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Document Category 2026
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| ACTIVA International Insurance v His Honor James E. Jones et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Judiciary Law | 2026 Opinions, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, appellate supremacy, Bill of Exceptions, Bill of information, collateral attack, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Debt Court, denial of day in court, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, functus officio doctrine, interference with appellate court, Intestate Estate of Sarah Sirleaf v. El-Bim, Jawalry v. Ja’neh, Jurisdiction, jurisdictional conflict, legal nullity, Liberia Petroleum Refining Company v. Tulay, loss of jurisdiction, ministerial acts, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to vacate stay order, New Judiciary Law Section 4.2, Notice of Completion of Appeal, perfection of appeal, procedural irregularity, reversal of lower court ruling, status quo ante, statutory compliance, stay of execution, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court authority, unauthorized practice of law, unlicensed lawyer, usurpation of Supreme Court authority, validity of pleadings, Void ab initio, Void Judgment | activa-international-insurance-v-his-honor-james-e-jones-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions appeal-bond appellate-procedure appellate-review appellate-supremacy bill-of-exceptions bill-of-information collateral-attack concurrent-jurisdiction debt-court denial-of-day-in-court due-process enforcement-of-judgment functus-officio-doctrine interference-with-appellate-court intestate-estate-of-sarah-sirleaf-v-el-bim jawalry-v-janeh jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict legal-nullity liberia-petroleum-refining-company-v-tulay loss-of-jurisdiction ministerial-acts montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-vacate-stay-order new-judiciary-law-section-4-2 notice-of-completion-of-appeal perfection-of-appeal procedural-irregularity reversal-of-lower-court-ruling status-quo-ante statutory-compliance stay-of-execution supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-authority unauthorized-practice-of-law unlicensed-lawyer usurpation-of-supreme-court-authority validity-of-pleadings void-ab-initio void-judgment | |
| Better Way Word of Life Ministries International v Matthews (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinion, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, co-ownership, competing titles, conveyance, credibility of witnesses, Ejectment, Equitable Relief, Estate Administration, evidentiary inconsistency, family property dispute, grantor and grantee, inheritance law, Intestate Estate, intestate estate distribution, invalid conveyance, judicial scrutiny of title, Land Dispute, land registration, Montserrado County, motion for substitution, older deed doctrine, Paynesville City, probative value of deed, property ownership, real property law, reversal of judgment, S.D. Cooper Road Junction, Substitution of Parties, superior title rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, witness testimony | better-way-word-of-life-ministries-international-v-matthews-2026 | 2026-opinion appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law-court civil-procedure-law co-ownership competing-titles conveyance credibility-of-witnesses ejectment equitable-relief estate-administration evidentiary-inconsistency family-property-dispute grantor-and-grantee inheritance-law intestate-estate intestate-estate-distribution invalid-conveyance judicial-scrutiny-of-title land-dispute land-registration montserrado-county motion-for-substitution older-deed-doctrine paynesville-city probative-value-of-deed property-ownership real-property-law reversal-of-judgment s-d-cooper-road-junction substitution-of-parties superior-title-rule supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed witness-testimony | |
| Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA) et al v The Liberia Revenue Authority (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Tax Law | 2026 Opinions, absence of express exemption, administrative agency deference, Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, advance income tax, affirmation of lower court, Appellate Review, arbitrary and capricious standard, Article 25 Constitution, Board of Tax Appeals, Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA), burden of proof, concession agreement, concession agreements and taxation, construction of statutes, contract clause, corporate income tax, error of law, gross income vs net income, harmonization of statutes, impairment of contract, Judicial Review, legislative intent, Liberia Agriculture Corporation (LAC), Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), Liberia Revenue Code, Montserrado County, Petition for Judicial Review, plain meaning rule, presumption of consistent usage, Public Policy, refund of excess tax, Revenue Code Section 601(a)(2), Revenue Code Section 904(a)(1), revenue law, scope of judicial review, Statutory interpretation, substantial evidence rule, supremacy of statute over contract, Supreme Court of Liberia, tax concession, tax court, tax credits, tax exemption, tax law, tax liability | board-of-tax-appeals-bota-et-al-v-the-liberia-revenue-authority-2026 | 2026-opinions absence-of-express-exemption administrative-agency-deference administrative-law administrative-procedure-act advance-income-tax affirmation-of-lower-court appellate-review arbitrary-and-capricious-standard article-25-constitution board-of-tax-appeals board-of-tax-appeals-bota burden-of-proof concession-agreement concession-agreements-and-taxation construction-of-statutes contract-clause corporate-income-tax error-of-law gross-income-vs-net-income harmonization-of-statutes impairment-of-contract judicial-review legislative-intent liberia-agriculture-corporation-lac liberia-revenue-authority-lra liberia-revenue-code montserrado-county petition-for-judicial-review plain-meaning-rule presumption-of-consistent-usage public-policy refund-of-excess-tax revenue-code-section-601a2 revenue-code-section-904a1 revenue-law scope-of-judicial-review statutory-interpretation substantial-evidence-rule supremacy-of-statute-over-contract supreme-court-of-liberia tax-concession tax-court tax-credits tax-exemption tax-law tax-liability | |
| Borziah v Her Honor Mardea T. Chenoweth et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 13th Judicial Circuit Court, 2026 Opinion, acquiescence, admission against interest, affirmation of judgment, appellate deference to jury, Appellate Review, Benson v. Sawyer, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law, Cooper v. Cooper Estate, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, documentary evidence, Ejectment, encroachment, Estate Administration, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary standard, failure to object, Fatorma v. Republic, Forleh v. Republic, inheritance, interference with possession, Investigative Survey, jury instruction, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, land ownership dispute, Ledlow v. Republic, Margibi County, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Munnah v. Republic, payment receipt evidence, preponderance of evidence, property ownership, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, restitution of possession, speculation vs proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey obstruction, Survivorship, tenancy by the entirety, title deed, transfer deed, Urban Marketing v. John Tubman, verdict against weight of evidence, Waiver, wrongful withholding | borziah-v-her-honor-mardea-t-chenoweth-et-al-2026 | 13th-judicial-circuit-court 2026-opinion acquiescence admission-against-interest affirmation-of-judgment appellate-deference-to-jury appellate-review benson-v-sawyer burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law cooper-v-cooper-estate corroboration credibility-of-witnesses documentary-evidence ejectment encroachment estate-administration evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-standard failure-to-object fatorma-v-republic forleh-v-republic inheritance interference-with-possession investigative-survey jury-instruction jury-verdict land-dispute land-ownership-dispute ledlow-v-republic margibi-county metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial munnah-v-republic payment-receipt-evidence preponderance-of-evidence property-ownership quiet-enjoyment real-property restitution-of-possession speculation-vs-proof supreme-court-of-liberia survey-obstruction survivorship tenancy-by-the-entirety title-deed transfer-deed urban-marketing-v-john-tubman verdict-against-weight-of-evidence waiver wrongful-withholding | |
