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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 | |
| Abi Rached v Gemayel et al LRSC 25; 17 LLR 14 (1965) | 1965, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 1965 Opinions, Chambers Justice, civil law, constructive service, equity procedure, Estoppel, Jurisdiction, Lease Cancellation, Montserrado County, Service by Publication, sublease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | 1965-opinions chambers-justice civil-law constructive-service equity-procedure estoppel jurisdiction lease-cancellation montserrado-county service-by-publication sublease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error | 1965-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-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 | |
| Adai et al v Jackson et al LRSC 7; 2 LLR 171 (1914) | 1914, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Civil Procedure, clerk of court, completion of appeal, damages, dismissal of appeal, Jurisdiction, mandatory procedure, ministerial officer, Motion to dismiss appeal, notice of appeal, service of notice, Sheriff, Sinoe County, statutory compliance, violation of contract | adai-et-al-v-jackson-et-al-lrsc-7-2-llr-171-1914 | appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure clerk-of-court completion-of-appeal damages dismissal-of-appeal jurisdiction mandatory-procedure ministerial-officer motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-appeal service-of-notice sheriff sinoe-county statutory-compliance violation-of-contract | 1914-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-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 | |
| APM Terminals Ltd. v TRH Trading Corporation and Fresh Frozen Food (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinion, apm terminals liberia, Commercial Court, concession agreement, contractual authority, declaratory judgment, freeport of monrovia, fresh frozen food, health and safety standards, Ministry of Commerce, Property Rights, reefer containers, regulatory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, tariff guide, trh trading corporation, unauthorized plugging | apm-terminals-ltd-v-trh-trading-corporation-and-fresh-frozen-food-2025 | 2025-opinion apm-terminals-liberia commercial-court concession-agreement contractual-authority declaratory-judgment freeport-of-monrovia fresh-frozen-food health-and-safety-standards ministry-of-commerce property-rights reefer-containers regulatory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia tariff-guide trh-trading-corporation unauthorized-plugging | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Armstrong v Citadel Mining Services & Construction Liberia Ltd. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, automatic renewal clause, Bomi County, Citadel Mining Services & Construction Liberia Ltd, clause three demobilization, contractual obligation, debt by attachment, Debt Court, equipment possession, equipment rental agreement, Hans Armstrong, lis pendens, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, remand for trial, Res Judicata, Supreme Court of Liberia, Western Cluster Iron Ore Mining Company | armstrong-v-citadel-mining-services-construction-liberia-ltd-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review automatic-renewal-clause bomi-county citadel-mining-services-construction-liberia-ltd clause-three-demobilization contractual-obligation debt-by-attachment debt-court equipment-possession equipment-rental-agreement hans-armstrong lis-pendens montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss remand-for-trial res-judicata supreme-court-of-liberia western-cluster-iron-ore-mining-company | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bauchau v USA et al LRSC 7; 40 LLR 58 (2000) | 2000, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, International Law (Case), Property Law | 2000 Opinions, arbitration clause, Article 66, case dismissed without prejudice, constitutional interpretation, diplomatic immunity, Jurisdiction, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Montserrado County, original jurisdiction, political question doctrine, sanctity of contract, sovereign immunity, Supreme Court of Liberia, tripartite lease agreement, UNCITRAL, United States Embassy, Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, waiver of immunity | bauchau-v-usa-et-al-lrsc-7-40-llr-58-2000 | 2000-opinions arbitration-clause article-66 case-dismissed-without-prejudice constitutional-interpretation diplomatic-immunity jurisdiction ministry-of-foreign-affairs montserrado-county original-jurisdiction political-question-doctrine sanctity-of-contract sovereign-immunity supreme-court-of-liberia tripartite-lease-agreement uncitral united-states-embassy vienna-convention-on-diplomatic-relations waiver-of-immunity | 2000-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases international-law-case property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bentley International Incorporation v RL LRSC 12 (2014) | 2014, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Concession Law, Contract Law, Natural Resource Law (Case Law), Property Law | 2014 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 10.7, Civil Procedure Law Section 41.7, compliance with mandate, concession agreement, contractual interpretation, declaratory judgment, Default Judgment, Due Process, Equitable Relief, ex parte proceeding, executive approval, Executive Law Section 33.2(a), expiration of concession, exploration license, Force Majeure, Freedom Gold Limited, Government of Liberia, Hummingbird Resources (Liberia) Inc., intervenor, judicial authority to rescind, Jurisdiction, legislative ratification, mandamus, mandate of Supreme Court, mineral development agreement, Mines and Energy, mining concession, Mining Law, ministerial authority, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Lands, Motion for Relief from Judgment, motion to rescind ruling, natural resources law, nunc pro tunc appeal, petition for writ of mandamus, Property Rights, renewal of concession, repossession, separation of powers, Service of Process, Statutory interpretation, stay of execution, Supreme Court of Liberia, term of court, writ of possession | bentley-international-incorporation-v-rl-lrsc-12-2014 | 2014-opinions administrative-law appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-10-7 civil-procedure-law-section-41-7 compliance-with-mandate concession-agreement contractual-interpretation declaratory-judgment default-judgment due-process equitable-relief ex-parte-proceeding executive-approval executive-law-section-33-2a expiration-of-concession exploration-license force-majeure freedom-gold-limited government-of-liberia hummingbird-resources-liberia-inc intervenor judicial-authority-to-rescind jurisdiction legislative-ratification mandamus mandate-of-supreme-court mineral-development-agreement mines-and-energy mining-concession mining-law ministerial-authority ministry-of-finance ministry-of-justice ministry-of-lands motion-for-relief-from-judgment motion-to-rescind-ruling natural-resources-law nunc-pro-tunc-appeal petition-for-writ-of-mandamus property-rights renewal-of-concession repossession separation-of-powers service-of-process statutory-interpretation stay-of-execution supreme-court-of-liberia term-of-court writ-of-possession | 2014-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases concession-law-supreme-court contract-law-cases natural-resource-law-case-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Beyan et al. v King Peter’s Orphanage LRSC 45 (2013) | Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Decisions by Index, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2013 Opinions, agency and fiduciary duty, Appeal, appointment of deputizing counsel, bench trial, burden of proof, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, Default Judgment, Equitable Relief, excusable neglect, immediate rendition of judgment, land sale contract, master–agent relationship, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, notice of assignment, Paynesville, preponderance of the evidence, Real Property, receipt as contract, right to appeal, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia, unjust enrichment | beyan-et-al-v-king-peters-orphanage-lrsc-45-2013 | 2013-opinions agency-and-fiduciary-duty appeal appointment-of-deputizing-counsel bench-trial burden-of-proof civil-law civil-procedure-law default-judgment equitable-relief excusable-neglect immediate-rendition-of-judgment land-sale-contract master-agent-relationship modification-of-judgment montserrado-county notice-of-assignment paynesville preponderance-of-the-evidence real-property receipt-as-contract right-to-appeal specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia unjust-enrichment | agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases decisions-by-index evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2026-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases concession-law-supreme-court constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law tax-law supreme-court | |
| Bong Mining Company v. Kortuguwor LRSC 37; 29 LLR 363 (1981) | 1981, Contract Law, Labor Law | 1981 Opinions, Board of General Appeals, Civil Law Court, Compensation, contract interpretation, employment contract, Judicial Review, justifiable cause, Labour Law, Labour Practices Law, material breach, Montserrado County, reinstatement, Supreme Court of Liberia, Wrongful Dismissal | bong-mining-company-v-kortuguwor-lrsc-37-29-llr-363-1981 | 1981-opinions board-of-general-appeals civil-law-court compensation contract-interpretation employment-contract judicial-review justifiable-cause labour-law labour-practices-law material-breach montserrado-county reinstatement supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-dismissal | 1981-1 contract-law-cases labor-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 | |
