sky-international-insurance-company stipulation-for-payment substitution-of-bond summary-proceedings surety theft-of-property trial-on-the-merits withdrawal-of-bond | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Ngangana et al v. His Honor Judge Scheaplor R. Dunbar (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | acquiescence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, decedents estates, divorce, Estoppel, foreign divorce decree, foreign judgment, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, Laches, Letters of Administration, mandate, marriage, Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, negative averment, petition for revocation of letters of administration, presumptive widow, Probate Law, recognition of foreign judgment, revocation of letters for administration, Service of Process, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver, widow status | louise-c-ngangana-et-al-v-his-honor-judge-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2024 ngangana-et-al-v-his-honor-judge-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2024 | acquiescence appellate-review burden-of-proof decedents-estates divorce estoppel foreign-divorce-decree foreign-judgment intestate-estate jurisdiction laches letters-of-administration mandate marriage monthly-and-probate-court-for-montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss negative-averment petition-for-revocation-of-letters-of-administration presumptive-widow probate-law recognition-of-foreign-judgment revocation-of-letters-for-administration service-of-process supreme-court-of-liberia waiver widow-status | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Nyei et al v. The Intestate Estate of Varfee Siryon, Sr. et al (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | 2024, action of ejectment, Appellate Review, arbitral finality, arbitration, arbitration agreement, Arbitration Award, board of arbitration, Bushrod Island, civil law, confirmation of arbitral award, Ejectment, estoppel by acquiescence, eviction, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, Logan Town, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion to vacate award, objection to arbitration report, ouster, possession of real property, senior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title deed | faud-nyei-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-varfee-siryon nyei-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-varfee-siryon | 2024 action-of-ejectment appellate-review arbitral-finality arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-award board-of-arbitration bushrod-island civil-law confirmation-of-arbitral-award ejectment estoppel-by-acquiescence eviction land-dispute liberia-land-authority logan-town metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-to-vacate-award objection-to-arbitration-report ouster possession-of-real-property senior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-deed | 2024-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| OTIS GBALA V. OMEGA INSURANCE (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Ethics, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, administration of justice, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Review, attorney responsibility, bill of costs, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:45.5, Code for the Moral and Ethical Conduct of Lawyers, contempt of court, Decent Work Act of 2015, dignity of the court, disclosure procedure, Employment Law, Enforcement of Judgment, ethical discipline, fine and penalty, judgment enforcement, judicial authority, Judicial Review, jurisdiction of National Labor Court, Labor Law, Legal Ethics, Ministry of Labor, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to compel, National Labor Court, Notice of Completion of Appeal, payment in lieu of reinstatement, Procedural Law, professional accountability, Professional Misconduct, reinstatement, Republic of Liberia, Rev. Code 1:44.33, sanctions against lawyers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice, unmeritorious litigation, waiver and laches, Wrongful Dismissal | otis-gbala-v-omega-insurance-2024 | 2024-opinions administration-of-justice appeal-bond appeal-procedure appellate-review attorney-responsibility bill-of-costs bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-rev-code-145-5 code-for-the-moral-and-ethical-conduct-of-lawyers contempt-of-court decent-work-act-of-2015 dignity-of-the-court disclosure-procedure employment-law enforcement-of-judgment ethical-discipline fine-and-penalty judgment-enforcement judicial-authority judicial-review jurisdiction-of-national-labor-court labor-law legal-ethics ministry-of-labor monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-compel national-labor-court notice-of-completion-of-appeal payment-in-lieu-of-reinstatement procedural-law professional-accountability professional-misconduct reinstatement republic-of-liberia rev-code-144-33 sanctions-against-lawyers supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice unmeritorious-litigation waiver-and-laches wrongful-dismissal | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases ethics labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| OXFAM Liberia v. David (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, admissions by a party or agent, Appeal, Appellate Review, compensation in lieu of reinstatement, computation of compensation for wrongful dismissal, Decent Work Act, employee misconduct, employer-employee relationship, employment termination, fraud, fraud allegation, gross misconduct, internal investigation, judicial discretion, Labour Law, Ministry of Labor, mitigation of damages, modification of award, Montserrado County, National Labor Court, Petition