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The Judiciary Branch of Government has held an elaborate retirement program in honor of one of its very astute Associate Justices, Professor Philip A. Z. Banks, III, in the Chamber of the Supreme Court...

Liberia has lost the woman who became her first female Magistrate in 1994.
Retired Judge Amymusu K. Jones died Monday, September 3, 2018, at the Duside Hospital in Firestone District, Margibi County following a period of illness.

“There is a stage in every person’s life that he/she has to play a part and prepare to bow down when the stage is about to be closed. The performance in my judicial stage has come to an end and I must bow away for the curtain to close.”

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, His Honor Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. has announced the retirement of Justice Philip A.Z. Banks, III from service as Associate Justice of the Honorable Supreme...

s part of efforts to ensure the simplest transition from the United Nation’s support to Liberia’s rule of law sector, the United Nation’s Mission in Liberia, UNMIL, said that concrete plans are already in place through the UNDP Rule of Law Joint Program to support Liberia’s justice sector.

The Judicial Branch of the Liberian Government has dedicated another Judicial Complex to house the Eleventh (11th) Judicial Circuit Court located in Tubmanburg, Bomi County. The project, which began in February 2015, when grounds were broken for the construction of the modern court facility sitting on a hill on the outskirts of Tubmanburg City, was funded by the Government of Liberia.

The Resident Circuit Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in River Gee County has called for the enforcement of laws aimed at promoting the administration of impartial justice by judges and the enhancement of an independent judiciary in Liberia.

After nearly a year of work without break, the Supreme Court of Liberia has finally closed its October A.D. 2017 Term.The Court which has two terms, March and October, could not close for the March term due to the crucial role it had to play in expeditiously handling electoral cases as provided for by law, necessitated the extension of the March A.D. 2017 Term into the October A.D. 2017 Term.

The Judiciary Branch of Government denies, in the strongest terms, the front-page story carried in the Wednesday February 14 Edition (VOL. 18. NO. 31) of the Daily Observer Newspaper publication titled, “JUDGES DISAPPROVE OF WEAH’S 25% SALARY CUT PLAN”, in which the paper claims that “the recent pronouncement made by the President of Liberia, His Excellency George Manneh Weah, about the reduction of his salary and other benefits by 25 percent has not gone down well with the judges throughout the country”.