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| A.D.C. Airlines v Sannoh LRSC 11; 38 LLR 615 (1998) | 1998, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1998 Opinions, accrual of cause of action, Appellate Review, Banking Law, breach of deposit contract, civil law, Commercial Law, conversion, correspondence, costs assessed, currency denomination, Damages for Wrong, deposit account, disposition of law issues, last transaction rule, Liberian dollar account, mandate, Montserrado County, mutual open and current account, notice, reciprocal demands, remand, retrial ordered, Reversal, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, time bar, United States dollar account, written demand, wrongful withholding | a-d-c-airlines-v-sannoh-lrsc-11-38-llr-615-1998 knuckles-v-tradevco | 1998-opinions accrual-of-cause-of-action appellate-review banking-law breach-of-deposit-contract civil-law commercial-law conversion correspondence costs-assessed currency-denomination damages-for-wrong deposit-account disposition-of-law-issues last-transaction-rule liberian-dollar-account mandate montserrado-county mutual-open-and-current-account notice reciprocal-demands remand retrial-ordered reversal sixth-judicial-circuit statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia time-bar united-states-dollar-account written-demand wrongful-withholding | 1998-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | |
| AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (AIC) v Morris et al (2005) | 2005, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 2005 Opinions, Abdullah Faraj, accountability, African International Corporation (AIC), Ali K. Ajami, Assigned Circuit Judge, Boye v. Nelson, chambers justice review, Civil Procedure, Commercial/Equity practice, corporate cause of action, Corporate Law, corporation as separate legal person, corporation must be named party, costs taxed, Deposit Contract, derivative action, Due Process, escrow order, Estate of John N. Lewis v. Metzger, extraordinary writ, failure to name corporation, fraud, indispensable party, interlocutory proceedings, Ismail K. Faraj, John N. Morris, judgment binds only parties, jurisdiction over parties, mandate, material defect, Montserrado County, motion to vacate or modify injunction, necessary party, no one bound without day in court, personal jurisdiction, preliminary injunction, proceeding by wrong rule, prohibition to restrain excess of jurisdiction, prohibition will lie, rents from corporate property, Service of Process, shareholders’ derivative suit, Sixth Judicial Circuit, summons requirements, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubman v. Murdoch, Writ of Prohibition, writ of summons | african-international-corporation-aic-v-morris-et-al-2005 aic-v-morris-et-al-2005 | 2005-opinions abdullah-faraj accountability african-international-corporation-aic ali-k-ajami assigned-circuit-judge boye-v-nelson chambers-justice-review civil-procedure commercial-equity-practice corporate-cause-of-action corporate-law corporation-as-separate-legal-person corporation-must-be-named-party costs-taxed deposit-contract derivative-action due-process escrow-order estate-of-john-n-lewis-v-metzger extraordinary-writ failure-to-name-corporation fraud indispensable-party interlocutory-proceedings ismail-k-faraj john-n-morris judgment-binds-only-parties jurisdiction-over-parties mandate material-defect montserrado-county motion-to-vacate-or-modify-injunction necessary-party no-one-bound-without-day-in-court personal-jurisdiction preliminary-injunction proceeding-by-wrong-rule prohibition-to-restrain-excess-of-jurisdiction prohibition-will-lie rents-from-corporate-property service-of-process shareholders-derivative-suit sixth-judicial-circuit summons-requirements supreme-court-of-liberia tubman-v-murdoch writ-of-prohibition writ-of-summons | 2005-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Afriland Bank Liberia Limited v The Management of Kailondo, Inc. (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, audit report, Banking Law, Commercial Law, counsel fees, court-appointed referee, Default, demand letter, Due Process, escrow deposit, Foreclosure of Mortgage, interest and penalties, loan restructuring, Montserrado County, mortgage deed, motion to rescind judgment, notice requirement, objection to referee report, overdraft facility, proper accounting, reversal and remand, scope of reference, secured transactions, Supreme Court of Liberia | afriland-bank-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-kailondo | 2025-opinions appellate-review audit-report banking-law commercial-law counsel-fees court-appointed-referee default demand-letter due-process escrow-deposit foreclosure-of-mortgage interest-and-penalties loan-restructuring montserrado-county mortgage-deed motion-to-rescind-judgment notice-requirement objection-to-referee-report overdraft-facility proper-accounting reversal-and-remand scope-of-reference secured-transactions supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| CBL v TRADEVCO et al. LRSC 44 (2014) | 2014, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 2014 Opinions, Appeal, Associations Law, Banking Law, board of governors approval, cancellation of agreement, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, corporate authority, dissolved corporation, financial