| Chebli V. Benson et al (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinion, Appellate Review, Breach of Lease, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, Contractual Obligations, Default, Equitable Relief, Evidence, Force Majeure, Judicial Notice, Jury Trial, Lease Cancellation, Liberia Supreme Court, Real Property, Rental Arrears, Substantive Justice, Waiver, War Period | chebli-v-benson-et-al-2016 | 2016-opinion appellate-review breach-of-lease civil-procedure contract-law contractual-obligations default equitable-relief evidence force-majeure judicial-notice jury-trial lease-cancellation liberia-supreme-court real-property rental-arrears substantive-justice waiver war-period | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) v The Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, action of ejectment, Archibald F. Bernard, Bill of information, Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), consolidation denied, Danielle P. Tucker Bernard Estate, Ebrima Varney Dempster, frivolous filing sanction, Intestate Estate of Martha Stubblefield Bernard, Janga Kowo, Justice Jamessetta Howard Wolokollie, landlord–tenant relationship, Mandate Enforcement, Nathaniel McGill, privity (lessee–lessor), purchase negotiation, Rental Arrears, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenant estoppel, Testate Estate of William Thomas Bernard Sr., writ of possession | congress-for-democratic-change-cdc-v-the-intestate-estate-of-martha-stubblefield-bernard-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-ejectment archibald-f-bernard bill-of-information congress-for-democratic-change-cdc consolidation-denied danielle-p-tucker-bernard-estate ebrima-varney-dempster frivolous-filing-sanction intestate-estate-of-martha-stubblefield-bernard janga-kowo justice-jamessetta-howard-wolokollie landlord-tenant-relationship mandate-enforcement nathaniel-mcgill privity-lessee-lessor purchase-negotiation rental-arrears supreme-court-of-liberia tenant-estoppel testate-estate-of-william-thomas-bernard-sr writ-of-possession | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Consolidated Group, Inc. v. SATCON Communication Services et al (2025) | 2025, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Intellectual Property Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Agency Authority, beIN Sports, Broadcasting, Commercial Law, Content Rights, damages, DStv, English Premier League, Injunction, intellectual property, La Liga, Liberia Supreme Court, Liberia Telecommunication Authority, MultiChoice, Piracy, Representative Agreement, Standing to Sue, SuperSport, Telecommunications | consolidated-group inc-v-satcon-communication-services-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions agency-authority bein-sports broadcasting commercial-law content-rights damages dstv english-premier-league injunction intellectual-property la-liga liberia-supreme-court liberia-telecommunication-authority multichoice piracy representative-agreement standing-to-sue supersport telecommunications | 2025-1 commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law intellectual-property-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Douyeya Business Center v. Milochewsky, Jr. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, Civil Procedure, Commercial Dispute, Contract Law, damages, Debt Court, Jurisdiction, Sales Transaction, Supreme Court of Liberia | douyeya-business-center-v-milochewsky jr-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt civil-procedure commercial-dispute contract-law damages debt-court jurisdiction sales-transaction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Eco Fuel VS. Srimex Oil & Gas (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, abuse of discretion, appellate procedure, Chambers Justice, Civil Law Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, contractual rights, declaratory judgment, indemnity bond, lease agreement, Monrovia, Montserrado County, petroleum storage facility, preliminary injunction, stay of enforcement, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order, writ of mandamus | eco-fuel-vs-srimex-oil-gas-2019 | 2019-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure chambers-justice civil-law-court concurrent-jurisdiction contractual-rights declaratory-judgment indemnity-bond lease-agreement monrovia montserrado-county petroleum-storage-facility preliminary-injunction stay-of-enforcement supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order writ-of-mandamus | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases 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 | |
| Fadallah v. Gibson (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Ethics, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of judicial discretion, Appellate Review, Bill of information, burden of proof, cancellation of lease, civil law, co-administratrix, Due Process, Estate Administration, Evidence, factual determination, fraud allegation, hearing of law issues, Intestate Estate, judicial misconduct, Jurisdiction, lease agreement, Letters of Administration, mismanagement of estate, Monthly and Probate Court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, Probate Law, procedural irregularities, remand not warranted, Reversible Error, standard of proof, subject matter jurisdiction, summons and service, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension of judge, Void Judgment | fadallah-v-gibson-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-judicial-discretion appellate-review bill-of-information burden-of-proof cancellation-of-lease civil-law co-administratrix due-process estate-administration evidence factual-determination fraud-allegation hearing-of-law-issues intestate-estate judicial-misconduct jurisdiction lease-agreement letters-of-administration mismanagement-of-estate monthly-and-probate-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss probate-law procedural-irregularities remand-not-warranted reversible-error standard-of-proof subject-matter-jurisdiction summons-and-service supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-of-judge void-judgment | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fahnma Shopping Complex v. J. Fallah Business Center (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation with modification, Appellate Review, appellate standard of review, Bill of Exceptions, bill of lading, breach of duty, business interruption, civil law, Civil Law Court, commercial tenancy, contributory conduct, court closure, criminal vs civil action, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, Duty of Care, economic loss, emotional distress, Estoppel, evidentiary burden, general damages, insufficiency of evidence, inventory evidence, Judicial Notice, Jury Verdict, landlord-tenant dispute, leakage liability, lease agreement, liability for premises condition, lis pendens, Magisterial Court proceedings, memorandum of understanding, mitigation of damages, mitigation principle, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to Dismiss, National Judicial Conference, Negligence, preponderance of evidence, Procedural Compliance, proof of damages, property damage, settlement agreement, special damages, speculative damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenant responsibility, timeliness of appeal, tolling of time, West Point Magisterial Court | fahnma-shopping-complex-v-j-fallah-business-center-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-with-modification appellate-review appellate-standard-of-review bill-of-exceptions bill-of-lading breach-of-duty business-interruption civil-law civil-law-court commercial-tenancy contributory-conduct court-closure criminal-vs-civil-action damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence duty-of-care economic-loss emotional-distress estoppel evidentiary-burden general-damages insufficiency-of-evidence inventory-evidence judicial-notice jury-verdict landlord-tenant-dispute leakage-liability lease-agreement liability-for-premises-condition lis-pendens magisterial-court-proceedings memorandum-of-understanding mitigation-of-damages mitigation-principle modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss national-judicial-conference negligence preponderance-of-evidence procedural-compliance proof-of-damages property-damage settlement-agreement special-damages speculative-damages supreme-court-of-liberia tenant-responsibility timeliness-of-appeal tolling-of-time west-point-magisterial-court | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law maritime-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fedrick Kromah v Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Labor Law | 2023 Opinions, administrative review, Atmaca Services Liberia Inc., Bea Mountain Mining Company, burden of proof, CBA, Civil Procedure Law Rev. Code 1:25.5, collective bargaining agreement, continuity of employment, Contractual Obligations, corporate acquisition, Decent Work Act of 2015, employee discipline, employee rights, employer rights, Employment Law, enforcement of labor standards, evidentiary admissibility, go-slow action, Grand Cape Mount County, grave misconduct, hearing officer, illegal strike, investigative committee report, Judicial Review, Labor Law, ministerial authority, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Labor investigation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, MonuRent Liberia Limited, National Labor Court, negative averment, overpayment recovery, overtime compensation, payment in lieu of reinstatement, prohibited grounds of termination, reinstatement, Republic of Liberia, Rule 5 National Labor Court Rules, section 14.3 Decent Work Act, section 16.5(d) Decent Work Act, section 41.2 Decent Work Act, self-serving evidence, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination procedure, Unfair Labor Practice, unpaid wages, wage deduction, Wrongful Dismissal | fedrick-kromah-v-bea-mountain-mining-corporation-bmmc-2023 | 2023-opinions administrative-review atmaca-services-liberia-inc bea-mountain-mining-company burden-of-proof cba civil-procedure-law-rev-code-125-5 collective-bargaining-agreement continuity-of-employment contractual-obligations corporate-acquisition decent-work-act-of-2015 employee-discipline employee-rights employer-rights employment-law enforcement-of-labor-standards evidentiary-admissibility go-slow-action grand-cape-mount-county grave-misconduct hearing-officer illegal-strike investigative-committee-report judicial-review labor-law ministerial-authority ministry-of-labor ministry-of-labor-investigation monrovia montserrado-county monurent-liberia-limited national-labor-court negative-averment overpayment-recovery overtime-compensation payment-in-lieu-of-reinstatement prohibited-grounds-of-termination reinstatement republic-of-liberia rule-5-national-labor-court-rules section-14-3-decent-work-act section-16-5d-decent-work-act section-41-2-decent-work-act self-serving-evidence summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia termination-procedure unfair-labor-practice unpaid-wages wage-deduction wrongful-dismissal | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Firestone Liberia Inc. v MARDCO LRSC 16 (2016) | 2016, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting proceedings, agency relationship, ambiguity in contract, award of punitive damages, breach of contract, burden of proof, business losses, civil law, Commercial Law, construction against drafter, Contract Law, contractual interpretation, corporate liability, corporate officer misconduct, corporate transactions, damages for breach of contract, deterrence principle, Estoppel, failure to prove general damages, fiduciary breach, financial mismanagement, Firestone v Kollie, general damages, good faith and fair dealing, improper payment, insufficiency of evidence, Intrusco Corp v Ossely, Konn, LoneStar v Wright, memorandum of understanding, modification of damages, notice and noncompliance, payment dispute, pleading and proof of special damages, preponderance of evidence, proof of damages, punitive damages, separate causes of action, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, third-party liability, unjust enrichment, willful breach | firestone-liberia-inc-v-mardco-lrsc-16-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-proceedings agency-relationship ambiguity-in-contract award-of-punitive-damages breach-of-contract burden-of-proof business-losses civil-law commercial-law construction-against-drafter contract-law contractual-interpretation corporate-liability corporate-officer-misconduct corporate-transactions damages-for-breach-of-contract deterrence-principle estoppel failure-to-prove-general-damages fiduciary-breach financial-mismanagement firestone-v-kollie general-damages good-faith-and-fair-dealing improper-payment insufficiency-of-evidence intrusco-corp-v-ossely konn lonestar-v-wright memorandum-of-understanding modification-of-damages notice-and-noncompliance payment-dispute pleading-and-proof-of-special-damages preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-damages punitive-damages separate-causes-of-action special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia third-party-liability unjust-enrichment willful-breach | 2016-1 commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law 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 | |