| Coleman et al v The Intestate Estate of the Late Emmanuel R. Gibson (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, acquiescence, administrators, Appellate Review, authenticity of deed, bench trial, Bernard Farm, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, cross-examination, Due Process, Ejectment, eviction, evidentiary weight, failure to consider material evidence, fraud allegation, Fraudulent Deed, historical facts, historical invalidity of deed, Intestate Estate, invalid deed, Investigative Survey, Joseph James Cheeseman, judgment reversal, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, mandate, misapplication of law, mixed issues of law and fact, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, ouster, Paynesville, Possession, President William D. Coleman, Probate Law, Procedural Law, proof of fraud, property ownership, property rights protection, public land sale deed, Real Property, reliance on survey, remand, Reversible Error, right to be heard, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey report, title dispute, unlawful occupation, waiver of jury trial, wrongful withholding | coleman-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-emmanuel-r-gibson-2026 | 2026-opinions acquiescence administrators appellate-review authenticity-of-deed bench-trial bernard-farm burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims cross-examination due-process ejectment eviction evidentiary-weight failure-to-consider-material-evidence fraud-allegation fraudulent-deed historical-facts historical-invalidity-of-deed intestate-estate invalid-deed investigative-survey joseph-james-cheeseman judgment-reversal judicial-notice jury-trial land-dispute letters-of-administration mandate misapplication-of-law mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact montserrado-county notice-of-assignment ouster paynesville possession president-william-d-coleman probate-law procedural-law proof-of-fraud property-ownership property-rights-protection public-land-sale-deed real-property reliance-on-survey remand reversible-error right-to-be-heard supreme-court-of-liberia survey-report title-dispute unlawful-occupation waiver-of-jury-trial wrongful-withholding | |
| Executive Parking Services Incorporated v His Honor Scheaplor R. Dunbar et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrator, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Bushrod Island, Certiorari, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, competing title claims, complete relief doctrine, compulsory joinder, correction of errors, denial of intervention, Ejectment, encroachment, evidentiary burden, extraordinary remedy, failure to attach lease, grantor and grantee, indispensable party, interlocutory order, intervention, Intestate Estate, Joinder of Parties, judicial review of lower court, jurisdiction of trial court, Justice in Chambers, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, mandate, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, motion to join, nonjoinder, pleadings, Possession, prejudice to party rights, Procedural Law, proper party, property ownership, public land sale deed, real party in interest, Real Property, remand, Republic of Liberia land grant, Reversible Error, review of interlocutory ruling, Standing, summary judgment argument, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, tracing title to the Republic, writ of certiorari, wrongful withholding | executive-parking-services-incorporated-v-his-honor-scheaplor-r-dunbar-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrator appellate-reversal appellate-review bushrod-island certiorari chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law competing-title-claims complete-relief-doctrine compulsory-joinder correction-of-errors denial-of-intervention ejectment encroachment evidentiary-burden extraordinary-remedy failure-to-attach-lease grantor-and-grantee indispensable-party interlocutory-order intervention intestate-estate joinder-of-parties judicial-review-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-trial-court justice-in-chambers land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest mandate montserrado-county motion-to-intervene motion-to-join nonjoinder pleadings possession prejudice-to-party-rights procedural-law proper-party property-ownership public-land-sale-deed real-party-in-interest real-property remand republic-of-liberia-land-grant reversible-error review-of-interlocutory-ruling standing summary-judgment-argument supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute tracing-title-to-the-republic writ-of-certiorari wrongful-withholding | |
| Flomo et al v Republic of Liberia (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, coroner’s inquest, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, felonious restraint, hearsay evidence, homicide investigation, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, Land Dispute, Lofa County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Reversal, Supreme Court of Liberia | flomo-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2026 | 2026-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence coroners-inquest criminal-conspiracy criminal-law felonious-restraint hearsay-evidence homicide-investigation indictment insufficiency-of-evidence land-dispute lofa-county murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Goll v Jackollie et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, affidavit of attestation, affirmation of lower court, American Life Insurance Company v Sandy, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, Barclay v Digen, Benson v. Sawyer, bona fide purchaser, boundary dispute, Brewerville, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, correction of deed, damages for wrongful detention, defective deed, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary weight, extinguishment of interest, Fraudulent Deed, general damages, improper party substitution, International Trust Company v Sandy, intervention, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, legal representation, Liberia Land Authority, Liberia Oil Refinery Company v Ibrahim Mahmoud, locus standi, mandate to lower court, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, National Archives records, pleadings, preponderance of evidence, probate court decree, procedural irregularity, proper party, property ownership, real party in interest, Real Property, restitution of possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, St Stephen v Gbezee, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, title verification, transfer of title, trespass, trial procedure, warranty deed, wrongful withholding | goll-v-jackollie-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment affidavit-of-attestation affirmation-of-lower-court american-life-insurance-company-v-sandy appellate-review attorney-in-fact barclay-v-digen benson-v-sawyer bona-fide-purchaser boundary-dispute brewerville burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court correction-of-deed damages-for-wrongful-detention defective-deed ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-weight extinguishment-of-interest fraudulent-deed general-damages improper-party-substitution international-trust-company-v-sandy intervention jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict land-dispute legal-representation liberia-land-authority liberia-oil-refinery-company-v-ibrahim-mahmoud locus-standi mandate-to-lower-court misrepresentation montserrado-county motion-to-intervene national-archives-records pleadings preponderance-of-evidence probate-court-decree procedural-irregularity proper-party property-ownership real-party-in-interest real-property restitution-of-possession sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages st-stephen-v-gbezee standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed title-verification transfer-of-title trespass trial-procedure warranty-deed wrongful-withholding | |