institutions law, Jurisdiction, Liberian Trading and Development Bank (TRADEVCO), Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, promissory notes, Statute of Limitations, statute-barred action, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires act, unsecured loan, voluntary liquidation, winding up of corporation | cbl-v-tradevco-et-al-lrsc-44-2014 | 2014-opinions appeal associations-law banking-law board-of-governors-approval cancellation-of-agreement central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-procedure-law corporate-authority dissolved-corporation financial-institutions-law jurisdiction liberian-trading-and-development-bank-tradevco montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss promissory-notes statute-of-limitations statute-barred-action subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-act unsecured-loan voluntary-liquidation winding-up-of-corporation | 2014-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Davis v RL LRSC 27; 40 LLR 659 (2001) | 2001, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2001 Opinions, Appellate Review, bailee liability, banking fraud, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, change of venue, circumstantial evidence, corroboration of evidence, Criminal Assizes, criminal intent, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, deception, Fiduciary Duty, First Judicial Circuit, imprisonment, indictment, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, larceny, Montserrado County, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony | davis-v-rl-lrsc-27-40-llr-659-2001 | 2001-opinions appellate-review bailee-liability banking-fraud bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof change-of-venue circumstantial-evidence corroboration-of-evidence criminal-assizes criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure deception fiduciary-duty first-judicial-circuit imprisonment indictment judicial-discretion jury-verdict larceny montserrado-county proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony | 2001-1 banking-law criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ecobank Liberia Limited v The Management of Consolidated Group, Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2020 Opinions, action of debt, alternative writ quashed, Appeal, Banking Law, banking transaction, certiorari (interlocutory review), Chambers Justice ruling reversed, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 5.51 and 6.1, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, Consolidated Group, contracts (express or implied), corporate guarantee, costs to abide final determination, Debt Action, Debt Court, Default, Ecobank Liberia Limited, exhaustion of remedies, guaranty, Inc., Joinder of Parties, Jurisdiction, leasehold mortgage, loan facility, mandate to resume jurisdiction, medium term loan, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Necessary Parties, peremptory writ denied, permissive joinder, personal guarantee, petition for writ of certiorari, principal debtor and guarantor, Radacon Liberia Limited, restructuring of loan, set-off, Simeon Freeman, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized debit, writ practice | ecobank-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-consolidated-group-inc-2020 ecobank-v-consolidated-group-2020 | 2020-opinions action-of-debt alternative-writ-quashed appeal banking-law banking-transaction certiorari-interlocutory-review chambers-justice-ruling-reversed civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-5-51-and-6-1 commercial-court commercial-law consolidated-group contracts-express-or-implied corporate-guarantee costs-to-abide-final-determination debt-action debt-court default ecobank-liberia-limited exhaustion-of-remedies guaranty inc joinder-of-parties jurisdiction leasehold-mortgage loan-facility mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction medium-term-loan monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure necessary-parties peremptory-writ-denied permissive-joinder personal-guarantee petition-for-writ-of-certiorari principal-debtor-and-guarantor radacon-liberia-limited restructuring-of-loan set-off simeon-freeman supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-debit writ-practice | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ecobank v Kakata Holding Company et al LRSC 2 (2013) | 2013, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, bailor-bailee relationship, bank charges and fees, Banking Law, breach of contract, Commercial Law, Contract Law, damages, Ecobank Liberia Limited, Escrow Account, fiduciary obligations of banks, Kakata Holding Company, letter of credit, Margibi County, Ministry of Education contract, modification of judgment, Mutual Benefits Assurance Company, performance bond, setoff, special deposit, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, tripartite memorandum of understanding | ecobank-v-kakata-holding-company-et-al-lrsc-2-2013 | 2013-opinions appellate-review bailor-bailee-relationship bank-charges-and-fees banking-law breach-of-contract commercial-law contract-law damages ecobank-liberia-limited escrow-account fiduciary-obligations-of-banks kakata-holding-company letter-of-credit margibi-county ministry-of-education-contract modification-of-judgment mutual-benefits-assurance-company