| His Honor Dickerson et. al. v Her Honor Natt et. al. LRSC 17 (2016) | Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law | 2016 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Administrative Law, administrative proceedings, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, breach of contract, burden of proof, Civil Law Court, commencement of employment, compensation award, constructive dismissal, contract of employment, Contractual Obligations, credibility of witnesses, curriculum vitae verification, damages, denial of opportunity to work, Due Process, employee rights, employer obligations, employment contract interpretation, Employment Law, entitlement to salary, evidentiary issues, fact-finding authority, findings of fact, good faith in contracts, hearing officer, hearsay evidence, Judicial Review, jurisdiction of labour authorities, Labour Law, Labour Practices Law, Liberia employment jurisprudence., limitation on damages, Ministry of Labour, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, National Labour Court, non-payment of wages, preponderance of evidence, probationary employment, probationary period, reinstatement, remedies for wrongful dismissal, reversal of administrative decision, right to fair hearing, salary and compensation, scope of judicial review, Section 1508, Statutory interpretation, summary dismissal, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of employment, twenty-four months salary, Unfair Labour Practice, unjust enrichment, Wrongful Dismissal | his-honor-dickerson-et-al-v-her-honor-natt-et-al-lrsc-17-2016 | 2016-opinions abuse-of-discretion administrative-law administrative-proceedings admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review breach-of-contract burden-of-proof civil-law-court commencement-of-employment compensation-award constructive-dismissal contract-of-employment contractual-obligations credibility-of-witnesses curriculum-vitae-verification damages denial-of-opportunity-to-work due-process employee-rights employer-obligations employment-contract-interpretation employment-law entitlement-to-salary evidentiary-issues fact-finding-authority findings-of-fact good-faith-in-contracts hearing-officer hearsay-evidence judicial-review jurisdiction-of-labour-authorities labour-law labour-practices-law liberia-employment-jurisprudence limitation-on-damages ministry-of-labour misrepresentation montserrado-county national-labour-court non-payment-of-wages preponderance-of-evidence probationary-employment probationary-period reinstatement remedies-for-wrongful-dismissal reversal-of-administrative-decision right-to-fair-hearing salary-and-compensation scope-of-judicial-review section-1508 statutory-interpretation summary-dismissal supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-employment twenty-four-months-salary unfair-labour-practice unjust-enrichment wrongful-dismissal | constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| His Honour Worjlor et al. v Save the Children UK (Liberia) LRSC 44 (2015) | 2015, Administrative Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Labor Law | 2015 Opinions, Administrative Law, Appellate Review, back pay, bank signatory mandate, Bong County, corporate governance, deference to administrative agency, dismissal for cause, Due Process, employee termination benefits, employer policies and procedures, Employment Law, failure to follow instructions, Fiduciary Duty, financial misconduct, gross breach of duty, indefinite employment contract, insubordination, internal investigation, Judicial Review, Labour Law, Labour Practices Law, memorandum of understanding, Ministry of Labour, misuse of funds, National Labour Court, Negligence, reinstatement, reversal of hearing officer, Save the Children-UK (Liberia), Section 1508, serious breach of duty, standard of review, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized transaction, wages due, Wrongful Dismissal | his-honour-worjlor-et-al-v-save-the-children-uk-liberia-lrsc-44-2015 | 2015-opinions administrative-law appellate-review back-pay bank-signatory-mandate bong-county corporate-governance deference-to-administrative-agency dismissal-for-cause due-process employee-termination-benefits employer-policies-and-procedures employment-law failure-to-follow-instructions fiduciary-duty financial-misconduct gross-breach-of-duty indefinite-employment-contract insubordination internal-investigation judicial-review labour-law labour-practices-law memorandum-of-understanding ministry-of-labour misuse-of-funds national-labour-court negligence reinstatement reversal-of-hearing-officer save-the-children-uk-liberia section-1508 serious-breach-of-duty standard-of-review supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-transaction wages-due wrongful-dismissal | 2015-1 administrative-law contract-law-cases corporate-law-case labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hon. Atty. Garrison Doldeh Yealue Jr. et al vs. The Executive Branch of Government of the Republic of Liberia. (2024) | 2024, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Executive Law, Governance Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrative Law, constitutional law, constitutional supremacy, contractual rights, Due Process, enforcement of precedent, executive overreach, governance, Governance Commission, Judicial Review, legislative authority, Liberia Telecommunications Authority, National Identification Registry, National Lottery Authority, petition granted, presidential appointment power, revocation of nomination, Rule of Law, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenure protection, tenured officials, Writ of Prohibition | hon-atty-garrison-doldeh-yealue-jr-et-al-vs-the-executive-branch-of-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrative-law constitutional-law constitutional-supremacy contractual-rights due-process enforcement-of-precedent executive-overreach governance governance-commission judicial-review legislative-authority liberia-telecommunications-authority national-identification-registry national-lottery-authority petition-granted presidential-appointment-power revocation-of-nomination rule-of-law separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia tenure-protection tenured-officials writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court governance-law-cases supreme-court | |
| In re JIC Report on Judge Scheaplor R. Dunbar (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Article 73, Due Process, Judge Scheaplor Dunbar, judicial discipline, Judicial Immunity, Judicial Inquiry Commission, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-jic-report-on-judge-scheaplor-r-dunbar-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal article-73 due-process judge-scheaplor-dunbar judicial-discipline judicial-immunity judicial-inquiry-commission specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Shad Kaydea v Trawally (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, annual rent, Appellate Review, arrears in rent, Article 25 Constitution of Liberia, assignment of lease, breach by lessee, Breach of Lease, cancellation of lease, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Section 1.2.2, clear and unambiguous contract, commercial lease, Contract Enforcement, contractual interpretation, contractual remedies, Debt Action, Debt Court for Montserrado County, debt court judgment, developed property, dismissal reversed, Equitable Relief, equity and contracts, error in form of action, eviction, form of relief, investment in leased property, Judicial Notice, landlord and tenant, lease agreement, lease default, lease enforcement, legal remedy, lessee default, lessor and lessee, lessor rights, material breach, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for summary judgment, Motion to Dismiss, no refund for improvements, nonpayment of rent, OAC compound, ouster, percentage of sublease rent, petition for cancellation of lease, possession of real property, proper remedy, recovery of possession, remand with instructions, rental differential, rental obligation, repossession, sanctity of contract, special proceedings, sublease, subletting, summary judgment, summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia | intestate-estate-of-shad-kaydea-v-trawally-2023 | 2023-opinions annual-rent appellate-review arrears-in-rent article-25-constitution-of-liberia assignment-of-lease breach-by-lessee breach-of-lease cancellation-of-lease civil-law civil-procedure-law-section-1-2-2 clear-and-unambiguous-contract commercial-lease contract-enforcement contractual-interpretation contractual-remedies debt-action debt-court-for-montserrado-county debt-court-judgment developed-property dismissal-reversed equitable-relief equity-and-contracts error-in-form-of-action eviction form-of-relief investment-in-leased-property judicial-notice landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement lease-default lease-enforcement legal-remedy lessee-default lessor-and-lessee lessor-rights material-breach monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-summary-judgment motion-to-dismiss no-refund-for-improvements nonpayment-of-rent oac-compound ouster percentage-of-sublease-rent petition-for-cancellation-of-lease possession-of-real-property proper-remedy recovery-of-possession remand-with-instructions rental-differential rental-obligation repossession sanctity-of-contract special-proceedings sublease subletting summary-judgment summary-proceeding-to-recover-possession-of-real-property summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intrusco Corp. v Firetex Inc. LRSC 10; 32 LLR 11 (1984) | 1984, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law | 1984 Opinions, accord and satisfaction, appearance equals service, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, contract for services, Costs, Debt Action, Evidence, inconsistency in pleadings, investigative services, judgment affirmed, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, personal jurisdiction, release and estoppel, service of summons, successful counsel’s fee, Supreme Court of Liberia, venue, verification of pleadings | intrusco-corp-v-firetex-inc-lrsc-10-32-llr-11-1984 | 1984-opinions accord-and-satisfaction appearance-equals-service bill-of-exceptions civil-law contract-for-services costs debt-action evidence inconsistency-in-pleadings investigative-services judgment-affirmed montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss personal-jurisdiction release-and-estoppel service-of-summons successful-counsels-fee supreme-court-of-liberia venue verification-of-pleadings | 1984-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| K & H Construction Company v The Realty Trust of the Late Dennis LRSC 9 (2016) | Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting for rent, ambiguity in judgment, appellate reversal, Appellate Review, Article 65 Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, Breach of Lease, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 51.2, commercial lease, computation of lease period, contempt of court, Contract Law, costs against appellee, declaratory judgment, delay in enforcement, disobedience of mandate, dispossession, enforcement of contracts, enforcement of mandate, equitable computation of time, Equitable Relief, estate property management, evidentiary record, exclusive authority of Supreme Court, execution of judgment, extension of lease, finality of Supreme Court judgment, illegal re-entry, interpretation of contracts, interpretation of Supreme Court opinion, investigation by trial court, judicial overreach, Judiciary Law Liberia, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, K & H Construction Company, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, mandate compliance, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple appeals, non-payment of rent, optional lease period, penalty for wrongful possession, petition for declaratory judgment, re-entry and repossession, Real Property, Realty Trust, remand to lower court, renewal clause, rental income sharing, restoration of leasehold rights, sanctions against counsel, Sixth Judicial Circuit, subordinate court jurisdiction, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of lease, trust estate, trustee authority, unlawful collection of rent, usurpation of authority, William E. Dennis Estate | k-h-construction-company-v-the-realty-trust-of-the-late-dennis-lrsc-9-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-for-rent ambiguity-in-judgment appellate-reversal appellate-review article-65-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information breach-of-lease civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-51-2 commercial-lease computation-of-lease-period contempt-of-court contract-law costs-against-appellee declaratory-judgment delay-in-enforcement disobedience-of-mandate dispossession enforcement-of-contracts enforcement-of-mandate equitable-computation-of-time equitable-relief estate-property-management evidentiary-record exclusive-authority-of-supreme-court execution-of-judgment extension-of-lease finality-of-supreme-court-judgment illegal-re-entry interpretation-of-contracts interpretation-of-supreme-court-opinion investigation-by-trial-court judicial-overreach judiciary-law-liberia jurisdiction-of-supreme-court k-h-construction-company landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest mandate-compliance monrovia montserrado-county multiple-appeals non-payment-of-rent optional-lease-period penalty-for-wrongful-possession petition-for-declaratory-judgment re-entry-and-repossession real-property realty-trust remand-to-lower-court renewal-clause rental-income-sharing restoration-of-leasehold-rights sanctions-against-counsel sixth-judicial-circuit subordinate-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-lease trust-estate trustee-authority unlawful-collection-of-rent usurpation-of-authority william-e-dennis-estate | civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| K & H Construction Company v The Realty Trust of the late William E. Dennis, Sr LRSC 13 (2016) (Dissenting Opinion) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Dissenting Opinions, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, absence of returns, ancillary issues, appellate disagreement, Appellate Review, Article 65 Constitution of Liberia, Bill of information, calculation of certain period, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, commencement of optional period, commercial lease, compliance with mandate, computation of lease period, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Contract Law, declaratory judgment, disagreement with majority, Dissenting Opinion, distinction between possession and contractual rights, enforcement of mandate, equitable considerations, estate property management, evidentiary insufficiency, execution of judgment, factual uncertainty, Houssenini v Jawhary, interpretation of contracts, interpretation vs enforcement of judgment, Jawhary v Ja’neh, judicial dissent, judicial reasoning, Judiciary Law Liberia, jurisdiction of lower court, jurisdiction of Supreme Court, K & H Construction Company, Kamara v Kindii, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, legal reasoning critique, loss of jurisdiction upon remand, minority opinion, Monrovia, Montserrado County, multiple appeals, Nyumah v Kontoe, optional lease period, petition for declaratory judgment, precedent analysis, proper remedy, Real Property, Realty Trust, renewal clause, rental income sharing, scope of declaratory judgment, Sixth Judicial Circuit, standard of review, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court mandate, Supreme Court of Liberia, trust estate, trustee authority, William E. Dennis Estate | k-h-construction-company-v-the-realty-trust-of-the-late-william-e-dennis-sr-lrsc-13-2016-dissenting-opinion | 2016-opinions absence-of-returns ancillary-issues appellate-disagreement appellate-review article-65-constitution-of-liberia bill-of-information calculation-of-certain-period civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law commencement-of-optional-period commercial-lease compliance-with-mandate computation-of-lease-period concurrent-jurisdiction contract-law declaratory-judgment disagreement-with-majority dissenting-opinion distinction-between-possession-and-contractual-rights enforcement-of-mandate equitable-considerations estate-property-management evidentiary-insufficiency execution-of-judgment factual-uncertainty houssenini-v-jawhary interpretation-of-contracts interpretation-vs-enforcement-of-judgment jawhary-v-janeh judicial-dissent judicial-reasoning judiciary-law-liberia jurisdiction-of-lower-court jurisdiction-of-supreme-court k-h-construction-company kamara-v-kindii landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest legal-reasoning-critique loss-of-jurisdiction-upon-remand minority-opinion monrovia montserrado-county multiple-appeals nyumah-v-kontoe optional-lease-period petition-for-declaratory-judgment precedent-analysis proper-remedy real-property realty-trust renewal-clause rental-income-sharing scope-of-declaratory-judgment sixth-judicial-circuit standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-mandate supreme-court-of-liberia trust-estate trustee-authority william-e-dennis-estate | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases dissenting-opinions property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamand v Jun (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2023, 2023 Opinions, abuse of process, action of debt by attachment, Appeal, April 19, Attorney Discipline, Certiorari, civil law, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, Commercial Code, Commercial Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, continuance, Debt Court, default judgment application, dilatory tactics, disputed signature, doctrine of recency, fines, fraud allegation, judgment during trial, jurisdictional threshold, loan agreement, mandamus to resume jurisdiction, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to refuse jurisdiction, New Judiciary Law, petition for writ of certiorari, plain meaning rule, promissory note, sanctions, Statutory interpretation, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | kamand-v-jun-2023 | 2023 2023-opinions abuse-of-process action-of-debt-by-attachment appeal april-19 attorney-discipline certiorari civil-law code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics commercial-code commercial-court concurrent-jurisdiction continuance debt-court default-judgment-application dilatory-tactics disputed-signature doctrine-of-recency fines fraud-allegation judgment-during-trial jurisdictional-threshold loan-agreement mandamus-to-resume-jurisdiction mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-refuse-jurisdiction new-judiciary-law petition-for-writ-of-certiorari plain-meaning-rule promissory-note sanctions statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics 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 | |
| Keita v. Keita LRSC 23 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 13th Judicial Circuit, 2016 Opinions, action for specific performance, adequacy of consideration, admission as evidence, alleged breach, Appellate Review, breach of contract, burden of proof, change of venue, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Section 16.5, Civil Procedure Law Section 9.8(3), clean hands doctrine, clerk’s certificate nullity, collateral for loan, Conflict of Interest, contract interpretation, Contract Law, Contractual Obligations, documentary evidence, enforcement of contract, Equitable Relief, equity jurisdiction, Estoppel, evidentiary insufficiency, failure of proof, fraudulent conveyance, illiteracy and consent, intent of parties, Intestate Estate, judicial ethics, Judicial Recusal, Lakpazee, landlord–tenant relationship, lease agreement, leasehold interest, Letters of Administration, mandate to lower court, Margibi County, memorandum of understanding, misrepresentation, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage transaction, multiple trials, non-interference clause, parol evidence rule, pleadings in special proceedings, preponderance of evidence, promissory note, quiet enjoyment, Real Property, rental income, reply not required, Restitution, reversal on appeal, Sinkor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Specific Performance, Substitution of Parties, Supreme Court of Liberia, testimonial evidence, title to land, transfer of title, trial procedure, Undue Influence, unjust enrichment, validity of deed, waiver of objection, warranty deed | keita-v-keita-lrsc-23-2016 | 13th-judicial-circuit 2016-opinions action-for-specific-performance adequacy-of-consideration admission-as-evidence alleged-breach appellate-review breach-of-contract burden-of-proof change-of-venue civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-section-16-5 civil-procedure-law-section-9-83 clean-hands-doctrine clerks-certificate-nullity collateral-for-loan conflict-of-interest contract-interpretation contract-law contractual-obligations documentary-evidence enforcement-of-contract equitable-relief equity-jurisdiction estoppel evidentiary-insufficiency failure-of-proof fraudulent-conveyance illiteracy-and-consent intent-of-parties intestate-estate judicial-ethics judicial-recusal lakpazee landlord-tenant-relationship lease-agreement leasehold-interest letters-of-administration mandate-to-lower-court margibi-county memorandum-of-understanding misrepresentation monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-transaction multiple-trials non-interference-clause parol-evidence-rule pleadings-in-special-proceedings preponderance-of-evidence promissory-note quiet-enjoyment real-property rental-income reply-not-required restitution reversal-on-appeal sinkor sixth-judicial-circuit specific-performance substitution-of-parties supreme-court-of-liberia testimonial-evidence title-to-land transfer-of-title trial-procedure undue-influence unjust-enrichment validity-of-deed waiver-of-objection warranty-deed | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Knowlden v The Heirs of Cooper (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Adverse Possession, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, bona fide purchaser, buyer beware, Carey Street, caveat, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, eviction, executor’s deed, honorable purchase, illegal occupancy, interpretation of wills, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease, life estate, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage claim, motion for new trial, probate, property ownership, Randall Street, Real Property, remainder interest, remaindermen, rent collection, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenants, testamentary intent, title deed, warranty deed, weight of evidence, will and testament, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | knowlden-v-the-heirs-of-cooper-2025 | 2025-opinions adverse-possession affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bona-fide-purchaser buyer-beware carey-street caveat civil-law-court ejectment eviction executors-deed honorable-purchase illegal-occupancy interpretation-of-wills jury-verdict land-dispute lease life-estate mandate monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-claim motion-for-new-trial probate property-ownership randall-street real-property remainder-interest remaindermen rent-collection statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia tenants testamentary-intent title-deed warranty-deed weight-of-evidence will-and-testament writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2026-1 contract-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Konneh v The Intestate of Morris Massaquoi (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | attorney’s fees, breach of contract, Civil Law Court, Jury Verdict, lease, Real Property, special damages, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful withholding | konneh-v-the-intestate-of-morris-massaquoi-2025 | attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-law-court jury-verdict lease real-property special-damages statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kpoto v The Intestate Estate of the late Joseph V. Gaye, Sr. (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Insurance Law | 2025 Opinions, administrative regulation, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, CBL Insurance Directive No. CBL/ID/DIR/001/2025, Central Bank of Liberia, certificate of assets, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, costs to abide final determination, docketing of appeal, enforcement of contract, Insurance Act of 2013, insurance bond, jurisdictional steps to appeal, mandate, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, perfection of appeal, retroactive application, Section 51.4, Specific Performance, statutory compliance, substantial compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety, validity of bond | kpoto-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-joseph-v-gaye | 2025-opinions administrative-regulation appeal-bond appellate-review cbl-insurance-directive-no-cbl-id-dir-001-2025 central-bank-of-liberia certificate-of-assets civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law contract-law costs-to-abide-final-determination docketing-of-appeal enforcement-of-contract insurance-act-of-2013 insurance-bond jurisdictional-steps-to-appeal mandate montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal perfection-of-appeal retroactive-application section-51-4 specific-performance statutory-compliance substantial-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia surety validity-of-bond | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Lamin et al v SCF (UK) LRSC 10; 40 LLR 96 (2000) | 2000, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Labor Law | 2000 Opinions, Appellate Review, breach of employment contract, Civil Law Court, damages for breach of contract, employment termination without notice, exclusive jurisdiction, INA Decree No. 21, judgment affirmed, labour dispute, Labour Law, Labour Practices Law, Ministry of Labour, Montserrado County, original jurisdiction, statutory courts, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful termination | lamin-et-al-v-scf-uk-lrsc-10-40-llr-96-2000 | 2000-opinions appellate-review breach-of-employment-contract civil-law-court damages-for-breach-of-contract employment-termination-without-notice exclusive-jurisdiction ina-decree-no-21 judgment-affirmed labour-dispute labour-law labour-practices-law ministry-of-labour montserrado-county original-jurisdiction statutory-courts subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-termination | 2000-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberia Material Ltd v His Honor Gbeneweleh et al. LRSC 12 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, attachment of documents, breach of contract, cancellation of lease, civil law, Civil Procedure, Contract Law, costs adjudged, Due Process, harmless error, judicial discretion, Judicial Notice, land lease, law issues versus facts, lease agreement, mandate, Monrovia, motion practice, Motion to Dismiss, notice of withdrawal, payment of costs, pleadings, province of the jury, reply pleadings, resumption of jurisdiction, Substantive Justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, technicalities, trial by jury, voluntary discontinuance | liberia-material-ltd-v-his-honor-gbeneweleh-et-al-lrsc-12-2015 | 2015-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-procedure appellate-review attachment-of-documents breach-of-contract cancellation-of-lease civil-law civil-procedure contract-law costs-adjudged due-process harmless-error judicial-discretion judicial-notice land-lease law-issues-versus-facts lease-agreement mandate monrovia motion-practice motion-to-dismiss notice-of-withdrawal payment-of-costs pleadings province-of-the-jury reply-pleadings resumption-of-jurisdiction substantive-justice supreme-court-of-liberia technicalities trial-by-jury voluntary-discontinuance | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Lloyd’s Insurance v Trading Co. LRSC 5; 24 LLR 70 (1975) | 1975, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law | 1975 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, damages, indemnity, insurable interest, insurance law, interpretation of insurance contract, liability, marine insurance, subrogation, Supreme Court of Liberia | lloyds-insurance-v-trading-co-lrsc-5-24-llr-70-1975 | 1975-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-law commercial-law contract-law damages indemnity insurable-interest insurance-law interpretation-of-insurance-contract liability marine-insurance subrogation supreme-court-of-liberia | 1975-1 commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law maritime-law supreme-court | |
| Manhattan Trading Corp. V. World Bank LRSC 26 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | Appeal bond, appeal bond requirement (CPL 51.8), declaratory judgment, exception to surety (CPL 63.5), FDA v. FDA Workers Union, indemnification, insurance company surety (ICA), Intercon Security Systems v. Philips, jurisdiction divestiture (trial court), Justice Wolokollie, Kerpai v. Kpene, lease dispute, Liberia civil procedure, Manhattan Trading Corporation v. World Bank, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, procedural waiver, regulatory certification of surety, sufficiency of surety, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thompson v. George, unpaid rent, waiver and laches | manhattan-trading-corp-v-world-bank-lrsc-26-2016 | appeal-bond appeal-bond-requirement-cpl-51-8 declaratory-judgment exception-to-surety-cpl-63-5 fda-v-fda-workers-union indemnification insurance-company-surety-ica intercon-security-systems-v-philips jurisdiction-divestiture-trial-court justice-wolokollie kerpai-v-kpene lease-dispute liberia-civil-procedure manhattan-trading-corporation-v-world-bank motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc procedural-waiver regulatory-certification-of-surety sufficiency-of-surety summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia thompson-v-george unpaid-rent waiver-and-laches | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-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 | |
| Modern Development & Management Corporation (MDMC) v Government of the Republic of Liberia (2025) (Bill of Information) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Bill of information, Chambers Justice, compliance with mandate, concession agreement, contempt of court, driver’s license, enforcement of court orders, enforcement pending appeal, Judicial Notice, Liberia Traffic Management Incorporated, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Transport, Modern Development & Management Corporation, Montserrado County, privy parties, prohibition appeal, public-private partnership, stay order, Supreme Court of Liberia, vehicle registration, Writ of Prohibition | modern-development-management-corporation-mdmc-v-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions bill-of-information chambers-justice compliance-with-mandate concession-agreement contempt-of-court drivers-license enforcement-of-court-orders enforcement-pending-appeal judicial-notice liberia-traffic-management-incorporated ministry-of-justice ministry-of-transport modern-development-management-corporation montserrado-county privy-parties prohibition-appeal public-private-partnership stay-order supreme-court-of-liberia vehicle-registration writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mutual Benefit Assurance Company (MBAC) v. Bea Mountains Mining Corporation (BMMC) (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of process, action of debt, affirmation, affirmation of lower court, appeal process, Appellate Review, Arbitration Award, arbitration proceedings, Article IV, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, bill of costs, Bill of Exceptions, breach of contract, Chambers Justice ruling, Civil Procedure, Commercial Code Section 7.54, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, Commercial Law, completion of appeal, construction contract, contractual liability, corrective remedy, Debt Action, denial of writ, enforcement of arbitral award, enforcement of award as judgment, Enforcement of Judgment, escrow account deposit, escrow requirement, foreign arbitral award, guarantee bond, indemnity obligation, interlocutory vs final judgment, International Construction Engineering (ICE), Jurisdiction, jurisdictional challenge, London arbitration, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mutual Benefit Assurance Company, perfection of appeal, performance bond, petition for prohibition, pretrial conference, preventive remedy, privity of contract, prohibition not substitute for appeal, remedial writs, statutory compliance, stay of enforcement, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error allegations, Writ of Prohibition | mutual-benefit-assurance-company-mbac-v-bea-mountains-mining-corporation-bmmc-2023 | 2023-opinions abuse-of-process action-of-debt affirmation affirmation-of-lower-court appeal-process appellate-review arbitration-award arbitration-proceedings article-iv bea-mountain-mining-corporation bill-of-costs bill-of-exceptions breach-of-contract chambers-justice-ruling civil-procedure