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Strategic Plan of the Liberian Judiciary – 2024-2028 0

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6 Feb, 2024

Strategic Plan of the Liberian Judiciary – 2024-2028

Our national efforts as Liberians continue to be dedicated to reconstructing our constitutional order, public institutions, and the operation of statutory laws, all of which had been destroyed by bitter years of violent conflict. The Liberian judiciary is equally dedicated to playing its part as witnessed in 2018 when the Supreme Court of Liberia was moved to guarantee that democratic elections for presidential office occurred peacefully and in compliance with the rule of law. Looking ahead, the Liberian Judiciary now recognizes that demand from Liberians for more efficient, effective, and improved judicial services can only be expected to increase and very likely at a rapid pace.

Judges Brainstorm on Judiciary & Democracy; Safeguard Democratic Values in the Legal System, Especial During and After Elections.” 0

press Release

2 Feb, 2024

Judges Brainstorm on Judiciary & Democracy; Safeguard Democratic Values in the Legal System, Especial During and After Elections.”

About one hundred and fifty (150) delegates from across Liberia consisting of Judges and Magistrates of the National Association of Trial Judges (NATJL) have converged in Monrovia at the grounds of the Temple of Justice, for a three-day National Trial Judges Conference from February 1-3, 2024, to brainstorm on issue of the Judiciary & Democracy; Safeguarding Democratic Values in the Legal System, Especially During and After Elections.
Judge Ousman F. Feika Resident Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, Grand Cape Mount County, currently presiding over the Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law

NATJL to Host Ten (10th) National Trial Judges Conference 0

press Release

30 Jan, 2024

NATJL to Host Ten (10th) National Trial Judges Conference

The National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia (NATJL) will convene its tenth (10th) National Trial Judges Conference from February 1-3, 2024 at the grounds of the Temple of Justice in Monrovia.
The conference will be held under the theme: “The Judiciary & Democracy; Safeguarding Democratic Values in the Legal System, Especial During and After Elections.”

Judge Ousman F. Feika of the Resident Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, Grand Cape Mount County, currently presiding over the Sixth Judicial Circuit Civil Law Court of Montserrado County as the Assigned Judge, and chairman of the conference planning committee, said the conference is a little different from previous years because this year’s conference will be conducted with a seminar.
Judge Feika said, three prominent justice actors will speak at the seminary. Former Chief Justice His Honor Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. is expected to speak on the first day of the conference on the topic: “Ethical Dilemmas

Madam Ruth Sawmadal vs. NEC and Mr. Steve Tequiah (01/17/2024) 0

2024 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

17 Jan, 2024

Madam Ruth Sawmadal vs. NEC and Mr. Steve Tequiah (01/17/2024)

This case came before this Court en banc for appellate review of the final ruling of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC), entered on December 23, 2023, dismissing the appellant’s appeal resulting from a complaint she filed before the Hearing Officer of NEC, praying for a total recount of votes cast from the Electoral District #2 of Rivercess County in the representative elections conducted on October 10, 2023 in Rivercess County, and affirmed the ruling of the Hearing Officer.
A review of the records in this case shows that twelve (12) candidates participated in the October 10, 2023 representative election in Electoral

Juah S. Dennis vs. NEC and Mr. Thomas Goswell II (01/17/2024) 0

2024 Opinions / Justice Kaba / Recent Decisions

17 Jan, 2024

Juah S. Dennis vs. NEC and Mr. Thomas Goswell II (01/17/2024)

On October 17, 2023, the appellant herein, the Unity Party by and through its Secretary General, Mr. Thomas A. Nimely of the Grand Bassa Chapter, along with its Electoral District #5 representative candidate, Juah Dennis, filed with the Election Magistrate of Grand Bassa County a complaint of elections’ irregularities. The complaint substantially alleged that while voters were in the queue to cast their ballots at Polling Precinct #: 09013, the Presiding Officer (PO) ordered the poll closed by 6:00 pm, which deprived voters of their rights to vote. Additionally, there were lots of discrepancies on the Representative Record of the Counts during the tallying process at Polling Precinct#s 09007 and 09009. The appellant therefore requested that a re-run be ordered at Polling Precinct #: 09013-Zondo Town Public School and a re-count at Polling Precinct #s: 09007-LIBINC Old Palava Hut and 09009-Behn Town Palava Hut, in Electoral District #5, Grand Bassa County. The complaint is here under quoted verbatim

Nimely J. Donyen vs. Sekou S. Kanneh (01/12/2024) 0

2024 Opinions / Justice Gbeisay / Recent Decisions

12 Jan, 2024

Nimely J. Donyen vs. Sekou S. Kanneh (01/12/2024)

This case comes before this Court en banc for appellate review from the final ruling of the Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC), entered on December 19, 2023, dismissing the appellant’s appeal, growing out of a complaint filed before the Hearing Officer of NEC, praying for a total recount of votes cast from the one hundred twenty-eight (128) polling places of the nineteen (19) voting precincts of Electoral District #2, Montserrado County, in the Presidential and Legislative Elections conducted in Montserrado County on October 10, 2023, and affirming the ruling of the Hearing Officer, Attorney S. Patterson Blamo.

William G. J. Juah, Administrator of the Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford of the City of Monrovia vs. JOJO/J. W. Lawrence, Attorney-in-Fact for Felix K. Lawrence, of the City of Monrovia 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Yuo / Recent Decisions

19 Dec, 2023

William G. J. Juah, Administrator of the Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford of the City of Monrovia vs. JOJO/J. W. Lawrence, Attorney-in-Fact for Felix K. Lawrence, of the City of Monrovia

This appeal emanates from a bill of information filed before the Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County, by Jojo/J.W. Lawrence, the Attorney-In-Fact of Felix K. Lawrence, the appellee herein.
The proceedings leading to the filing of the bill of information by the appellee shows that on January 6, 2017, the appellant herein, William G. J. Juah, obtained Letters of Administration from the Monthly & Probate Court for Montserrado County, to administer the Intestate Estate of his purported mother, Charlotte Crawford.

Subsequently on February 6, 2017, the appellant filed a Petition for Interference with the Intestate Estate of Charlotte Crawford against the appellee alleging inter alia therein, that he is one of two children of the late Charlotte Crawford and is the current administrator of the deceased Charlotte Crawford’s Intestate Estate; that he is the surviving next of kin of the decedent because she had two children out of her body, the appellant and his elder sister,

Mr. Wamah Jones Kuteh, Independent Representative Candidate District # 1, Bong County vs. The National Elections Commission (NEC) (12/19/2023) 0

2023 Opinions / Justice Yuo / Recent Decisions

19 Dec, 2023

Mr. Wamah Jones Kuteh, Independent Representative Candidate District # 1, Bong County vs. The National Elections Commission (NEC) (12/19/2023)

On October 10, 2023, the National Elections Commission (NEC), the 1st appellee herein, conducted Presidential and Legislative Elections at which Mr. Wamah Jones Kuteh, the appellant herein, contested in Electoral District No.1, Bong County as a representative. At the closing of the polls, the counting and tallying of votes casts in Electoral District No.1, Bong County, the 1st appellee announced Mr. Prince Koinah, the 2nd appellee herein, as the winner of the elections. In its public announcement on October 20, 2023, the 1st appellee stated that the 2nd appellee obtained 6,846 valid votes while the appellant on the other hand obtained 6,774 valid votes.
The certified records culminating into this appeal and transmitted to this Court reveal that the appellant filed three (3) complaints, the first and second on October 15 & 16 and the third on the 18th of October. The third complaint was withdrawn and an amended complaint filed on October 25, 2023.

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