for Judicial Review, procurement, procurement policy, reinstatement, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfair dismissal, unfair labor practices | oxfam-liberia-v-david-2024 oxfam-liberia-v-frederick-g-david-2024 | 2024-opinions admissions-by-a-party-or-agent appeal appellate-review compensation-in-lieu-of-reinstatement computation-of-compensation-for-wrongful-dismissal decent-work-act employee-misconduct employer-employee-relationship employment-termination fraud fraud-allegation gross-misconduct internal-investigation judicial-discretion labour-law ministry-of-labor mitigation-of-damages modification-of-award montserrado-county national-labor-court petition-for-judicial-review procurement procurement-policy reinstatement supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-dismissal unfair-labor-practices | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Pol v His Honor James E. Jones (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law | action of debt, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, attachment, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, computation of time, Debt Court, denial of motion to dismiss, Evidence, insurance bond, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Due Process, service of judgment, statutory time limits, surety certification, trial court ruling | mr-diego-pol-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-2024 pol-v-his-honor-james-e-jones-2024 | action-of-debt appeal-bond appellate-procedure attachment bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof computation-of-time debt-court denial-of-motion-to-dismiss evidence insurance-bond jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-due-process service-of-judgment statutory-time-limits surety-certification trial-court-ruling | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v Morgan (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Immigration Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Review, Criminal Court Assize “B”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, First Judicial Circuit, judgment of conviction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, pre-sentencing hearing, premature appeal, procedural error, Republic of Liberia v. Maria Morgan, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, trafficking in persons | republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review criminal-court-assize-b criminal-law criminal-procedure-law first-judicial-circuit judgment-of-conviction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal pre-sentencing-hearing premature-appeal procedural-error republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia trafficking-in-persons | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court immigration-law supreme-court | |
| Richard v Graham (2024) | 2024, Corporate Law | accounting, amendment of articles of incorporation, Appellate Review, board of directors, Business Associations Law, civil law, close corporation, consideration for shares, corporate bank account signatories, corporate governance, Corporate Law, corporate records, corporate resolution, corporate stewardship, corporate transparency, Corporations, declaratory judgment, Fiduciary Duty, filing and registration with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, fraud and forged signature, labor and services as consideration, modification of judgment, proof of share ownership, share certificates, shareholder voting and quorum, shareholders’ rights, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires corporate acts, validity of corporate instruments | kruah-richard-vs-richard-k-graham-2024 richard-v-graham-2024 | accounting amendment-of-articles-of-incorporation appellate-review board-of-directors business-associations-law civil-law close-corporation consideration-for-shares corporate-bank-account-signatories corporate-governance corporate-law corporate-records corporate-resolution corporate-stewardship corporate-transparency corporations declaratory-judgment fiduciary-duty filing-and-registration-with-ministry-of-foreign-affairs fraud-and-forged-signature labor-and-services-as-consideration modification-of-judgment proof-of-share-ownership share-certificates shareholder-voting-and-quorum shareholders-rights supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-corporate-acts validity-of-corporate-instruments | 2024-1 corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| RL v Morgan (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law | Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of Exceptions, Criminal Assizes Court “B”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, final judgment of conviction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, pre-sentencing hearing, premature appeal, Republic of Liberia v. Maria Morgan, right to appeal, sentencing, statutory appeal requirements, trafficking in persons | republic-of-liberia-vs-maria-morgan-2024 | appeal appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-exceptions criminal-assizes-court-b criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment-of-conviction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal pre-sentencing-hearing premature-appeal republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan right-to-appeal sentencing statutory-appeal-requirements trafficking-in-persons | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Sawmadal v National Elections Commission (NEC) et al. (2024) | 2024, Elections Law | 2024 Opinions, administrative hearing, Appeal, ballot stuffing, Board of Commissioners, certified poll watchers, Charles Town Public School, Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), conversion of invalid to valid votes, Darsaw Town Public