commercial-code-section-7-54 commercial-court commercial-court-act commercial-law completion-of-appeal construction-contract contractual-liability corrective-remedy debt-action denial-of-writ enforcement-of-arbitral-award enforcement-of-award-as-judgment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account-deposit escrow-requirement foreign-arbitral-award guarantee-bond indemnity-obligation interlocutory-vs-final-judgment international-construction-engineering-ice jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge london-arbitration mandate monrovia montserrado-county mutual-benefit-assurance-company perfection-of-appeal performance-bond petition-for-prohibition pretrial-conference preventive-remedy privity-of-contract prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal remedial-writs statutory-compliance stay-of-enforcement summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error-allegations writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mutual Benefit Assurance Company v Bea Mountains Corporation (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, advance payment guarantee, Appeal, appeal process, Arbitration Award, arbitration clause, Aureus Mining Inc., Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, Bill of information, Chambers Justice ruling, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, contempt of court, Escrow Account, indemnity bond, International Construction & Engineering (Liberia) Inc., irregularity in execution, Jurisdiction, Mandate Enforcement, Montserrado County, Mutual Benefit Assurance Company, performance bond, Prohibition, Supreme Court of Liberia | mutual-benefit-assurance-company-vs-bea-mountains-corporation-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt advance-payment-guarantee appeal appeal-process arbitration-award arbitration-clause aureus-mining-inc bea-mountain-mining-corporation bill-of-information chambers-justice-ruling commercial-court commercial-court-act contempt-of-court escrow-account indemnity-bond international-construction-engineering-liberia-inc irregularity-in-execution jurisdiction mandate-enforcement montserrado-county mutual-benefit-assurance-company performance-bond prohibition supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC) v The Intestate Estate of Macdonald A. Wento (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | arbitration, Civil Law Court, contract sanctity, corporate shares, declaratory judgment, Jurisdiction, Liberian Constitution, London Court of International Arbitration, share purchase agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia | natural-resources-development-corporation-nrdc-v-the-intestate-estate-of-macdonald-a-wento-2025 | arbitration civil-law-court contract-sanctity corporate-shares declaratory-judgment jurisdiction liberian-constitution london-court-of-international-arbitration share-purchase-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Novomatic Gaming Industry GmbH v. Palm Spring Gaming Company (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action to recover chattel, Appellate Review, arbitration clause, arbitration enforceability, Article 25 Constitution of Liberia, breach of contract, Chicri Brothers v. Isuzu Motors, Civil Law Court, contractual waiver, corporate authorization, enforcement of contract, foreign governing law, gaming machines, international chamber of commerce arbitration, international commercial arbitration, judgment affirmed, Jurisdiction, lease agreement, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, obligation of contracts, power of attorney, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, Vienna Austria | novomatic-gaming-industry-gmbh-v-palm-spring-gaming-company-2025 | 2025-opinions action-to-recover-chattel appellate-review arbitration-clause arbitration-enforceability article-25-constitution-of-liberia breach-of-contract chicri-brothers-v-isuzu-motors civil-law-court contractual-waiver corporate-authorization enforcement-of-contract foreign-governing-law gaming-machines international-chamber-of-commerce-arbitration international-commercial-arbitration judgment-affirmed jurisdiction lease-agreement montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss obligation-of-contracts power-of-attorney standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia vienna-austria | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Patrick Vision Inc. v Arcelor Mittal Liberia (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration clause, civil law, contracts, Damages for Wrong, destruction of property, international chamber of commerce arbitration, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, reversal and remand, sanctity of contracts, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of contract, tortious conduct, wrongful seizure of property | patrick-vision-inc-v-arcelor-mittal-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal appellate-review arbitration arbitration-clause civil-law contracts damages-for-wrong destruction-of-property international-chamber-of-commerce-arbitration jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss reversal-and-remand sanctity-of-contracts supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-contract tortious-conduct wrongful-seizure-of-property | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Payne v. Mckenzie LRSC 1; 1 LLR 36 (1866) | 1866, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 1866 Opinions, agency liability, Appeal bond, Appeal Procedure, assessment of damages, breach of contract, Contract Law, Court of Quarter Sessions, damages, Default Judgment, early Liberian jurisprudence., failure to answer, foreign principal, imperfect judgment, Montserrado County, principal and agent, Procedural Default, remand, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia | payne-v-mckenzie-lrsc-1-1-llr-36-1866 | 1866-opinions agency-liability appeal-bond appeal-procedure assessment-of-damages breach-of-contract contract-law court-of-quarter-sessions damages default-judgment early-liberian-jurisprudence failure-to-answer foreign-principal imperfect-judgment montserrado-county principal-and-agent procedural-default remand reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1866-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Pratt v. Milton (2017) | 2017, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, administratrix cum testamento annexo, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Capacity to Sue, civil law, Civil Law Court, damages, Ejectment, enforcement of judgments, Estate Administration, eviction, expiration of lease, Judicial Notice, landlord and tenant, lease agreement, Letters of Administration, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, option to renew lease, Probate Law, Property Law, Real Property, restitution of possession, scope of appellate review, Statutory interpretation, sua sponte error, summary proceedings to recover real property, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, uncertainty of contract, wrongful withholding | pratt-v-milton-2017 | 2017-opinions administratrix-cum-testamento-annexo appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions capacity-to-sue civil-law civil-law-court damages ejectment enforcement-of-judgments estate-administration eviction expiration-of-lease judicial-notice landlord-and-tenant lease-agreement letters-of-administration monrovia-city-court montserrado-county option-to-renew-lease probate-law property-law real-property restitution-of-possession scope-of-appellate-review statutory-interpretation sua-sponte-error summary-proceedings-to-recover-real-property supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate uncertainty-of-contract wrongful-withholding | 2017-1 contract-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-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 | |
| Quality Construction Group v. His Honor Othello Payman et al (2025) (Petition for re argument) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Judiciary Law | 2025 Opinions, Act Creating the Commercial Court, Appellate Review, breach of contract, business contract, Commercial Court of Liberia, debt recovery, Final Judgment, jurisdiction by averment, Petition for re-argument, Procedural Law, Prohibition, remedial writ, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | quality-construction-group-v-his-honor-othello-payman-et-al-2025-petition-for-re-argument | 2025-opinions act-creating-the-commercial-court appellate-review breach-of-contract business-contract commercial-court-of-liberia debt-recovery final-judgment jurisdiction-by-averment petition-for-re-argument procedural-law prohibition remedial-writ subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v. Blackwell Group SA (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Alternative Remedy, arbitration, Civil Law Court, Contract Enforcement, Court-approved Stipulation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Passport Contract, Specific Performance, Supreme Court of Liberia | republic-of-liberia-v-blackwell-group-sa-2025 | 2025-opinions alternative-remedy arbitration civil-law-court contract-enforcement court-approved-stipulation ministry-of-foreign-affairs ministry-of-justice passport-contract specific-performance supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases contract-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 | |
| Sayon et al v. The 14th Episcopal District AME Church (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2017 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, civil law, Ejectment, Estoppel, eviction, fraudulent title claim, general damages, judgment during trial, Jury Trial, lease agreement, missionary property exception, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, property ownership, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy, title deed, trustee ownership, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | sayon-et-al-v-the-14th-episcopal-district-ame-church-2017 | 2017-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review civil-law ejectment estoppel eviction fraudulent-title-claim general-damages judgment-during-trial jury-trial lease-agreement missionary-property-exception montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial property-ownership sixth-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy title-deed trustee-ownership writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Central Bank of the Republic of Liberia (CBL) v Doe LRSC 2 (2015) | 2015, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law | 2015 Opinions, abandoned property, action of debt, appeal bond requirement, Appellate Review, Banking Law, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, Citibank Liberia, civil law, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, constitutional challenge, costs disallowed, Deposit Contract, depositor rights, dormant account, escrow pending appeal, Fiduciary Duty, fifteen-year rule, financial institutions law, general agent, Judicial Notice, liquidation plan, mandate, Meridian Bank Liberia Limited, Montserrado County, mootness, National Bank of Liberia, passbook evidence, paying agent agreement, preponderance of evidence, proof of payment, reversal of judgment, savings account, Statute of Limitations, statutory presumption of abandonment, Supreme Court of Liberia, trust