Chief Justice Addresses

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OPENING ADDRESS OF HER HONOR SIE-A-NYENE G. YUOH CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA OCTOBER TERM A.D. 2024 OCTOBER 14, 2024

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In the Spirit of the Constitution of Liberia and prescribed in the Judiciary Law, Rev. Code 17:2.5, which mandates that “the Supreme Court shall hold two terms annually, commencing on the Second Monday of October and on the Second Monday of March”, we have congregated once again within these sacred walls to commemorate the Official Opening Ceremony of the October Term A.D. 2024 of the Supreme Court, of the Republic of Liberia. My colleagues and I officially and warmly welcome you all to the performance of this legal tradition canonized not just by the Judiciary Law, but also by established Read more →

OPENING ADDRESS OF HER HONOR CHIEF JUSTICE, DELIVERED BY HER HONOR JAMESETTA HOWARD WOLOKOLIE

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Mr. Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives; Madam President Pro-Tempore & Members of the Senate; My Colleagues of the Supreme Court Bench; Formal Chief Justices & Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; The Minister of Justice & Attorney General, R.L. & Dean of the Supreme Court Bar; The Doyen & Members of the Diplomatic Corps; The President & Members of the National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia; Read more →

Judge Chineh Calls for Upholding Judicial Integrity as a Way of Rebranding the Judiciary

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Monrovia- The Assigned Circuit Judge of the First Judicial Circuit Criminal Court “B” at the Temple of Justice, His Honor Nelson B. Chineh has called on justice actors to uphold the integrity of the Judiciary as a way of rebranding the Judiciary branch of government. Judge Chineh delivering his charge at the opening of the November A.D. 2023 Term of Court, First Judicial Circuit, Montserrado County on Monday, November 13, 2023 asked how can we rebrand the image of the Judiciary without upholding the integrity of the Judiciary? Read more →

MADAM CHIEF JUSTICE YUOH’S OPENING ADDRESS FOR THE OCTOBER TERM, 2023

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Colleagues of the Bench The Dean, and Gentlemen/Women of the Supreme Court Bar Fellow Citizens Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: We will always give thanks to God, for He is good and His mercy endures forever. A testimony of this is our gathering in these sacred Chambers to once again conduct the Official Opening Ceremony of another term of Court, the October Term, A.D. 2023 of the Honorable Supreme Court, Republic of Liberia. Read more →

CHIEF JUSTICE OPENING ADDRESS MARCH TERM 2023

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Mr. President; Madam Vice President; Mr. Speaker & Members of the House of Representatives; Mr. President Pro Tempore & Members of the Senate; My Colleagues of the Supreme Court Bench; Retired and Former Chief Justices & Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; The Minister of Justice & Attorney General, R.L. & Dean of the Supreme Court Bar; The Doyen & Members of the Diplomatic & Counselor Corps; The President & Members of the National Association of Trial Judges of Liberia; The President & Members of the Liberian National Bar Association; The President & Members of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia; The President & Members of the National Association of Public Defenders; Read more →

CHIEF JUSTICE OPENING ADDRESS MARCH TERM 2022

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Madam Vice President; Mr. Speaker & Members of the House of Representatives; Mr. President Pro Tempore & Members of the Liberian Senate; My Colleagues of the Supreme Court; Former Chief Justices & Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; The Resident Coordinator & Staff of the United Nations in Liberia; The Doyen & Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Read more →

CHIEF JUSTICE FRANCIS S. KORKPOR ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE SUPREME COURT OCTOBER TERM 2021 TERM

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On behalf of my Colleagues of the Supreme Court Bench and the entire Judiciary, I welcome you to this ceremony marking the opening of the October A.D. 2021 Term of this Court. We are exceedingly grateful to God Almighty for His protection amid the Covid -19 global pandemic; we humbly pray for His continued guidance and gift of wisdom and fortitude as we commence this Term. Read more →

CHIEF JUSTICE FRANCIS S. KORKPOR ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE SUPREME COURT OCTOBER 2020 TERM

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We are gathered here this morning in fulfillment of the Judiciary law, which sets the second Mondays in October and March of each year as the days the Supreme Court shall open for the conduct of business. I welcome Your Excellency, President George Manneh Weah and other distinguished guests, on behalf of my Colleagues of the Supreme Court Bench and the entire Judiciary, to the opening of the October 2020 Term of this Court. Read more →

CHIEF JUSTICE OPENING ADDRESS FOR THE OCTOBER TERM 2017

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As always, it is my pleasing duty, on behalf of the Supreme Court Bench and the entire Judiciary, to welcome you to the opening of another term of this Court. We thank God for the successful completion of the March 2017 Term of Court and beseech Him for His continued guidance as we begin the October 2017 Term. We must count our blessings as a nation and as a people and always praise God for being so good to us. Read more →

Chief Justice address at dedication of the Newly Constructed 8th Judicial Circuit Sanniquelle Nimba County

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It is my pleasing duty, on behalf of the Supreme Court and the Judiciary, to welcome all of you to this dedication ceremony of this judicial complex. I thank you for honoring our invitation with your physical presence. Madam President, in November 2015, when I invited you to the groundbreaking program for the construction of this court complex, I did so knowing fully well that you are a person who is not so keen on groundbreaking; you rather dedicate a project as a sign of real, tangible development. But I assured you at the time that this project was real, and that it would be completed on schedule. I furthered assured that you would be invited to dedicate this project before you leave office at the end of your administration. So here we are today, ready to open the facility for public use. Read more →

Opening Address March Term 2017

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OPENING ADDRESS OF HIS HONOR FRANCIS S. KORKPOR, SR. CHIEF JUSTICE SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA  MARCH 13, 2017  DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION   Madam President; Mr. President Pro Tempore & Members of the House of... Read more →

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