School, Due Process, Election Dispute, Electoral District #2, electoral fraud, electoral irregularities, electoral law, fact-finding mandate, Farh Polling Center, free and fair elections, House of Representatives election, independent candidate, invalid votes, investigation of irregularities, margin of votes, National Elections Commission (NEC), poll watcher substitution, polling place closing time, queue controllers, records of count, recount of votes, recount threshold, Rivercess County, Supreme Court of Liberia, transparency, voter disenfranchisement, voters turned away, withholding of records of count | madam-ruth-sawmadal-vs-nec-mr-steve-tequiah-2024 sawmadal-v-national-elections-commission-nec-et-al-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-hearing appeal ballot-stuffing board-of-commissioners certified-poll-watchers charles-town-public-school coalition-for-democratic-change-cdc conversion-of-invalid-to-valid-votes darsaw-town-public-school due-process election-dispute electoral-district-2 electoral-fraud electoral-irregularities electoral-law fact-finding-mandate farh-polling-center free-and-fair-elections house-of-representatives-election independent-candidate invalid-votes investigation-of-irregularities margin-of-votes national-elections-commission-nec poll-watcher-substitution polling-place-closing-time queue-controllers records-of-count recount-of-votes recount-threshold rivercess-county supreme-court-of-liberia transparency voter-disenfranchisement voters-turned-away withholding-of-records-of-count | 2024-1 elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Scott et al v. Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2024 Opinions, acquittal and discharge, Appellate Review, circumstantial evidence, conflicting theories of guilt sufficient to create reasonable doubt, corpus delicti, criminal agency, criminal agency as indispensable proof of death, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, DNA evidence, Due Process, false report to law enforcement officers, Forensic Evidence, homicide, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, malice as necessary element of murder, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, presumption of malice, Prosecutorial Burden, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, right against self-incrimination, suppression of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | gloria-musu-scott-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 scott-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions acquittal-and-discharge appellate-review circumstantial-evidence conflicting-theories-of-guilt-sufficient-to-create-reasonable-doubt corpus-delicti criminal-agency criminal-agency-as-indispensable-proof-of-death criminal-conspiracy criminal-law dna-evidence due-process false-report-to-law-enforcement-officers forensic-evidence homicide jury-verdict malice-aforethought malice-as-necessary-element-of-murder monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-malice prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction right-against-self-incrimination suppression-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Sky Insurance Company v. His Honor Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr. (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Ethics, Insurance Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal, appellate procedure, bail bond, Bill of information, Brewerville Magisterial Court, burglary, contempt of court, criminal appearance bond, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to produce defendant, forfeiture of bond, insurance law, judicial mandate, Legal Ethics, Magisterial Court, Montserrado County, motion for change of venue, Professional Misconduct, sanction of counsel, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety liability, Theft of Property, unmeritorious litigation | sky-insurance-company-v-his-honor-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay-sr-2024 sky-insurance-v-his-honor-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay | 2024-opinions appeal appellate-procedure bail-bond bill-of-information brewerville-magisterial-court burglary contempt-of-court criminal-appearance-bond criminal-court-c criminal-law enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-produce-defendant forfeiture-of-bond insurance-law judicial-mandate legal-ethics magisterial-court montserrado-county motion-for-change-of-venue professional-misconduct sanction-of-counsel summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia surety-liability theft-of-property unmeritorious-litigation | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases ethics insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Tandapolie vs. National Elections Commission (NEC) (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Elections Law | 2023 general and presidential elections, 2024 Opinions, Administrative Law, alliances, Appeal Dismissal, Article 11, Article 2, Article 30, bank balance requirement, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, Board of Commissioners, candidate nomination requirements, case or controversy, coalitions, constitutional challenge, constitutional law, District 1, District 11, election law, hearing officers, House of Representatives elections, indemnity insurance policy, independent candidates, Judicial Review, jurisdictional steps, Montserrado County, mootness, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Elections Commission, NEC regulations, perfection of appeal, political parties, public consultation, Standing, statutory time limits, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | tandapolie-and-dalieh-vs-national-elections-commission-and-amos-siebo-v-national-elections-commission-consolidated-2024 