| In re: Contempt Proceedings Against Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazehn (2026) | 2026, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Judiciary Law, Media Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of free speech, Article 15 Constitution of Liberia, Article 5 Constitution of Liberia, constitutional law, contempt of court, criminal contempt, defamation against judiciary, freedom of speech, judiciary dignity, Monrovia Central Prison, protection of judicial authority, social media speech, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-contempt-proceedings-against-mr-justin-oldpa-yeazehn-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-free-speech article-15-constitution-of-liberia article-5-constitution-of-liberia constitutional-law contempt-of-court criminal-contempt defamation-against-judiciary freedom-of-speech judiciary-dignity monrovia-central-prison protection-of-judicial-authority social-media-speech supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| In Re: The Petitions of Saidu Vasco Nyei et al., Attorneys-At-Law (2026) | 2026, Constitutional Law, Judiciary Law | 2026 Opinions, Admission Requirements, admission to the bar, affidavit of counsellors, Article 75 Constitution of Liberia, attorney qualification, Bar Admission, Bar Examination, certification of counsellors, Code of Conduct, Continuing Legal Education, Counsellors-at-Law, court regulation of practice, eligibility requirements, evaluation of candidates, examination process, good standing, institutional reform, integrity of judiciary, judicial oversight of lawyers, Judiciary Law, legal accreditation, legal analysis, legal competence, legal education, Legal Ethics, legal practice standards, Legal Profession, legal scholarship, legal training, legal writing, Liberia National Bar Association, Moral and Ethics Committee, moral character, National Board of Examination, petition for admission, Professional Discipline, professional qualifications, Professional Responsibility, quality of legal profession, regulation of legal profession, Rule of Law, standards of advocacy, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, years of practice | in-re-the-petitions-of-saidu-vasco-nyei-et-al-attorneys-at-law-2026 | 2026-opinions admission-requirements admission-to-the-bar affidavit-of-counsellors article-75-constitution-of-liberia attorney-qualification bar-admission bar-examination certification-of-counsellors code-of-conduct continuing-legal-education counsellors-at-law court-regulation-of-practice eligibility-requirements evaluation-of-candidates examination-process good-standing institutional-reform integrity-of-judiciary judicial-oversight-of-lawyers judiciary-law legal-accreditation legal-analysis legal-competence legal-education legal-ethics legal-practice-standards legal-profession legal-scholarship legal-training legal-writing liberia-national-bar-association moral-and-ethics-committee moral-character national-board-of-examination petition-for-admission professional-discipline professional-qualifications professional-responsibility quality-of-legal-profession regulation-of-legal-profession rule-of-law standards-of-advocacy supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia years-of-practice | |
| Intestate Estate of Kaifa Kamara et al v Intestate Estate of Rebecca Thomas (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abatement of action, action of ejectment, administrators of estate, Appellate Review, bill in equity, bona fide purchaser, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 43, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.3, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.5, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.9, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.21, Civil Procedure Law Section 62.24, Clerk’s Certificate, competing titles, contradiction of testimony, credibility of witnesses, declaratory judgment, defective title, determination of title by jury, Ejectment, Elijah Johnson Estate, Estate Administration, eviction proceedings, evidentiary weight, fiduciary capacity, fraudulent title claim, grantor and grantee, heirs and descendants, historical land claims, improper reliance on prior proceedings, Intestate Estate, Judicial Notice, jurisdictional error, jury trial requirement, Kaifa Kamara Estate, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, lessee rights, mandate to lower court, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, ownership dispute, petition for declaratory judgment, preponderance of evidence, Real Property, Rebecca Thomas Estate, relitigation, remand for new trial, Res Judicata, reversal on appeal, right to jury trial, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statute of Limitations, summary proceedings to recover possession of real property, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court records, tenancy at will, title dispute, validity of deed, voluntary discontinuance, withdrawal of action | intestate-estate-of-kaifa-kamara-et-al-v-intestate-estate-of-rebecca-thomas-2026 | 2026-opinions abatement-of-action action-of-ejectment administrators-of-estate appellate-review bill-in-equity bona-fide-purchaser burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-43 civil-procedure-law-section-43-1 civil-procedure-law-section-43-3 civil-procedure-law-section-43-5 civil-procedure-law-section-43-9 civil-procedure-law-section-62-1 civil-procedure-law-section-62-21 civil-procedure-law-section-62-24 clerks-certificate competing-titles contradiction-of-testimony credibility-of-witnesses declaratory-judgment defective-title determination-of-title-by-jury ejectment elijah-johnson-estate estate-administration eviction-proceedings evidentiary-weight fiduciary-capacity fraudulent-title-claim grantor-and-grantee heirs-and-descendants historical-land-claims improper-reliance-on-prior-proceedings intestate-estate judicial-notice jurisdictional-error jury-trial-requirement kaifa-kamara-estate land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement lessee-rights mandate-to-lower-court mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county ownership-dispute petition-for-declaratory-judgment preponderance-of-evidence real-property rebecca-thomas-estate relitigation remand-for-new-trial res-judicata reversal-on-appeal right-to-jury-trial sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit statute-of-limitations summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession-of-real-property superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-records tenancy-at-will title-dispute validity-of-deed voluntary-discontinuance withdrawal-of-action | |
| Jallah v RL (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, alleyway dispute, Appellate Review, bench trial, burden of proof, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, demolition of property, indictment, Montserrado County, municipal authority, Paynesville City Corporation, proof beyond reasonable doubt, property destruction, Property Rights, reversal of conviction, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia | jallah-v-rl-2026 | 2026-opinions alleyway-dispute appellate-review bench-trial burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-mischief demolition-of-property indictment montserrado-county municipal-authority paynesville-city-corporation proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt property-destruction property-rights reversal-of-conviction severance supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Jalloh v Intestate Estate of Thomas N. Miller (2026) | 2026, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, admissibility of expert testimony, affirmation of lower court, agency relationship, answer and reply, Appellate Review, attorney-in-fact, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 42.1, competing titles, Congo Town, credibility of witnesses, damages, Default Judgment, denial of agency, denial of motion, denial of new trial, discretion of trial court, Ejectment, eviction, evidentiary tools, expert witness, failure to produce deed, Forestry Development Authority v Walters, fraud, Freeman v Webster, general damages, grantor and grantee, harmless error doctrine, illegal entry, imperfect judgment, inconsistent pleadings, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, mandate to lower court, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, motion for investigative survey, motion for new trial, pleadings, possession vs title, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Law, proof of