account, unclaimed deposits, voluntary liquidation, winding up | cbl-v-doe-lrsc-2-2015 the-central-bank-of-the-republic-of-liberia-cbl-v-doe-lrsc-2-2015 | 2015-opinions abandoned-property action-of-debt appeal-bond-requirement appellate-review banking-law best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia citibank-liberia civil-law commercial-court commercial-law constitutional-challenge costs-disallowed deposit-contract depositor-rights dormant-account escrow-pending-appeal fiduciary-duty fifteen-year-rule financial-institutions-law general-agent judicial-notice liquidation-plan mandate meridian-bank-liberia-limited montserrado-county mootness national-bank-of-liberia passbook-evidence paying-agent-agreement preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-payment reversal-of-judgment savings-account statute-of-limitations statutory-presumption-of-abandonment supreme-court-of-liberia trust-account unclaimed-deposits voluntary-liquidation winding-up | 2015-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law 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 First United Methodist Church v Hage (2025) | 2025, Contract Law, Probate law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, authentication of document, bill in equity, board resolution, burden of proof, cancellation of instrument, cancellation of lease agreement, church property, circumstantial evidence, contradictions and inconsistencies, corporate authority, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Due Process, Ejectment, Equitable Relief, equity, forgery, fraud, fraud not presumed, fraudulent procurement, Grand Bassa County, Kakata, landlord and tenant, leasehold interest, mandate, Margibi County, Monrovia, Montserrado County, notarization, notice to vacate, possessory rights, preponderance of evidence, probate and registration, ratification, Rental Arrears, reversal of trial court, Second Judicial Circuit Court, signature fee, summary ejectment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Undue Influence, unlawful withholding | the-first-united-methodist-church-v-hage-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal appellate-review authentication-of-document bill-in-equity board-resolution burden-of-proof cancellation-of-instrument cancellation-of-lease-agreement church-property circumstantial-evidence contradictions-and-inconsistencies corporate-authority costs credibility-of-witnesses due-process ejectment equitable-relief equity forgery fraud fraud-not-presumed fraudulent-procurement grand-bassa-county kakata landlord-and-tenant leasehold-interest mandate margibi-county monrovia montserrado-county notarization notice-to-vacate possessory-rights preponderance-of-evidence probate-and-registration ratification rental-arrears reversal-of-trial-court second-judicial-circuit-court signature-fee summary-ejectment supreme-court-of-liberia undue-influence unlawful-withholding | 2025-1 contract-law-cases probate-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Government of the Republic of Liberia v Modern Development & Management Corporation (MDMC) 2025 | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Executive Law | 2025 Opinions, arbitration clause, civil law, concession agreement, Contract Termination, Due Process, extraordinary writs, government contracts, Jurisdiction, Liberia Revenue Authority, Liberia Traffic Management Incorporated, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Transport, Montserrado County, non-judicial bodies, PPP contracts, public procurement, Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, public-private partnership, sanctity of contracts, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-v-modern-development-management-corporation-mdmc-2025 | 2025-opinions arbitration-clause civil-law concession-agreement contract-termination due-process extraordinary-writs government-contracts jurisdiction liberia-revenue-authority liberia-traffic-management-incorporated ministry-of-finance-and-development-planning ministry-of-justice ministry-of-transport montserrado-county non-judicial-bodies ppp-contracts public-procurement public-procurement-and-concessions-commission public-private-partnership sanctity-of-contracts supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases executive-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of John N. Lewis v Kumba Bendu and Sons (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024, action of debt, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, commercial tenancy, competing judgments, Debt Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, interlocutory ruling, Judicial Review, lease agreement, Montserrado County, party of interest, petition for certiorari, prejudicial error, property ownership dispute, Rental Arrears, standing and capacity, sub-lease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to real property, writ of certiorari | the-intestate-estate-of-john-n-lewis-vs-kumba-bendu-and-sons-2024 | 2024 action-of-debt appeal appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure commercial-tenancy competing-judgments debt-court due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account interlocutory-ruling judicial-review lease-agreement montserrado-county party-of-interest petition-for-certiorari prejudicial-error property-ownership-dispute rental-arrears standing-and-capacity sub-lease supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-real-property writ-of-certiorari | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of John W. Gbedze Vs Mr. Aboubakar Diallo (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appellate procedure, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law, declaratory judgment, due diligence, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, notice of termination, Procedural Default, Statutory interpretation, sub-lease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenancy, transcription of records | the-intestate-estate-of-john-w-gbedze-vs-mr-aboubakar-diallo-2024 | 2024-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appellate-procedure civil-law-court civil-procedure-law declaratory-judgment due-diligence montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-termination procedural-default statutory-interpretation sub-lease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia tenancy transcription-of-records | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of the late Edmond Z. Dixon v Mezbau, Inc. et al. LRSC 18 (2016) | 2016, Contract Law, Property Law | 2016 Opinions, civil law, Civil Procedure, debt, Debt Court, Due Process, Evidence, garnishment, Intestate Estate, judgment enforcement, lease agreement, Mamba Point, Mezbau Inc., Montserrado County, pretrial conference, Rental Arrears, Sethi Brothers Inc., sublease, Supreme Court of Liberia | the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-edmond-z-dixon-v-mezbau-inc-et-al-lrsc-18-2016 | 2016-opinions civil-law civil-procedure debt debt-court due-process evidence garnishment intestate-estate judgment-enforcement lease-agreement mamba-point mezbau-inc montserrado-county pretrial-conference rental-arrears sethi-brothers-inc sublease supreme-court-of-liberia | 2016-1 contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Intestate of the late Shad Kaydea v The Turay Family LRSC 37 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 15-day service rule, agreement for reorganization and distribution, amendment of pleadings, Appellate Review, Associations Law, Bill of Exceptions, board approval, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, closed corporation, Corporate Law, corporate separateness, declaratory judgment, distribution of corporate assets, estoppel by contract, illegality of contract, interpretation of contract, joinder, jurisdiction over the person, law issues, misjoinder, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, necessary party, notice of assignment, real party in interest, receivables, reversal with modification, sale or disposition of substantially all assets, Section 10.6 Associations Law, service of summons, severability, shareholder liability, shareholder vote, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, unjust enrichment | the-intestate-of-the-late-shad-kaydea-v-the-turay-family-lrsc-37-2015 | 15-day-service-rule agreement-for-reorganization-and-distribution amendment-of-pleadings appellate-review associations-law bill-of-exceptions board-approval civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure closed-corporation corporate-law corporate-separateness declaratory-judgment distribution-of-corporate-assets estoppel-by-contract illegality-of-contract interpretation-of-contract joinder jurisdiction-over-the-person law-issues misjoinder montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss necessary-party notice-of-assignment real-party-in-interest receivables reversal-with-modification sale-or-disposition-of-substantially-all-assets section-10-6-associations-law service-of-summons severability shareholder-liability shareholder-vote sixth-judicial-circuit special-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia unjust-enrichment | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case 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 Lee Group Ent. Inc. Vs. His Honor J. Boima Kontoe et al (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Labor Law | 2019 Opinions, acting cashier duties, appellate procedure, Bong County, Contract Law, Debt Court, Decent Work Act (2015), employment benefits, Judicial Notice, Labor Commissioner, Labor Law, lack of jurisdiction, overtime compensation, Petition for Judicial Review, release and settlement, Salala District, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unfair Labor Practice | the-management-of-lee-group-ent-inc-vs-his-honor-j-boima-kontoe-et-al-2019 | 2019-opinions acting-cashier-duties appellate-procedure bong-county contract-law debt-court decent-work-act-2015 employment-benefits judicial-notice labor-commissioner labor-law lack-of-jurisdiction overtime-compensation petition-for-judicial-review release-and-settlement salala-district subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia unfair-labor-practice | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Management of Liberia Services Corp. v. Monrovia City Corporation (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 2016 Opinions, Appeal, cancellation of contract, Certificate of Withdrawal, civil law, contract dispute, costs and fees, docket stricken, Escrow Account, joint notice of withdrawal, Liberia Services Corporation, Monrovia, Monrovia City Corporation, Montserrado County, municipal governance, out-of-court settlement, release of escrow funds, service contract, settlement agreement, sheriff of the court, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary discontinuance, voluntary withdrawal | the-management-of-liberia-services-corp-v-monrovia-city-corporation-2017 | 2016-opinions appeal cancellation-of-contract certificate-of-withdrawal civil-law contract-dispute costs-and-fees docket-stricken escrow-account joint-notice-of-withdrawal liberia-services-corporation monrovia monrovia-city-corporation montserrado-county municipal-governance out-of-court-settlement release-of-escrow-funds service-contract settlement-agreement sheriff-of-the-court supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-discontinuance voluntary-withdrawal | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Toure v Ross et al. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Law Court, discretion to deny declaratory relief, Henry S. Soue, Intestate Estate of Robert T. Toe and Rebecca Toe, judgment affirmed with modification, Lavan S. Browne, lump-sum demand, Michael N. Toe, Monthly and Probate Court Montserrado, Morris V. Toure, Munah S. Toe Gibson, oral real estate agreement, ownership dispute, partial payment, petition for declaratory judgment, Philip T. Ross, Prince T. Toe Sr., probate court approval, Real Property, refund of purchase monies, right of first refusal, Robert N. Toe, Rudolph N. Horace, sale to third party, Sarah G. Soue, statute of frauds, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tony (Praise O. T. Lawal), unenforceable oral contract, unfinished building lease, Velma B. Ross, Wilmot W. Toe | toure-v-ross-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-law-court discretion-to-deny-declaratory-relief henry-s-soue intestate-estate-of-robert-t-toe-and-rebecca-toe judgment-affirmed-with-modification lavan-s-browne lump-sum-demand michael-n-toe monthly-and-probate-court-montserrado morris-v-toure munah-s-toe-gibson oral-real-estate-agreement ownership-dispute partial-payment petition-for-declaratory-judgment philip-t-ross prince-t-toe-sr probate-court-approval real-property refund-of-purchase-monies right-of-first-refusal robert-n-toe rudolph-n-horace sale-to-third-party sarah-g-soue statute-of-frauds supreme-court-of-liberia tony-praise-o-t-lawal unenforceable-oral-contract unfinished-building-lease velma-b-ross wilmot-w-toe | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Universal Printing Press, v. Blue Cross Insurance Company LRSC 43 (2015) | 2015, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Insurance Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts, Property Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, admission of documents, annexation of exhibits, Appeal, Appellate Review, authentication of documents, award of damages, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, cancellation of insurance policy, challenges for cause, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 22, Contract Law, Enforcement of Judgment, evidentiary rules, flood damage, general damages, indemnity, insurance law, insurance policy interpretation, judicial discretion, Judiciary Law Section 18.2, juror qualification, jury selection, jury service within preceding year, Jury Verdict, mandate, mitigation of damages, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, notice of cancellation, notice principle, peremptory challenges, pleading requirements, pollution of jury, preponderance of evidence, property damage, reversal of judgment, Reversible Error, special damages, specificity requirement, Supreme Court of Liberia, voir dire, waiver of challenge, weight of evidence | universal-printing-press v-blue-cross-insurance-company-lrsc-43-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion admission-of-documents annexation-of-exhibits appeal appellate-review authentication-of-documents award-of-damages bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof cancellation-of-insurance-policy challenges-for-cause civil-law civil-procedure-law-chapter-22 contract-law enforcement-of-judgment evidentiary-rules flood-damage general-damages indemnity insurance-law insurance-policy-interpretation judicial-discretion judiciary-law-section-18-2 juror-qualification jury-selection jury-service-within-preceding-year jury-verdict mandate mitigation-of-damages montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial notice-of-cancellation notice-principle peremptory-challenges pleading-requirements pollution-of-jury preponderance-of-evidence property-damage reversal-of-judgment reversible-error special-damages specificity-requirement supreme-court-of-liberia voir-dire waiver-of-challenge weight-of-evidence | 2015-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law insurance-law private-wrongs-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Urban Marketing Group, Inc. v. John Hilary Tubman (2025) (Re argument) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, arbitral tribunal, arbitration, Arbitration Award, binding arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, contractual dispute, contractual obligation, Due Process, enforcement of award, Estoppel, John Hilary Tubman, joint venture agreement, Montserrado County, motion to vacate arbitration award, notice of assignment, Petition for re-argument, re-argument denied, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IX, sanctity of contract, scope of authority, Section 64.11, Supreme Court of Liberia, Ultra Vires, Urban Marketing Group, Waiver | urban-marketing-group-inc-v-john-hilary-tubman-2025-re-argument | 2025-opinions arbitral-tribunal arbitration arbitration-award binding-arbitration civil-procedure-law contractual-dispute contractual-obligation due-process enforcement-of-award estoppel john-hilary-tubman joint-venture-agreement montserrado-county motion-to-vacate-arbitration-award notice-of-assignment petition-for-re-argument re-argument-denied revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-ix sanctity-of-contract scope-of-authority section-64-11 supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires urban-marketing-group waiver | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Urban Marketing, Inc. v. John Hilary Tubman (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2024 Opinions, arbitration, arbitration award confirmation, Article 25 Constitution, cancellation of agreement, Chapter 64 Civil Procedure Law, Civil Law Court, contract breach, Due Process, John Hilary Tubman, joint venture, Montserrado County, petition to compel arbitration, Real Property, sanctity of contract, Sinkor, Supreme Court of Liberia, Urban Marketing Inc. | inc-v-john-hilary-tubman-2024 urban-marketing | 2024-opinions arbitration arbitration-award-confirmation article-25-constitution cancellation-of-agreement chapter-64-civil-procedure-law civil-law-court contract-breach due-process john-hilary-tubman joint-venture montserrado-county petition-to-compel-arbitration real-property sanctity-of-contract sinkor supreme-court-of-liberia urban-marketing-inc | 2024-1 arbitration commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Vargas v Eid LRSC 25; 40 LLR 624 (2001) | 2001, Civil Procedure Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2001 Opinions, breach of contract, cancellation of sublease, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Default Judgment, harmless error, Jurisdiction, Jury Trial, Monrovia, Montserrado County, procedural defect, Real Property, Receivership, rent arrears, service of pleadings, statutory deadline, sublease agreement, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubman Boulevard | vargas-v-eid-lrsc-25-40-llr-624-2001 | 2001-opinions breach-of-contract cancellation-of-sublease civil-law-court civil-procedure default-judgment harmless-error jurisdiction jury-trial monrovia montserrado-county procedural-defect real-property receivership rent-arrears service-of-pleadings statutory-deadline sublease-agreement supreme-court-of-liberia tubman-boulevard | 2001-1 civil-procedure-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Vrex Remodeling Inc. v. LPRC (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Procurement Law | 2016 Opinion, Administrative Procedure Act, Agency error, Arbitrary and capricious, CARP, Conditional award, Docket advancement, Enforcement petition, Judicial Review, Liberia Supreme Court, LPRC, Lutech Engineering, Ministry of Justice, PPCC, Prequalification, Procurement law, Public safety, Record evidence, Technical requirements, Vrex Remodeling | vrex-remodeling-inc-v-lprc-2016 | 2016-opinion administrative-procedure-act agency-error arbitrary-and-capricious carp conditional-award docket-advancement enforcement-petition judicial-review liberia-supreme-court lprc lutech-engineering ministry-of-justice ppcc prequalification procurement-law public-safety record-evidence technical-requirements vrex-remodeling | 2016-1 administrative-law anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases procurement-law supreme-court | |
| Woiwor v Pol (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, Appellate Review, breach of contract, civil law, Commercial Dispute, conditional contract, contractual interpretation, debt by attachment, Debt Court, directed verdict, disputed facts, documentary evidence, financial investment agreement, interest and commission, loan agreement, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for judgment during trial, post-dated cheque, preponderance of evidence, Prima Facie Case, remand for full trial, reversal of trial court, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, unjust enrichment | woiwor-v-pol-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt appellate-review breach-of-contract civil-law commercial-dispute conditional-contract contractual-interpretation debt-by-attachment debt-court directed-verdict disputed-facts documentary-evidence financial-investment-agreement interest-and-commission loan-agreement mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-during-trial post-dated-cheque preponderance-of-evidence prima-facie-case remand-for-full-trial reversal-of-trial-court sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia unjust-enrichment | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| 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 | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Yuones et al vs. His Honor James E. Jones et al (2024) | 2024, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 2024 Opinions, action of debt, admissions, alter ego doctrine, assignment, attachment, bill of costs, Black’s Law Dictionary, Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, consideration, contract, corporate officer, corporate veil, Debt Court, Default Judgment, domestic corporation, Enforcement of Judgment, extraordinary writs, imperfect judgment, Jurisdiction, managing agent, mandate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as statutory agent, negotiable instrument, Personal Service, prohibition proceeding, registered agent, Resummons, Service by Publication, Service of Process, sole shareholder corporation, Supreme Court of Liberia, WACCO, Writ of Prohibition | joseph-yuones-and-wacco-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-judge-debt-and-houssini-2024 yuones-et-al-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-et-al-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-debt admissions alter-ego-doctrine assignment attachment bill-of-costs blacks-law-dictionary civil-procedure commercial-code consideration contract corporate-officer corporate-veil debt-court default-judgment domestic-corporation enforcement-of-judgment extraordinary-writs imperfect-judgment jurisdiction managing-agent mandate ministry-of-foreign-affairs-as-statutory-agent negotiable-instrument personal-service prohibition-proceeding registered-agent resummons service-by-publication service-of-process sole-shareholder-corporation supreme-court-of-liberia wacco writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court |