tandapolie-vs-national-elections-commission-nec-2024 | 2023-general-and-presidential-elections 2024-opinions administrative-law alliances appeal-dismissal article-11 article-2 article-30 bank-balance-requirement bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information board-of-commissioners candidate-nomination-requirements case-or-controversy coalitions constitutional-challenge constitutional-law district-1 district-11 election-law hearing-officers house-of-representatives-elections indemnity-insurance-policy independent-candidates judicial-review jurisdictional-steps montserrado-county mootness motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-elections-commission nec-regulations perfection-of-appeal political-parties public-consultation standing statutory-time-limits supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases elections-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tengbeh et. al. vs. The Intestate Estate of Samuel B. Cole (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property law (case law) | 2024 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Brewerville, civil law, Civil Law Court, Costs, Due Process, eviction and ouster, failure of service, illegal possession, improper designation of parties, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, jurisdiction of court, Jury Verdict, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Parties not brought under court's jurisdiction not boud by judgment emanating therefrom, real property dispute, Resummons, Service by Publication, service of summons, severance of parties, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title deed, wrongful withholding | keturah-tengbeh-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-samuel-b-cole-2024 tengbeh-et-al-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-samuel-b-cole-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review brewerville civil-law civil-law-court costs due-process eviction-and-ouster failure-of-service illegal-possession improper-designation-of-parties intestate-estate investigative-survey jurisdiction-of-court jury-verdict letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial parties-not-brought-under-courts-jurisdiction-not-boud-by-judgment-emanating-therefrom real-property-dispute resummons service-by-publication service-of-summons severance-of-parties sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-deed wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-case-law supreme-court | |
| The House of Representatives v. Hon. Yekeh Koluba (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, Chambers Justice, constitutional law, Due Process, enforcement of Supreme Court mandate, House of Representatives, Judicial Review, legislative discipline, legislative procedure, Montserrado County, salaries and benefits, separation of powers, Speaker authority, status quo ante, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of lawmaker, Writ of Prohibition | the-house-of-representatives-v-hon-yekeh-koluba-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-law appeal appellate-review bill-of-information chambers-justice constitutional-law due-process enforcement-of-supreme-court-mandate house-of-representatives judicial-review legislative-discipline legislative-procedure montserrado-county salaries-and-benefits separation-of-powers speaker-authority status-quo-ante supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-lawmaker writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Benjamin Franklin v. CICO (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Appellate Review, assent, Bong County, Chain of Title, CICO Company, civil law, credibility of evidence, damages, duty of lawyers to object to hearsay testimonies, Ejectment, estoppel by laches, estoppel for failure to object, Garyea Clan, Gbatala, hearsay, intervention, issues of fact, judgment as a matter of law, jury to determine fraud, Jury Trial, land boundary, lease agreement, mandate, metes and bounds, motion for judgment during trial, motion to intervene, objection, Possession, Property Law, public land sale deed, Real Property, remand for new trial, resurvey, Reversal, rock quarrying, Suakoko District, superior title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey, title dispute, trespass, tribal certificate, Waiver, wrongful withholding | the-intestate-estate-of-benjamin-franklin-v-cico-2024 | 2024-opinions appellate-review assent bong-county chain-of-title cico-company civil-law credibility-of-evidence damages duty-of-lawyers-to-object-to-hearsay-testimonies ejectment estoppel-by-laches estoppel-for-failure-to-object garyea-clan gbatala hearsay intervention issues-of-fact judgment-as-a-matter-of-law jury-to-determine-fraud jury-trial land-boundary lease-agreement mandate metes-and-bounds motion-for-judgment-during-trial motion-to-intervene objection possession property-law public-land-sale-deed real-property remand-for-new-trial resurvey reversal rock-quarrying suakoko-district superior-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey title-dispute trespass tribal-certificate waiver wrongful-withholding | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases customary-law evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Daniel Webster Urey v The Intestate Estate of Karboyah (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Property Law | Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, boundary dispute, Careysburg District, Chain of Title, competing deeds, deed closure error, deed plotting, demarcation survey, Due Process, Ejectment, evidentiary value of survey report, excess land claim, imputed findings, Intestate Estate, Investigative Survey, judicial interpretation of evidence, Land Dispute, legal