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Chief Justice Gbeisay’s Speech, Opening of Supreme Court, October Term 2025 0

Chief Justice Address / Recent Arguments / Speeches

13 Oct, 2025

Chief Justice Gbeisay’s Speech, Opening of Supreme Court, October Term 2025

His Excellency Joseph N. Boakai, President of the Republic of Liberia, my distinguished colleagues of the Bench, Mr. Speaker and members of the House of Representatives, Madam Pro-Tempore and members of the Liberian Senate, Retired and Former Chief Justices and Associate Justices, other officials of government, Mr. President and members of the Liberia National Bar Association, judges of courts of record and non-records, the Doyen and members of the diplomatic corps, heads of international organizations, Mr. Court Administrator, members of the judiciary family, leadership of the religious community, members of

Chief Justice Gbeisay’s speech on his seating ceremony 0

Chief Justice Address / Recent Arguments / Speeches

20 Aug, 2025

Chief Justice Gbeisay’s speech on his seating ceremony

Your Excellency Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Vice President of the Republic of Liberia;
Honorable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives;
Honorable Senate Pro Tempore and Members of the Liberian Senate;
My Esteemed Colleagues of the Honorable Supreme Court;
Retired & Former Chief Justices & Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;
Circuit & Specialized Court Judges;
Members of the Cabinet;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
President and members of the Liberia National Bar Association;
My Wife, my aged mother and my children and other Family Members;
Members of the Press; Members of the

OPENING ADDRESS OF HER HONOR SIE-A-NYENE G. YUOH CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA MARCH TERM A.D. 2025, MARCH 10, 2025 0

Chief Justice Address

10 Mar, 2025

OPENING ADDRESS OF HER HONOR SIE-A-NYENE G. YUOH CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA MARCH TERM A.D. 2025, MARCH 10, 2025

Pursuant to the mandatory provision of the Judici ary Law, Rev. Code 17:2.5, which states “the Supreme Court shall open for the conduct of business, the second Mondays in October and March of each year”, and in fulfillment thereto, we have again congregated within these sacred walls to commemorate the Official Opening Ceremony of the March Term A.D. 2025 of the Supreme Court, of the Republic of Liberia.

We accept this constitutional and statutory mandate with a sense of both urgency and resolve, despite the limited break we have had due to the extended duration of the October Term A.D. 2024, which was necessitated by numerous pressing matters. These circumstances required us to forgo the essential statutory respite from our constitutional duties. Nevertheless, our commitment to advancing the progress of our

OPENING ADDRESS OF HER HONOR SIE-A-NYENE G. YUOH CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA OCTOBER TERM A.D. 2024 OCTOBER 14, 2024 0

Chief Justice Address / Recent Arguments

14 Oct, 2024

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

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

OPENING ADDRESS OF HER HONOR CHIEF JUSTICE, DELIVERED BY HER HONOR JAMESETTA HOWARD WOLOKOLIE 0

Chief Justice Address / Recent Arguments

11 Mar, 2024

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

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;

MADAM CHIEF JUSTICE YUOH’S OPENING ADDRESS FOR THE OCTOBER TERM, 2023 0

Chief Justice Address / Recent Arguments

9 Oct, 2023

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

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.

CHIEF JUSTICE OPENING ADDRESS MARCH TERM 2023 0

Chief Justice Address / Recent Arguments / Special Master Report

13 Mar, 2023

CHIEF JUSTICE OPENING ADDRESS MARCH TERM 2023

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;

CHIEF JUSTICE FRANCIS S. KORKPOR ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE SUPREME COURT OCTOBER TERM 2021 TERM 0

Chief Justice Address / Recent Arguments / Special Master Report

11 Oct, 2021

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

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.

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