title, property ownership, punitive damages, qualification of expert, Real Property, requirement of proof, restitution of possession, Salala Rubber Corporation v Garlawolu, Sixth Judicial Circuit, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, warranty deed, weakness of defendant’s title, wrongful occupation | jalloh-v-intestate-estate-of-thomas-n-miller-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment admissibility-of-expert-testimony affirmation-of-lower-court agency-relationship answer-and-reply appellate-review attorney-in-fact burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-42-1 competing-titles congo-town credibility-of-witnesses damages default-judgment denial-of-agency denial-of-motion denial-of-new-trial discretion-of-trial-court ejectment eviction evidentiary-tools expert-witness failure-to-produce-deed forestry-development-authority-v-walters fraud freeman-v-webster general-damages grantor-and-grantee harmless-error-doctrine illegal-entry imperfect-judgment inconsistent-pleadings investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict land-dispute liberia-land-authority mandate-to-lower-court metes-and-bounds montserrado-county motion-for-investigative-survey motion-for-new-trial pleadings possession-vs-title pratt-v-phillips-summerville preponderance-of-evidence procedural-law proof-of-title property-ownership punitive-damages qualification-of-expert real-property requirement-of-proof restitution-of-possession salala-rubber-corporation-v-garlawolu sixth-judicial-circuit strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed warranty-deed weakness-of-defendants-title wrongful-occupation | |
| Jlue v RL (2026) | 2026, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Criminal Law | 2026 Opinions, acts of corruption, Appellate Review, bank accounts, Confession, corruption, Criminal Law, financial fraud, forged signatures, forgery, indictment, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, National Drug Service, public corruption, Restitution, Theft of Property | jlue-v-rl-2026 | 2026-opinions acts-of-corruption appellate-review bank-accounts confession corruption criminal-law financial-fraud forged-signatures forgery indictment jury-verdict montserrado-county national-drug-service public-corruption restitution theft-of-property | |
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, affirmation of lower court, Andrews v Cornomia, Appellate Review, authenticity of title, Benson v. Sawyer, bona fide ownership, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, common grantor doctrine, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, credibility of witnesses, damages, Ejectment, emotional distress, eviction, evidentiary conflict, Fraudulent Deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, intervention of evidence, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership claim, joint tenancy, jury as trier of fact, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, mandate to lower court, marital property dispute, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville, pleadings, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital property, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, probate of deed, property ownership, Real Property, recording defects, restitution of possession, separate property, Sixth Judicial Circuit, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, title deed, trial procedure, validity of deed, wrongful withholding | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment affirmation-of-lower-court andrews-v-cornomia appellate-review authenticity-of-title benson-v-sawyer bona-fide-ownership burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court common-grantor-doctrine conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon credibility-of-witnesses damages ejectment emotional-distress eviction evidentiary-conflict fraudulent-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town intervention-of-evidence investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership-claim joint-tenancy jury-as-trier-of-fact jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo mandate-to-lower-court marital-property-dispute misrepresentation montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville pleadings pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-property preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds probate-of-deed property-ownership real-property recording-defects restitution-of-possession separate-property sixth-judicial-circuit st-stephen-v-gbedzee supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence title-deed trial-procedure validity-of-deed wrongful-withholding | ||
| Kollie v Momo (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Andrews v Cornomia, appellate deference to jury findings, Appellate Review, Attorney-in-fact representation, authenticity of deed, Benson v. Sawyer, burden of proof, Civil Procedure Law §26.4, common grantor, conflicting deeds, Constance v Ajavon, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages for wrongful withholding, discontinuance of action, Ejectment, emotional distress claim, evidentiary insufficiency, fee simple ownership, fraud in deed, Freeman v Webster, Gbengbar Town, inconsistencies in testimony, Investigative Survey, Jarba v Fagans-Freeman, joint ownership, joint tenancy, Jury Verdict, Kamara v Estate of Essel, Land Dispute, Lartey v Corhel, Liberia Land Authority, Mananaai v Momo, Marital Property, metes and bounds, Montserrado County, oldest title doctrine, Paynesville City, Pratt v Phillips & Summerville, pre-marital acquisition, preponderance of evidence, priority of deeds, property ownership, recording of deed, refiled complaint, St. Stephen v Gbedzee, strength of plaintiff’s title, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, tenancy by entirety implications, title deed, validity of title, weakness of defendant’s title, weight of evidence | kollie-v-momo-2026 | 2026-opinions affirmation-of-judgment andrews-v-cornomia appellate-deference-to-jury-findings appellate-review attorney-in-fact-representation authenticity-of-deed benson-v-sawyer burden-of-proof civil-procedure-law-%c2%a726-4 common-grantor conflicting-deeds constance-v-ajavon corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages-for-wrongful-withholding discontinuance-of-action ejectment emotional-distress-claim evidentiary-insufficiency fee-simple-ownership fraud-in-deed freeman-v-webster gbengbar-town inconsistencies-in-testimony investigative-survey jarba-v-fagans-freeman joint-ownership joint-tenancy jury-verdict kamara-v-estate-of-essel land-dispute lartey-v-corhel liberia-land-authority mananaai-v-momo marital-property metes-and-bounds montserrado-county oldest-title-doctrine paynesville-city pratt-v-phillips-summerville pre-marital-acquisition preponderance-of-evidence priority-of-deeds property-ownership recording-of-deed refiled-complaint st-stephen-v-gbedzee strength-of-plaintiffs-title supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence tenancy-by-entirety-implications title-deed validity-of-title weakness-of-defendants-title weight-of-evidence | |
| Kolubah et al v The Intestate Estate of the late Saye Sippi (2026) | 2026, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, administrators, admission by failure to rebut, affirmance of judgment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Chain of Title, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, damages, dismissal for pendency, Ejectment, encroachment, eviction, evidentiary insufficiency, Fraudulent Deed, fraudulent transaction, general damages, identity of parties, Intestate Estate, invalid deed, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, lis pendens, mandate, modification of damages, Montserrado County, new trial, Possession, preponderance of evidence, Probate Law, proof of damages, property ownership, property rights protection, punitive damages, Real Property, rebuttal evidence, remand, role of jury, special damages, sublease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, uncontroverted evidence, unlawful occupation, warranty deed, willful and wanton conduct, wrongful detention of property, wrongful withholding | kolubah-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-saye-sippi-2026 | 2026-opinions administrators-deed administrators admission-by-failure-to-rebut affirmance-of-judgment appellate-review burden-of-proof chain-of-title civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims corroboration credibility-of-witnesses damages dismissal-for-pendency ejectment encroachment eviction evidentiary-insufficiency fraudulent-deed fraudulent-transaction general-damages identity-of-parties intestate-estate invalid-deed judicial-discretion jury-verdict land-dispute landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest lis-pendens mandate modification-of-damages montserrado-county new-trial possession preponderance-of-evidence probate-law proof-of-damages property-ownership property-rights-protection punitive-damages real-property rebuttal-evidence remand role-of-jury special-damages sublease supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute uncontroverted-evidence unlawful-occupation warranty-deed willful-and-wanton-conduct wrongful-detention-of-property wrongful-withholding | |
