Author: Flomo Wolobah
STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF THE JUDICIARY FROM THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA SITTING IN ITS MARCH TERM. A. D. 2024
Today, the Supreme Court of Liberia expresses its disappointment and disapproval of the treatment meted out to the Judiciary Branch of Government by the other two Branches of Government; namely, the Executive and Legislative Branches in regards to the budget appropriation to this Branch.
It can be recalled that upon the passage of the 2024 fiscal budget, in which the Liberian Judiciary was appropriated an amount of US$17 million and a one-off contingency amount of US$3million, which total amount constitutes a meager
In Re Petitioner of Attorneys-at-Law for counsellorship (06/14/2024)
The New Judiciary Law, Section 17.6, states:
“Any attorney who has been actively engaged in the practice of law for five years may submit a petition to the Supreme Court showing his moral and professional qualifications for membership in the Bar of the Supreme Court and praying admission as a counsellor of that Court. The petition shall be supported by the affidavit of at least two practicing counsellors of the Supreme Court en banc in open court. If the Supreme Court accepts the petition, the Chief Justice shall appoint a committee of at least three counsellors of the Supreme Court
NOBLE OIL vs. ZAFEER PETROLEUM (06/14/2024)
Our esteemed colleague, Justice Wolokolie, presiding in Chambers during the March Term of Court, A.D. 2022 delivered a ruling denying a petition for a writ of prohibition out of which this appeal grows. The appellant has asked us, the Court en banc, to review and reverse the said ruling as it fails to conform to our laws in this jurisdiction
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