performance-bond setoff special-deposit summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia tripartite-memorandum-of-understanding | 2013-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Emojorho v RL (2003) | 2003, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2003 Opinions, Appellate Review, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, defrauding secured creditors, denial of charges, indictment, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Laches, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Restitution, sentencing, sequestration of jury, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial record, unimpeachable evidence, Waiver | emojorho-v-rl-2003 | 2003-opinions appellate-review credibility-of-witnesses criminal-assizes criminal-law defrauding-secured-creditors denial-of-charges indictment jury-tampering jury-verdict laches montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial restitution sentencing sequestration-of-jury sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia trial-record unimpeachable-evidence waiver | 2003-1 banking-law criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Farhat v. The Management of the Liberia Trading and Development Bank (TRADEVCO) (2016) | 2016, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, Appellate Review, bank records, Banking Law, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, civil war, Commercial Law, debt, Debt Court, documentary evidence, financial institutions, Judicial Notice, liquidation, Montserrado County, savings account, substantial justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncertified copies | farhat-v-the-management-of-the-liberia-trading-and-development-bank-tradevco-2016 | 2016-opinions appellate-review bank-records banking-law best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-war commercial-law debt debt-court documentary-evidence financial-institutions judicial-notice liquidation montserrado-county savings-account substantial-justice supreme-court-of-liberia uncertified-copies | 2016-1 banking-law commercial-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Fon v RL (2018) | 2018, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2018 Opinions, audit report, banking fraud, bench trial, best evidence rule, burden of proof, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, criminal solicitation, economic sabotage, financial institution, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, Nimba County, reversal and remand, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, UBA Liberia, United Bank of Africa | fon-v-republic-of-liberia-rl-2018 | 2018-opinions audit-report banking-fraud bench-trial best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law criminal-solicitation economic-sabotage financial-institution misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county nimba-county reversal-and-remand supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uba-liberia united-bank-of-africa | 2018-1 anti-corruption banking-law criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Griffiths v RL LRSC 77; 22 LLR 288 (1973) | 1973, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law | 1973 Opinions, abuse of criminal process, Appellate Review, bad checks, bank checks, business transactions, circumstantial evidence, Commercial Law, construction of statutes, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Debt Action, debt collection abuse, dishonored checks, double jeopardy, drawer of check, Evidence, felonious intent, fine, First Judicial Circuit, fraud, grand larceny, indictment, indictment sufficiency, insufficient funds, intent to defraud, International Trust Company of Liberia, larceny, Liberia Trading Corporation, lis pendens, Montserrado County, notice of dishonor, private prosecutor, remand, replevin, Restitution, retrial, self-incrimination, Statutory interpretation, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, ten-day notice, worthless checks, written notice | griffiths-v-rl-lrsc-77-22-llr-288-1973 | 1973-opinions abuse-of-criminal-process appellate-review bad-checks bank-checks business-transactions circumstantial-evidence commercial-law construction-of-statutes criminal-law criminal-procedure debt-action debt-collection-abuse dishonored-checks double-jeopardy drawer-of-check evidence felonious-intent fine first-judicial-circuit fraud grand-larceny indictment indictment-sufficiency insufficient-funds intent-to-defraud international-trust-company-of-liberia larceny liberia-trading-corporation lis-pendens montserrado-county notice-of-dishonor private-prosecutor remand replevin restitution retrial self-incrimination statutory-interpretation subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia ten-day-notice worthless-checks written-notice | 1973-1 banking-law commercial-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank v. Sirleaf (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, adverse inference, Appellate Review, Banking Law, best evidence rule, Bojelene Guest House Inc., breach of deposit contract, burden of proof, Charles E. Sirleaf, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, contributory negligence, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Deposit Contract, evidentiary standards, excessive damages, expert witness, failure to testify, forensic