| Liberty Christian Center Overcomers v Mensah (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, action of ejectment, administrator authority, affirmation of lower court, appellate affirmation, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Children’s Law of Liberia, civil law, Civil Law Court, construction without title, contractual exchange of land, conveyance of real property, damages for wrongful detention, David Johnson v Valesius Johnson, domestic relations law, Ejectment, equitable interest, estate liability, eviction, evidentiary weight, fraudulent conveyance, general damages, guardian duties, guardianship law, illegal sale of minor property, inheritance rights, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease agreement dispute, legal title requirement, mandate to lower court, Marwolo v Reeves, minor property rights, Montserrado County, Paynesville, possession vs title, probate court authorization, property ownership, protection of child property, Real Property, remedy at law, restitution of possession, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Soul Clinic Community, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, ultra vires transaction, warranty deed dispute, Wilson v Wilson, wrongful withholding | liberty-christian-center-overcomers-v-mensah-2026 | 2026-opinions action-of-ejectment administrator-authority affirmation-of-lower-court appellate-affirmation appellate-review burden-of-proof childrens-law-of-liberia civil-law civil-law-court construction-without-title contractual-exchange-of-land conveyance-of-real-property damages-for-wrongful-detention david-johnson-v-valesius-johnson domestic-relations-law ejectment equitable-interest estate-liability eviction evidentiary-weight fraudulent-conveyance general-damages guardian-duties guardianship-law illegal-sale-of-minor-property inheritance-rights intestate-estate jury-verdict land-dispute lease-agreement-dispute legal-title-requirement mandate-to-lower-court marwolo-v-reeves minor-property-rights montserrado-county paynesville possession-vs-title probate-court-authorization property-ownership protection-of-child-property real-property remedy-at-law restitution-of-possession sixth-judicial-circuit soul-clinic-community special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed ultra-vires-transaction warranty-deed-dispute wilson-v-wilson wrongful-withholding | |
| Life Saving Center of Jesus Christ International v Nagbe (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of process, Appeal, Appellate Review, Article 20 Constitution, attorney-in-fact, civil law, Civil Law Court, competing title claims, constitutional law, constructive service, Default Judgment, defective service, deprivation of property, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, eviction, fair hearing, intestate estate property, Jurisdiction, jurisdiction over the person, Justice in Chambers, lack of jurisdiction, Land Dispute, leasehold interest, mailing requirement, mandate, Montserrado County, notice and opportunity to be heard, possession rights, procedural irregularity, Prohibition, property ownership, property rights protection, publication requirements, Real Property, recovery of possession, remand, Service by Publication, Service of Process, squatters’ rights, statutory compliance, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful eviction, Void Judgment, West Point Township, Writ of Prohibition | life-saving-center-of-jesus-christ-international-v-nagbe-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-process appeal appellate-review article-20-constitution attorney-in-fact civil-law civil-law-court competing-title-claims constitutional-law constructive-service default-judgment defective-service deprivation-of-property due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment eviction fair-hearing intestate-estate-property jurisdiction jurisdiction-over-the-person justice-in-chambers lack-of-jurisdiction land-dispute leasehold-interest mailing-requirement mandate montserrado-county notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard possession-rights procedural-irregularity prohibition property-ownership property-rights-protection publication-requirements real-property recovery-of-possession remand service-by-publication service-of-process squatters-rights statutory-compliance summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-eviction void-judgment west-point-township writ-of-prohibition | |
| Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC) v The Intestate of Macdonald A. Wento (2026) | 2026, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law | 2026 Opinions, actual controversy, agency relationship, alternative dispute resolution, Appellate Review, arbitration agreement, arbitration clause, arbitration vs court jurisdiction, authority of counsel, board resolution, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 43, Civil Procedure Law Section 1:64.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.5, Commercial Law, contractual arbitration, corporate concession dispute, corporate governance, Corporate Law, declaratory judgment, declaratory relief scope, dismissal of action, equity interest, Estate Administration, forest concession, injunction relief, interested party requirement, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, law firm authority, legal capacity, Liberia corporate dispute, logging rights, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, ownership dispute, petition for declaratory judgment, pleadings, preliminary injunction, proof of ownership, reversal on appeal, share certificates, share transfer, shareholders’ rights, shareholding dispute, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing to Sue, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order | natural-resources-development-corporation-nrdc-v-the-intestate-of-macdonald-a-wento-2026 | 2026-opinions actual-controversy agency-relationship alternative-dispute-resolution appellate-review arbitration-agreement arbitration-clause arbitration-vs-court-jurisdiction authority-of-counsel board-resolution civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-43 civil-procedure-law-section-164-1 civil-procedure-law-section-43-5 commercial-law contractual-arbitration corporate-concession-dispute corporate-governance corporate-law declaratory-judgment declaratory-relief-scope dismissal-of-action equity-interest estate-administration forest-concession injunction-relief interested-party-requirement intestate-estate jurisdiction law-firm-authority legal-capacity liberia-corporate-dispute logging-rights mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss ownership-dispute petition-for-declaratory-judgment pleadings preliminary-injunction proof-of-ownership reversal-on-appeal share-certificates share-transfer shareholders-rights shareholding-dispute sixth-judicial-circuit standing-to-sue subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order | |