capacity to sue, Letters of Administration, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest deed doctrine, Possession, purpose of investigative survey, re-demarcation, re-survey order, Republic of Liberia grant, title deed, trial court discretion, variance in bearings and distances | the-intestate-estate-of-daniel-webster-urey-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-karboyah-2024 | appellate-review bill-of-exceptions boundary-dispute careysburg-district chain-of-title competing-deeds deed-closure-error deed-plotting demarcation-survey due-process ejectment evidentiary-value-of-survey-report excess-land-claim imputed-findings intestate-estate investigative-survey judicial-interpretation-of-evidence land-dispute legal-capacity-to-sue letters-of-administration metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-deed-doctrine possession purpose-of-investigative-survey re-demarcation re-survey-order republic-of-liberia-grant title-deed trial-court-discretion variance-in-bearings-and-distances | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of John N. Lewis v Kumba Bendu and Sons (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024, action of debt, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, commercial tenancy, competing judgments, Debt Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, interlocutory ruling, Judicial Review, lease agreement, Montserrado County, party of interest, petition for certiorari, prejudicial error, property ownership dispute, Rental Arrears, standing and capacity, sub-lease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to real property, writ of certiorari | the-intestate-estate-of-john-n-lewis-vs-kumba-bendu-and-sons-2024 | 2024 action-of-debt appeal appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure commercial-tenancy competing-judgments debt-court due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account interlocutory-ruling judicial-review lease-agreement montserrado-county party-of-interest petition-for-certiorari prejudicial-error property-ownership-dispute rental-arrears standing-and-capacity sub-lease supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-real-property writ-of-certiorari | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of John W. Gbedze Vs Mr. Aboubakar Diallo (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appellate procedure, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, declaratory judgment, due diligence, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, notice of termination, Procedural Default, Statutory interpretation, sub-lease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy, transcription of records | the-intestate-estate-of-john-w-gbedze-vs-mr-aboubakar-diallo-2024 | 2024-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appellate-procedure civil-law-court civil-procedure-law declaratory-judgment due-diligence montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-termination procedural-default statutory-interpretation sub-lease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy transcription-of-records | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Kaifa Kamara v The intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law | appeal pending, appellate jurisdiction, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure Law Section 9.11, Criminal Procedure Law Section 22.1, distinction between civil and criminal procedure, Due Process, evidentiary competence, fact-finding prohibition on appeal, Final Judgment, fraud allegations, interlocutory applications, Intestate Estate, limitation of appellate review, motion denied, motion for new trial, motion for newly discovered evidence, newly discovered evidence doctrine, procedural bar, Statutory interpretation, trial court jurisdiction, venue of motions | the-intestate-estate-of-kaifa-kamara-vs-the-intestate-estate-of-rebecca-thomas-2024 | appeal-pending appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-procedure-law-section-9-11 criminal-procedure-law-section-22-1 distinction-between-civil-and-criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-competence fact-finding-prohibition-on-appeal final-judgment fraud-allegations interlocutory-applications intestate-estate limitation-of-appellate-review motion-denied motion-for-new-trial motion-for-newly-discovered-evidence newly-discovered-evidence-doctrine procedural-bar statutory-interpretation trial-court-jurisdiction venue-of-motions | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Victoria Johnson Maxwell v Her Honor Elliot (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law | appellate jurisdiction, Bill of information, Civil Procedure, demarcation of land, Due Process, ejectment principles, Enforcement of Judgment, execution of Supreme Court mandate, heirs and administrators, improper execution of mandate, interference with mandate, Intestate Estate, joint stipulation of voluntary discontinuance, Land Dispute, land possession, Letters of Administration, limitation on fact-finding, party to stipulation, prohibition against taking evidence on appeal, revocation of letters of administration, scope of bill of information, standing and capacity, writ of possession | the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-v-her-honor-elliot-2024 the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-vs-golda-a-bonah-elliot-2024 | appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-information civil-procedure demarcation-of-land due-process ejectment-principles enforcement-of-judgment execution-of-supreme-court-mandate heirs-and-administrators improper-execution-of-mandate interference-with-mandate intestate-estate joint-stipulation-of-voluntary-discontinuance land-dispute land-possession letters-of-administration