examination, forged signature, fraudulent withdrawals, general damages, GT Bank (Liberia) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited, handwriting analysis, Liberia National Police, mandate, mitigation of damages, Monrovia, Montserrado County, preponderance of evidence, punitive damages, qualification of expert, questioned documents, remand, reversal on appeal, SMS alert deactivation, special damages, subpoenaed witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia | guaranty-trust-gt-bank-v-sirleaf-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-inference appellate-review banking-law best-evidence-rule bojelene-guest-house-inc breach-of-deposit-contract burden-of-proof charles-e-sirleaf commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law contributory-negligence costs credibility-of-witnesses deposit-contract evidentiary-standards excessive-damages expert-witness failure-to-testify forensic-examination forged-signature fraudulent-withdrawals general-damages gt-bank-liberia-limited guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited handwriting-analysis liberia-national-police mandate mitigation-of-damages monrovia montserrado-county preponderance-of-evidence punitive-damages qualification-of-expert questioned-documents remand reversal-on-appeal sms-alert-deactivation special-damages subpoenaed-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Musa kamara v. Her Honor Eva Mappy Morgan (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, adverse claim, appellate procedure, Banking Law, Bill of information, cognizability, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, creditors remedies, debt recovery, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, enforcement proceedings, Estate Administration, execution of mandate, Failure to Perfect Appeal, fair hearing, finality of judgment, foreclosure sale, Holder v. Intestate Estate of Sarah King-Howard, improper execution, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, Intestate Estate of Musa M. Kamara, judicial auction, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Kpoto v. Kpoto, mandate of the Supreme Court, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to dismiss appeal, procedural irregularities, Property Rights, Rule IV Part 12 Supreme Court Rules, sheriff sale, special proceedings, Sr., Supreme Court of Liberia | intestate-estate-of-musa-kamara-v-her-honor-eva-mappy-morgan-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-claim appellate-procedure banking-law bill-of-information cognizability commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law creditors-remedies debt-recovery dismissal-of-appeal due-process enforcement-of-judgment enforcement-proceedings estate-administration execution-of-mandate failure-to-perfect-appeal fair-hearing finality-of-judgment foreclosure-sale holder-v-intestate-estate-of-sarah-king-howard improper-execution international-bank-liberia-limited intestate-estate-of-musa-m-kamara judicial-auction judicial-review jurisdiction kpoto-v-kpoto mandate-of-the-supreme-court monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss-appeal procedural-irregularities property-rights rule-iv-part-12-supreme-court-rules sheriff-sale special-proceedings sr supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases inheritance-law-cases judiciary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2026-1 anti-corruption banking-law criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara v International Bank Liberia Limited (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law, Supreme Court | Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, foreclosure, judicial error, Judicial Review, mandate compliance, mortgage, mortgage law, motion to rescind, procedural fairness, rescission of ruling, Supreme Court of Liberia, term time, unjust enrichment, writ of certiorari | kamara-v-international-bank-liberia-limited-2025 | appellate-review civil-law-court concurrent-jurisdiction foreclosure judicial-error judicial-review mandate-compliance mortgage mortgage-law motion-to-rescind procedural-fairness rescission-of-ruling supreme-court-of-liberia term-time unjust-enrichment writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kwaplah International (Liberia) v. The Management of Ecobank (Liberia) Limited (2022) | 2022, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2022 Opinions, Abenego Dahn, abuse of discretion, account statement, agency, alleged fraud, apparent authority, appeal denied, authority of corporate officer, Banking Law, banking practices and procedures, bench trial, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, check clearing, civil law, Civil Law Court, clearing house, clearing period, commensurate damages, commercial banking, competency of expert, corporate account, corporate personhood, costs taxed, CPL 26.2, criminal conviction and restitution, Damages for Wrong, dismissal without prejudice, documentary evidence, dropping of parties, due diligence, Ecobank Liberia Limited, expert witness, forged board resolution, general damages, Harrison Luo, judgment during trial, judicial discretion, Kwaplah International (Liberia), mandate, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, motion for summary judgment, Negligence, opening of corporate account, over-the-counter