| Sumo v Bongay et al (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, abandonment of defense, abuse of discretion, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Appleby v Freeman, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, burden of proof, Burney v Jantzen, Civil Law Court, conflicting title, continuance, credibility of witnesses, denial of continuance, documentary evidence, Due Process, Ejectment, Estate Administration, eviction, failure to appear, failure to file post-trial motion, failure to superintend precept, Fraudulent Deed, inheritance, interference with possession, Intestate Estate, Intestate Estate of Massaquoi v AME Church, judicial discipline, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, Kpoto v Williams, Land Dispute, Ledlow v. Republic, Legal Ethics, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, Margibi County, Marshall City, Massaquoi v Republic, Metco v Chase Manhattan Bank, Montserrado County, National Archives, notice and opportunity to be heard, Possession, preponderance of evidence, probate and registration, probate venue requirement, Professional Misconduct, property ownership, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, restitution of possession, Richards v Barclay, Salifu v Lassannah, sanction of counsel, Schiefflin Township, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey evidence, suspension from practice, title deed, Togba v Republic, Vijayaraman v Xoanon Liberia Ltd., waiver of rights, warranty deed, Wolo v. Wolo, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | sumo-v-bongay-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions abandonment-of-defense abuse-of-discretion affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review appleby-v-freeman article-20a-constitution-of-liberia burden-of-proof burney-v-jantzen civil-law-court conflicting-title continuance credibility-of-witnesses denial-of-continuance documentary-evidence due-process ejectment estate-administration eviction failure-to-appear failure-to-file-post-trial-motion failure-to-superintend-precept fraudulent-deed inheritance interference-with-possession intestate-estate intestate-estate-of-massaquoi-v-ame-church judicial-discipline jurisdiction jury-verdict kpoto-v-williams land-dispute ledlow-v-republic legal-ethics letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority margibi-county marshall-city massaquoi-v-republic metco-v-chase-manhattan-bank montserrado-county national-archives notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard possession preponderance-of-evidence probate-and-registration probate-venue-requirement professional-misconduct property-ownership quiet-enjoyment real-property restitution-of-possession richards-v-barclay salifu-v-lassannah sanction-of-counsel schiefflin-township subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia survey-evidence suspension-from-practice title-deed togba-v-republic vijayaraman-v-xoanon-liberia-ltd waiver-of-rights warranty-deed wolo-v-wolo writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | |
| The Management of Access Bank Liberia v His Honor Joseph Kollie et al (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Access Bank Liberia, adequacy of remedy at law, administrative action, affirmation of lower court, Appellate Review, banking dispute, Banking Law, Capacity to Sue, civil law, Civil Law Court, Commercial Law, contempt proceedings, creditor rights, debtor–creditor relationship, Due Process, enforcement of obligations, error of law, excess of jurisdiction, extraordinary writs, fair hearing, financial institution regulation, injunction proceedings, interlocutory ruling, judicial authority, Judicial Review, jurisdictional error, Legal Remedies, legal standing, Liberia judiciary procedure, loan agreement, mandate to trial court, Montserrado County, motion practice, Motion to Dismiss, parties to action, petition for writ of certiorari, petition for writ of mandamus, petition for writ of prohibition, procedural irregularity, remand to lower court, reversal of lower court, right to be heard, Sixth Judicial Circuit, stay order, supervisory control of courts, supervisory jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, threshold requirements for writs, trial judge conduct, writ proceedings, writ standards | the-management-of-access-bank-liberia-v-his-honor-joseph-kollie-et-al-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion access-bank-liberia adequacy-of-remedy-at-law administrative-action affirmation-of-lower-court appellate-review banking-dispute banking-law capacity-to-sue civil-law civil-law-court commercial-law contempt-proceedings creditor-rights debtor-creditor-relationship due-process enforcement-of-obligations error-of-law excess-of-jurisdiction extraordinary-writs fair-hearing financial-institution-regulation injunction-proceedings interlocutory-ruling judicial-authority judicial-review jurisdictional-error legal-remedies legal-standing liberia-judiciary-procedure loan-agreement mandate-to-trial-court montserrado-county motion-practice motion-to-dismiss parties-to-action petition-for-writ-of-certiorari petition-for-writ-of-mandamus petition-for-writ-of-prohibition procedural-irregularity remand-to-lower-court reversal-of-lower-court right-to-be-heard sixth-judicial-circuit stay-order supervisory-control-of-courts supervisory-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia threshold-requirements-for-writs trial-judge-conduct writ-proceedings writ-standards | |
| The Management of Arcelor Mittal Mining Company v His Honor Joe S. Barkon (2026) | 2026, Constitutional Law, Labor Law | 2026 Opinions, administrative hearing, affirmation with modification, appellate deference to trial court, Appellate Review, ArcelorMittal Liberia, burden of proof, damages for wrongful dismissal, Decent Work Act, disciplinary panel, dishonesty allegation, Due Process, employee discipline, employee handbook, employee rights, employer-employee relationship, Employment Law, Enforcement of Judgment, evidentiary evaluation, evidentiary inconsistency, exclusion of time lost and notice pay, Grand Bassa County, grave misconduct, gross misconduct, hearing officer, HR procedures, Insurance Company of Africa v Fantastic Store, internal investigation, Judicial Review, Labor Commissioner, Labour Law, limitation on compensation, maximum 24 months salary, Ministry of Labor, modification of award, mutual trust and confidence, OXFAM Liberia v Frederick David, Petition for Judicial Review, preponderance of evidence, procedural fairness, right to be heard, role of counsel in examination of witness, Second Judicial Circuit Court, Section 14.10, Section 14.3(a)(i), Section 14.3(d), Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice, witness testimony, workplace misconduct standards, Wrongful Dismissal | the-management-of-arcelor-mittal-mining-company-v-his-honor-joe-s-barkon-2026 | 2026-opinions administrative-hearing affirmation-with-modification appellate-deference-to-trial-court appellate-review arcelormittal-liberia burden-of-proof damages-for-wrongful-dismissal decent-work-act disciplinary-panel dishonesty-allegation due-process employee-discipline employee-handbook employee-rights employer-employee-relationship employment-law enforcement-of-judgment evidentiary-evaluation evidentiary-inconsistency exclusion-of-time-lost-and-notice-pay grand-bassa-county grave-misconduct gross-misconduct hearing-officer hr-procedures insurance-company-of-africa-v-fantastic-store internal-investigation judicial-review labor-commissioner labour-law limitation-on-compensation maximum-24-months-salary ministry-of-labor modification-of-award mutual-trust-and-confidence oxfam-liberia-v-frederick-david petition-for-judicial-review preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness right-to-be-heard role-of-counsel-in-examination-of-witness second-judicial-circuit-court section-14-10 section-14-3ai section-14-3d statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice witness-testimony workplace-misconduct-standards wrongful-dismissal | |