limitation-on-fact-finding party-to-stipulation prohibition-against-taking-evidence-on-appeal revocation-of-letters-of-administration scope-of-bill-of-information standing-and-capacity writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of Victoria Johnson Maxwell v. Her Honor Golda A. Bonah Elliott (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Evidence, execution of mandate, factual issues, Intestate Estate, irregular execution of mandate, joint stipulation of voluntary discontinuance, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, Montserrado County, Probate Law, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of possession | the-intestate-estate-of-victoria-johnson-maxwell-v-her-honor-golda-a-bonah-elliott-2024 | 2019-opinions appeal appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law-court civil-procedure evidence execution-of-mandate factual-issues intestate-estate irregular-execution-of-mandate joint-stipulation-of-voluntary-discontinuance land-dispute letters-of-administration montserrado-county probate-law standing supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-possession | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Global Bank Liberia Limited Vs Madam Beatrice N. Dennis and Nathaniel (2024) | 2024, Corporate Law, Labor Law | 2024 Opinions, abandonment of case, acting appointment, acting managing director, administrative remedies, Appellate Review, Article 18, Associations Law, Beatrice N. Dennis, Board of Directors authority, Business Corporation Act, CEO compensation, corporate governance, Costs, Default Judgment, Division of Labor Standards, Due Process, Employment Law, equal pay for equal work, Estoppel, Global Bank Liberia Limited, hearing officer, Judicial Review, Labor Law, Labour Law, Liberian Constitution, management powers, mandate, Ministry of Labor, modification of award, Montserrado County, National Labor Court, retirement package, retirement pension, salary differential, severance pay, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfair labor practices, unjust enrichment, unpaid wages | the-management-of-global-bank-liberia-limited-vs-madam-beatrice-n-dennis-and-nathaniel-2024 | 2024-opinions abandonment-of-case acting-appointment acting-managing-director administrative-remedies appellate-review article-18 associations-law beatrice-n-dennis board-of-directors-authority business-corporation-act ceo-compensation corporate-governance costs default-judgment division-of-labor-standards due-process employment-law equal-pay-for-equal-work estoppel global-bank-liberia-limited hearing-officer judicial-review labor-law labour-law liberian-constitution management-powers mandate ministry-of-labor modification-of-award montserrado-county national-labor-court retirement-package retirement-pension salary-differential severance-pay supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practices unjust-enrichment unpaid-wages | 2024-1 corporate-law-case labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of MONCO Liberia Limited v The Management of Global Bank Liberia Limited (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, 63.1, 63.2, Abandonment of Appeal, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, bank certificate, Banking Law, cash bond, certificate of deposit, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, corporate surety, Damages for Wrong, Global Bank Liberia Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited, indemnification, insufficiency of bond, judicial discretion, jurisdictional steps, MONCO Liberia Limited, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, perfection of appeal, plain statement rule, rule of conformity, Sections 51.8, Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court, Sky Insurance Company, Statutory interpretation, substance over form, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety, Tort Law | monco-lib-ltd-vs-global-bank-lib-ltd-2024 the-management-of-monco-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-global-bank-liberia-limited-2024 | 2024-opinions 63-1 63-2 abandonment-of-appeal appeal-bond appellate-procedure bank-certificate banking-law cash-bond certificate-of-deposit civil-law civil-procedure-law corporate-surety damages-for-wrong global-bank-liberia-limited guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited indemnification insufficiency-of-bond judicial-discretion jurisdictional-steps monco-liberia-limited montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal perfection-of-appeal plain-statement-rule rule-of-conformity sections-51-8 sixth-judicial-circuit-civil-law-court sky-insurance-company statutory-interpretation substance-over-form supreme-court-of-liberia surety tort-law | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of the National Port Authority et al v. Bull et al(2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, bank statement liquidity, Civil Procedure Law, composite insurance license, consolidation of actions, costs of court, dismissal of action, employment-related litigation, indemnification, insurance company competence, jurisdictional compliance, libel and slander, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Port Authority, substantial justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety bond, tax clearance validity, technical defects | the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-et-al-v-bull-et-al2024 the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-v-sekou-h-dukuly-2024 | appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review bank-statement-liquidity civil-procedure-law composite-insurance-license consolidation-of-actions costs-of-court dismissal-of-action employment-related-litigation indemnification insurance-company-competence