encashment, parent-subsidiary relationship, preponderance of the evidence, proof of affiliation, proof of injury, regulatory compliance, Restitution, separate legal entity, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, speculative damages, standard of care, standard operating procedures, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, tort, unjust enrichment | kwaplah-international-liberia-v-the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-2022 | 2022-opinions abenego-dahn abuse-of-discretion account-statement agency alleged-fraud apparent-authority appeal-denied authority-of-corporate-officer banking-law banking-practices-and-procedures bench-trial best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia check-clearing civil-law civil-law-court clearing-house clearing-period commensurate-damages commercial-banking competency-of-expert corporate-account corporate-personhood costs-taxed cpl-26-2 criminal-conviction-and-restitution damages-for-wrong dismissal-without-prejudice documentary-evidence dropping-of-parties due-diligence ecobank-liberia-limited expert-witness forged-board-resolution general-damages harrison-luo judgment-during-trial judicial-discretion kwaplah-international-liberia mandate misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county motion-for-summary-judgment negligence opening-of-corporate-account over-the-counter-encashment parent-subsidiary-relationship preponderance-of-the-evidence proof-of-affiliation proof-of-injury regulatory-compliance restitution separate-legal-entity sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages speculative-damages standard-of-care standard-operating-procedures supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property tort unjust-enrichment | 2022-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Meridian Bank BIAO et al.v. Cllr. Benedict F. Sannoh (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Attorney Retainer, Bank Seizure, Central Bank of Liberia, Contract Termination, Debt Action, Financial Institutions Act, Jurisdiction, Receivership, Rule 5 – Debt Court, Statutory Time Limit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void ab initio | selma-v-gorpudolo-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions attorney-retainer bank-seizure central-bank-of-liberia contract-termination debt-action financial-institutions-act jurisdiction receivership rule-5-debt-court statutory-time-limit supreme-court-of-liberia void-ab-initio | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Misoschewsk et al v. Afriland First Bank (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Afriland First Bank, Associations Law, Banking Law, Capacity to Sue, Certiorari, Civil Procedure, Corporate Law, Corporate Personality, Deposit Contract, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Standing | misoschewsk-et-al-v-afriland-first-bank-2025 | 2025-opinions afriland-first-bank associations-law banking-law capacity-to-sue certiorari civil-procedure corporate-law corporate-personality deposit-contract jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court standing | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Pioneer Construction Company v Her Honor Morgan et al. LRSC 41 (2015) | 2015, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law | 2015 Opinions, action of debt, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Article 20(b), Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, condition precedent to appeal, constitutional law, constitutionality of statute, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, judicial discretion, Judicial Review, Judiciary Law, legislative authority, loan agreement, mandamus denied, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage deed, payment of judgment, personal guarantee, petition for writ of mandamus, Pioneer Construction Company, prerogative writs, promissory note, restructured loan, right of appeal, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, stay of execution, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Title 17 | pioneer-construction-company-v-her-honor-morgan-et-al-lrsc-41-2015 | 2015-opinions action-of-debt appeal-bond appellate-procedure article-20b banking-law civil-procedure commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law condition-precedent-to-appeal constitutional-law constitutionality-of-statute enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account international-bank-liberia-limited judicial-discretion judicial-review judiciary-law legislative-authority loan-agreement mandamus-denied monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-deed payment-of-judgment personal-guarantee petition-for-writ-of-mandamus pioneer-construction-company prerogative-writs promissory-note restructured-loan right-of-appeal separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation stay-of-execution summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-17 | 2015-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Prince D. Jegbadai et al. v The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Procedure, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Foreclosure of Mortgage, Letters of Administration, Motion for Relief from Judgment, Probate Law, Procedural Law, Reasonable Time, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia | prince-d-jegbadai-et-al-vs-the-liberian-bank-for-development-investment-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-procedure concurrent-jurisdiction foreclosure-of-mortgage letters-of-administration motion-for-relief-from-judgment probate-law procedural-law reasonable-time standing supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Wright et al LRSC 37; 38 LLR 110 (1995) | 1985, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1995 Opinions, alteration of judgment, Appeal, Banking Law, Bare Denial, breach of deposit contract, civil law, Civil Procedure, court-appointed counsel, damages, denial of day in court, exceptions to judgment, Final Judgment, government intervention, intervention, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, motion to intervene, notice of assignment, police power, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | rl-v-wright-et-al-lrsc-37-38-llr-110-1995 | 1995-opinions alteration-of-judgment appeal banking-law bare-denial breach-of-deposit-contract civil-law civil-procedure court-appointed-counsel damages denial-of-day-in-court exceptions-to-judgment final-judgment government-intervention intervention ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-to-intervene notice-of-assignment police-power sixth-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error | 1985-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sherman et al v The Republic of Liberia (2017) | 2017, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 2017 Opinions, Appeal, attorney-client privilege, bank secrecy, banking records, bribery allegations, Central Bank of Liberia Act, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, corruption investigation, Criminal Assizes C, criminal investigation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure Law Sections 17.2 and 17.3, Due Process, Financial Institutions Act, Global Witness report, H. Varney G. Sherman, Inc., intervention, Jurisdiction, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), limits of privilege, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, motion to quash, pre-trial investigation, right to privacy, self-incrimination, Sherman and Sherman, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ practice | sherman-et-al-v-the-republic-of-liberia-2017 sherman-v-rl-2017 | 2017-opinions appeal attorney-client-privilege bank-secrecy banking-records bribery-allegations central-bank-of-liberia-act civil-procedure-law constitutional-law corruption-investigation criminal-assizes-c criminal-investigation criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-law-sections-17-2-and-17-3 due-process financial-institutions-act global-witness-report h-varney-g-sherman inc intervention jurisdiction liberia-anti-corruption-commission-lacc limits-of-privilege ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss motion-to-quash pre-trial-investigation right-to-privacy self-incrimination sherman-and-sherman subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia writ-practice | 2017-1 anti-corruption banking-law constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Stoner Liberia Inc. vs. Ecobank Liberia Limited (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2023 Opinions, action of debt, admission of indebtedness, Article III(4), Banking Law, Civil Procedure, collateral source of repayment, Commercial Court of Liberia Act, Commercial Law, costs taxed, damages award, debt by attachment, Ecobank Liberia Limited, Eva Mappy Morgan, extraordinary writ, guaranty/third-party responsibility, interlocutory ruling, Joinder of Parties, Judicial Notice, Jurisdiction, loan facility, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, moot by operation of law, mootness, motion to join indispensable party, no genuine issue of material fact, prior Supreme Court judgment, proceeding by wrong rules, prohibition as remedy, prohibition not substitute for appeal, prompt determination of commercial disputes, remand to court below, res judicata principles, review of interlocutory ruling, single judge ruling, Stoner Liberia Inc., sua sponte dismissal, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, three-judge panel, Total Liberia Inc., window for review, Writ of Prohibition | stoner-liberia-inc-vs-ecobank-liberia-limited-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-debt admission-of-indebtedness article-iii4 banking-law civil-procedure collateral-source-of-repayment commercial-court-of-liberia-act commercial-law costs-taxed damages-award debt-by-attachment ecobank-liberia-limited eva-mappy-morgan extraordinary-writ guaranty-third-party-responsibility interlocutory-ruling joinder-of-parties judicial-notice jurisdiction loan-facility mandate monrovia montserrado-county moot-by-operation-of-law mootness motion-to-join-indispensable-party no-genuine-issue-of-material-fact prior-supreme-court-judgment proceeding-by-wrong-rules prohibition-as-remedy prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal prompt-determination-of-commercial-disputes remand-to-court-below res-judicata-principles review-of-interlocutory-ruling single-judge-ruling stoner-liberia-inc sua-sponte-dismissal summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia three-judge-panel total-liberia-inc window-for-review writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Swen v RL et al LRSC 14; 40 LLR 138 (2000) | 2000, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2000 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, bank fraud, banking offenses, confession evidence, constitutional rights of accused, Criminal Law, imprisonment, Montserrado County, Restitution, sentencing discretion, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, voluntary confession | swen-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-14-40-llr-138-2000 | 2000-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review bank-fraud banking-offenses confession-evidence constitutional-rights-of-accused criminal-law imprisonment montserrado-county restitution sentencing-discretion supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property voluntary-confession | 2000-1 banking-law constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) Vs United Commodities Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Health Law, Insurance Law | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, banking and finance law, breach of contract, civil law, collateral management, Commercial Law, contractual interpretation, Costs, damaged goods, default on loan, Ebola outbreak, ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Escrow Account, field warehousing agreement, Force Majeure, foreclosure rights, impossibility of performance, insurance obligation, international finance, Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), loan agreement, mandate, Montserrado County, mortgage security, personal guarantees, petition for declaratory judgment, reversal of trial court judgment, risk of loss, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconditional liability, United Commodities Inc., unjust enrichment | the-ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid-vs-united-commodities-inc-2020 | 2020-opinions appellate-review banking-and-finance-law breach-of-contract civil-law collateral-management commercial-law contractual-interpretation costs damaged-goods default-on-loan ebola-outbreak ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid escrow-account field-warehousing-agreement force-majeure foreclosure-rights impossibility-of-performance insurance-obligation international-finance liberia-bank-for-development-and-investment-lbdi loan-agreement mandate montserrado-county mortgage-security personal-guarantees petition-for-declaratory-judgment reversal-of-trial-court-judgment risk-of-loss supreme-court-of-liberia unconditional-liability united-commodities-inc unjust-enrichment | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases health-law insurance-law supreme-court | |
| The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment v BMC Workers of Bong Mining Company (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2010 Settlement, Appeal, Attorney Ethics, Banker–Depositor Relationship, Bong Mining Company (BMC), Civil Law Court Montserrado, Client Consent, Damages for Wrong, Judgment Satisfaction (10-year), Judicial Notice, LBDI, Liberia Case Law 2025, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Ministry of Finance Circular 1-1983, Redundancy Payments, Settlement Release, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unmeritorious Suit, Writ of Prohibition | the-liberian-bank-for-development-investment-v-bmc-workers-of-bong-mining-company-2025 | 2010-settlement appeal attorney-ethics banker-depositor-relationship bong-mining-company-bmc civil-law-court-montserrado client-consent damages-for-wrong judgment-satisfaction-10-year judicial-notice lbdi liberia-case-law-2025 memorandum-of-understanding-mou ministry-of-finance-circular-1-1983 redundancy-payments settlement-release statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia unmeritorious-suit writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2026-1 administrative-law banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Ecobank Liberia Limited v. Embassy Suite Corporation (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 opinion, absence of board resolution, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, collateral VIP premises name change, Commercial Court debt by attachment and garnishment, damages without proof of injury, Ecobank Liberia Limited v Embassy Suite Corporation, joint and several loan obligation, lack of corporate existence at time of wrong, no transfer of assets or liabilities, ruling reversed, sole proprietorship vs corporation, Standing to Sue, successor liability not proven, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, ultra vires corporate act, verdict against weight of evidence | the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation-2023 | 2023-opinion absence-of-board-resolution action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal collateral-vip-premises-name-change commercial-court-debt-by-attachment-and-garnishment damages-without-proof-of-injury ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation joint-and-several-loan-obligation lack-of-corporate-existence-at-time-of-wrong no-transfer-of-assets-or-liabilities ruling-reversed sole-proprietorship-vs-corporation standing-to-sue successor-liability-not-proven supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law ultra-vires-corporate-act verdict-against-weight-of-evidence | 2023-1 banking-law commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court |