| The Management of Notre Dame Investment, Ltd. v The Ministry of Mines & Energy (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law) | 2026 Opinions, 60 percent Liberian ownership, administrative agency, administrative hearing, Administrative Law, administrative record, affirmance, amendment of articles of incorporation, Appellate Review, Article 7 Constitution of Liberia, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Class B mining license, constitutional law, corporate compliance, credibility of evidence, cure of statutory defect, Due Process, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to commence operations, failure to prove payment, failure to pursue remedies, Force Majeure, foreign ownership restriction, government estoppel, governmental interference, hearing officer, impossibility of performance, judicial deference, Judicial Review, Liberian participation in natural resources, license revocation, mandate, mineral law, Minerals and Mining Law of 2000, Mining Law, mining license eligibility, Ministry of Mines and Energy, natural resource governance, non-payment of fees, preponderance of evidence, procedural fairness, public law, regulatory compliance, regulatory enforcement, remand, retroactive validation, statutory compliance, statutory grounds for revocation, substantial evidence rule, Supreme Court of Liberia, Ultra Vires, validity of license, Void ab initio, Waiver | the-management-of-notre-dame-investment-ltd-v-the-ministry-of-mines-energy-2026 | 2026-opinions 60-percent-liberian-ownership administrative-agency administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-record affirmance amendment-of-articles-of-incorporation appellate-review article-7-constitution-of-liberia best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof class-b-mining-license constitutional-law corporate-compliance credibility-of-evidence cure-of-statutory-defect due-process estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-commence-operations failure-to-prove-payment failure-to-pursue-remedies force-majeure foreign-ownership-restriction government-estoppel governmental-interference hearing-officer impossibility-of-performance judicial-deference judicial-review liberian-participation-in-natural-resources license-revocation mandate mineral-law minerals-and-mining-law-of-2000 mining-law mining-license-eligibility ministry-of-mines-and-energy natural-resource-governance non-payment-of-fees preponderance-of-evidence procedural-fairness public-law regulatory-compliance regulatory-enforcement remand retroactive-validation statutory-compliance statutory-grounds-for-revocation substantial-evidence-rule supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires validity-of-license void-ab-initio waiver | |
| The Management of Samaritan’s Purse, International et al v Moulton (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2026 Opinions, affirmation with modification, agency relationship, American Life Insurance Co v Holder, Appellate Review, assessment of damages, Association of Regulatory Boards v Quaye, authenticity of documents, bench trial, breach of duty, burden of proof, causation, checkpoint incident, civil law, Civil Law Court, contradiction of evidence, credibility of witnesses, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, Duty of Care, employee misconduct, employer liability, evidentiary burden, failure to prove damages, Gbarpolu County, general damages, Immigration Service officer, injury to person, International Trust Co v Cooper Hayes, Intrusco Corp v Ossely, liability, Liberia Telecommunications Corporation v Sayon, mandate to lower court, medical bill dispute, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motorbike accident, Negligence, personal injury, preponderance of evidence, proof of special damages, proportionality of damages, Proximate Cause, reduction of damages, respondeat superior, scope of employment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, speculative damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, trier of fact and law, vicarious liability, waiver of jury trial, witness testimony, wrongful act | the-management-of-samaritans-purse-international-et-al-v-moulton-2026 | 2026-opinions affirmation-with-modification agency-relationship american-life-insurance-co-v-holder appellate-review assessment-of-damages association-of-regulatory-boards-v-quaye authenticity-of-documents bench-trial breach-of-duty burden-of-proof causation checkpoint-incident civil-law civil-law-court contradiction-of-evidence credibility-of-witnesses damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence duty-of-care employee-misconduct employer-liability evidentiary-burden failure-to-prove-damages gbarpolu-county general-damages immigration-service-officer injury-to-person international-trust-co-v-cooper-hayes intrusco-corp-v-ossely liability liberia-telecommunications-corporation-v-sayon mandate-to-lower-court medical-bill-dispute medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motorbike-accident negligence personal-injury preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-special-damages proportionality-of-damages proximate-cause reduction-of-damages respondeat-superior scope-of-employment sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages speculative-damages supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law trier-of-fact-and-law vicarious-liability waiver-of-jury-trial witness-testimony wrongful-act | |
| The Management of the National Port Authority (NPA) v The Aggrieved Members of the National Customs Brokers of Liberia (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, access to port, adequacy of remedy at law, administrative action, Administrative Law, administrative sanction, aggrieved party, altered deposit slips, alternative writ, Appellate Review, Article 20(a) Constitution of Liberia, audit findings, Chambers Justice ruling, Chariff Pharmacy v Pharmacy Board, Chronicles Newspaper v Republic of Liberia, Citizens Solidarity Council v. Republic of Liberia, civil law, contractual relationship, customs brokers, denial of access, denial of writ, discretionary authority, Due Process, en banc review, excess of jurisdiction, exhaustion of remedies, extraordinary writs, financial irregularities, fraud investigation, freeport of monrovia, Henries v Fahnbulleh, In re Petition of Cox, judicial vs administrative acts, jurisdictional error, Legal Remedies, Liberia Revenue Authority, locus standi, mandate to parties, ministerial acts, National Port Authority, National Port Authority Act 1971, peremptory writ, petition for prohibition, port regulation, prohibition limitations, quasi-judicial function, regulatory authority, regulatory compliance, Republic v Dennis, Republic v Jimmy, reversal on appeal, right to hearing, security and compliance measures, Standing to Sue, statutory mandate, stop order, supervisory jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tweh v LPRC, ultra vires acts, Writ of Prohibition | the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-npa-v-the-aggrieved-members-of-the-national-customs-brokers-of-liberia-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion access-to-port adequacy-of-remedy-at-law administrative-action administrative-law administrative-sanction aggrieved-party altered-deposit-slips alternative-writ appellate-review article-20a-constitution-of-liberia audit-findings chambers-justice-ruling chariff-pharmacy-v-pharmacy-board chronicles-newspaper-v-republic-of-liberia citizens-solidarity-council-v-republic-of-liberia civil-law contractual-relationship customs-brokers denial-of-access denial-of-writ discretionary-authority due-process en-banc-review excess-of-jurisdiction exhaustion-of-remedies extraordinary-writs financial-irregularities fraud-investigation freeport-of-monrovia henries-v-fahnbulleh in-re-petition-of-cox judicial-vs-administrative-acts jurisdictional-error legal-remedies liberia-revenue-authority locus-standi mandate-to-parties ministerial-acts national-port-authority national-port-authority-act-1971 peremptory-writ petition-for-prohibition port-regulation prohibition-limitations quasi-judicial-function regulatory-authority regulatory-compliance republic-v-dennis republic-v-jimmy reversal-on-appeal right-to-hearing security-and-compliance-measures standing-to-sue statutory-mandate stop-order supervisory-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia tweh-v-lprc ultra-vires-acts writ-of-prohibition | |