jurisdictional-compliance libel-and-slander mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-port-authority substantial-justice supreme-court-of-liberia surety-bond tax-clearance-validity technical-defects | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases labor-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Turay v Kamara (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law | 2024, action of ejectment, allegation of fraud, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law §51.10, Civil Procedure Law §51.4, client failure to superintend appeal, Costs, dismissal of appeal, Ejectment, enlargement of time, Failure to Perfect Appeal, mandate to lower court, mandatory appeal statute, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Paynesville, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, tolling of appeal period, withdrawal of counsel | siaka-turay-vs-ma-konneh-kamara-2024 turay-v-kamara-2024 | 2024 action-of-ejectment allegation-of-fraud appeal-bond appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-10 civil-procedure-law-%c2%a751-4 client-failure-to-superintend-appeal costs dismissal-of-appeal ejectment enlargement-of-time failure-to-perfect-appeal mandate-to-lower-court mandatory-appeal-statute montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal paynesville sixth-judicial-circuit summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia tolling-of-appeal-period withdrawal-of-counsel | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Unity Party v National Elections Commission (NEC) et al (2024) | 2024, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Elections Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 2024 Opinions, administrative appeal, automatic recount threshold, Board of Commissioners, burden of proof, Coalition for Democratic Change, CPP, denial of voting, District 5, documentary evidence, election irregularities, elections law, electoral dispute, electoral fraud allegations, electoral integrity, Grand Bassa County, hearing officer, House of Representatives election, mandate, mere allegations, narrow margin, National Elections Commission, NEC regulations, polling hours, presiding officer, queue control, record of the count, recount, rerun, right to vote, Supreme Court of Liberia, tallying process, transparency, Unity Party | unity-party-v-national-elections-commission-nec-et-al-2024 unity-party-vs-nec-and-mr-thomas-goswell-ii-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-appeal automatic-recount-threshold board-of-commissioners burden-of-proof coalition-for-democratic-change cpp denial-of-voting district-5 documentary-evidence election-irregularities elections-law electoral-dispute electoral-fraud-allegations electoral-integrity grand-bassa-county hearing-officer house-of-representatives-election mandate mere-allegations narrow-margin national-elections-commission nec-regulations polling-hours presiding-officer queue-control record-of-the-count recount rerun right-to-vote supreme-court-of-liberia tallying-process transparency unity-party | 2024-1 administrative-law anti-corruption elections-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Urban Marketing, Inc. v. John Hilary Tubman (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2024 Opinions, arbitration, arbitration award confirmation, Article 25 Constitution, cancellation of agreement, Chapter 64 Civil Procedure Law, Civil Law Court, contract breach, Due Process, John Hilary Tubman, joint venture, Montserrado County, petition to compel arbitration, Real Property, sanctity of contract, Sinkor, Supreme Court of Liberia, Urban Marketing Inc. | inc-v-john-hilary-tubman-2024 urban-marketing | 2024-opinions arbitration arbitration-award-confirmation article-25-constitution cancellation-of-agreement chapter-64-civil-procedure-law civil-law-court contract-breach due-process john-hilary-tubman joint-venture montserrado-county petition-to-compel-arbitration real-property sanctity-of-contract sinkor supreme-court-of-liberia urban-marketing-inc | 2024-1 arbitration commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yuones et al vs. His Honor James E. Jones et al (2024) | 2024, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 2024 Opinions, action of debt, admissions, alter ego doctrine, assignment, attachment, bill of costs, Black’s Law Dictionary, Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, consideration, contract, corporate officer, corporate veil, Debt Court, Default Judgment, domestic corporation, Enforcement of Judgment, extraordinary writs, imperfect judgment, Jurisdiction, managing agent, mandate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as statutory agent, negotiable instrument, Personal Service, prohibition proceeding, registered agent, Resummons, Service by Publication, Service of Process, sole shareholder corporation, Supreme Court of Liberia, WACCO, Writ of Prohibition | joseph-yuones-and-wacco-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-judge-debt-and-houssini-2024 yuones-et-al-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-et-al-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-debt admissions alter-ego-doctrine assignment attachment bill-of-costs blacks-law-dictionary civil-procedure commercial-code consideration contract corporate-officer corporate-veil debt-court default-judgment domestic-corporation enforcement-of-judgment extraordinary-writs imperfect-judgment jurisdiction managing-agent mandate ministry-of-foreign-affairs-as-statutory-agent negotiable-instrument personal-service prohibition-proceeding registered-agent resummons service-by-publication service-of-process sole-shareholder-corporation supreme-court-of-liberia wacco writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court |