| The Ministry of Mines and Energy v Atlantic Minerals Inc. (2026) | 2026, Administrative Law, Concession Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law) | 2026 Opinions, abuse of discretion, administrative agency, administrative error, administrative hearing, Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, administrative record, admission against interest, affirmance, Appearance, Appellate Review, arbitrariness, burden of proof, competing licenses, concession rights, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, exclusive rights, exploration license, failure to give notice, government liability, hearing officer, illegality, Judicial Review, judicial review scope, Jurisdiction, legality vs discretion, license restoration, license revocation, mandate, mineral exploration license, mineral law, Minerals and Mining Law of 2000, Mining Law, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Motion to Dismiss, non-party beneficiary, notice of default, overlapping concession, Petition for Judicial Review, Privity, Procedural Due Process, proper parties, Property Rights, public law, record-keeping deficiency, regulatory authority, regulatory compliance, regulatory enforcement, remand, Service of Process, Sinoe County, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires act, vested rights, Void ab initio | the-ministry-of-mines-and-energy-v-atlantic-minerals-inc-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-agency administrative-error administrative-hearing administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-record admission-against-interest affirmance appearance appellate-review arbitrariness burden-of-proof competing-licenses concession-rights due-process evidentiary-insufficiency exclusive-rights exploration-license failure-to-give-notice government-liability hearing-officer illegality judicial-review judicial-review-scope jurisdiction legality-vs-discretion license-restoration license-revocation mandate mineral-exploration-license mineral-law minerals-and-mining-law-of-2000 mining-law ministry-of-mines-and-energy motion-to-dismiss non-party-beneficiary notice-of-default overlapping-concession petition-for-judicial-review privity procedural-due-process proper-parties property-rights public-law record-keeping-deficiency regulatory-authority regulatory-compliance regulatory-enforcement remand service-of-process sinoe-county statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-act vested-rights void-ab-initio | |
| Tweah et al v His Honor Roosevelt Willie et al (2026) (Petition for Re-argument) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, National Security Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, constitutional law, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, economic sabotage, functional immunity, indictment, money laundering, Montserrado County, National Security Council, National Security Law, National Security Reform and Intelligence Act, Petition for re-argument, presidential immunity, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, trial court jurisdiction, Writ of Prohibition | tweah-et-al-v-his-honor-roosevelt-willie-et-al-2026-petition-for-re-argument | 2026-opinions appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law economic-sabotage functional-immunity indictment money-laundering montserrado-county national-security-council national-security-law national-security-reform-and-intelligence-act petition-for-re-argument presidential-immunity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property trial-court-jurisdiction writ-of-prohibition | |
| Workers Union of Mesurado Group of Companies v The Management of Mesurado Group of Companies (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Labor Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of process, accrual of cause of action, Administrative Law, Appeal bond, appeal requirements, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, certiorari proceedings, Civil Procedure Law, Concurrent Jurisdiction, delay tactics, denial of writ of certiorari, dismissal of appeal, employee benefits, Employment Law, evidentiary admissions, Failure to Perfect Appeal, finality of judgment, frivolous petition, Gaga v Pratt, INA Decree No. 21, judicial cognizance of jurisdiction, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Jurisdictional Defect, Kanawaty v King, Kpotov v Kpotov, Labor Dispute, Labour Law, lack of jurisdiction, Lamco v Verdier, mandate to lower court, mandatory procedural requirements, Ministry of Labor, National Labor Court, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Petition for Judicial Review, prohibition on review by coordinate court, repetitive litigation, Republic v Aggrey, res judicata principles, Rogers v Universal Insurance, Sarnor v Sherman, Sarweh v NPA, severance pay, Statute of Limitations, subject matter jurisdiction, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, time-barred claims, tolling argument, unfair labor practices, Union National Bank v MCC, unpaid wages, waiver and laches | workers-union-of-mesurado-group-of-companies-v-the-management-of-mesurado-group-of-companies-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-process accrual-of-cause-of-action administrative-law appeal-bond appeal-requirements appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions certiorari-proceedings civil-procedure-law concurrent-jurisdiction delay-tactics denial-of-writ-of-certiorari dismissal-of-appeal employee-benefits employment-law evidentiary-admissions failure-to-perfect-appeal finality-of-judgment frivolous-petition gaga-v-pratt ina-decree-no-21 judicial-cognizance-of-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect kanawaty-v-king kpotov-v-kpotov labor-dispute labour-law lack-of-jurisdiction lamco-v-verdier mandate-to-lower-court mandatory-procedural-requirements ministry-of-labor national-labor-court notice-of-completion-of-appeal petition-for-judicial-review prohibition-on-review-by-coordinate-court repetitive-litigation republic-v-aggrey res-judicata-principles rogers-v-universal-insurance sarnor-v-sherman sarweh-v-npa severance-pay statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia time-barred-claims tolling-argument unfair-labor-practices union-national-bank-v-mcc unpaid-wages waiver-and-laches | |
| Yanques et al v RL (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, destruction of property, evidentiary review, indictment, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, Paynesville, property damage, Restitution, sentencing modification, Supreme Court of Liberia | yanques-et-al-v-rl-2026 | 2026-opinions appellate-review criminal-law criminal-mischief destruction-of-property evidentiary-review indictment jury-verdict land-dispute montserrado-county paynesville property-damage restitution sentencing-modification supreme-court-of-liberia | |
| Youth for Development & Productivity (YODAP) v The Government of the Republic of Liberia (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | 2026 Opinions, absence of contract, acknowledgment of debt, action of debt, affirmance of lower court, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, bilateral agreement, burden of proof, civil law, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, Contract Law, corporate capacity, corporate entity, debt recovery, defective writ of summons, denial of claim, dismissal of action, documentary evidence, domestic debt validation, evidentiary insufficiency, failure of proof, failure to prove claim, financing arrangement, fraud allegation, government liability, Government of Liberia, Jurisdiction, lack of consideration, legal personality, limitation period, loan agreement, mandate, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Montserrado County, non-governmental organization, performance of contract, pre-financing claim, privity of contract, proof of performance, public finance, rebuttal evidence, remand, Republic of China (Taiwan), self-serving evidence, Service of Process, sovereign obligations, Standing, statute of frauds, Statute of Limitations, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, third-party beneficiary, unenforceable contract, witness credibility, written contract requirement | youth-for-development-productivity-yodap-v-the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2026 | 2026-opinions absence-of-contract acknowledgment-of-debt action-of-debt affirmance-of-lower-court appellate-review best-evidence-rule bilateral-agreement burden-of-proof civil-law commercial-court commercial-law contract-law corporate-capacity corporate-entity debt-recovery defective-writ-of-summons denial-of-claim dismissal-of-action documentary-evidence domestic-debt-validation evidentiary-insufficiency failure-of-proof failure-to-prove-claim financing-arrangement fraud-allegation government-liability government-of-liberia jurisdiction lack-of-consideration legal-personality limitation-period loan-agreement mandate ministry-of-finance-and-development-planning montserrado-county non-governmental-organization performance-of-contract pre-financing-claim privity-of-contract proof-of-performance public-finance rebuttal-evidence remand republic-of-china-taiwan self-serving-evidence service-of-process sovereign-obligations standing statute-of-frauds statute-of-limitations sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia third-party-beneficiary unenforceable-contract witness-credibility written-contract-requirement |