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Appeal Court Judge Says Rape Is Degrading, An Act of Aggression Against a Woman

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SLAJ Launches Second Edition of Desmond Babatunde Edwards Award For Best Court Reporting

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists-SLAJ, has officially launched the second edition of Hon. Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards Award for Best Court Repo…

Breaking News From South Africa

BREAKING: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards has received the Bar Medal of Merit in Leadership. This is the highest awa…

“JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IS INTEGRAL TO TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE” Chief Justice Tells Ethiopia Delegation

Chief Justice’s Conference Room, Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 14th August 2023: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwa…

Magistrate Bangura Detains 52 For Kush

His Worship Magistrate Abu Bakarr Bangura of the Waterloo Magistrate’s Court Court has remanded fifty two (52) accused persons for being in possession of “Kush”…

CHIEF JUSTICE ASSIGNS 23 JUDGES TO HANDLE 802 CASES IN TWO WEEKS FOR THIRD JUDICIAL WEEK

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 25th August, 2023: The Judiciary of Sierra Leone wishes to inform the general public that the third edition of the ACCESS TO JUSTICE THR…

Public Notice For Judicial Week

ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH JUDICIAL WEEK: The public is hereby informed that effective Monday, 28th August, 2023 regular Magistrates’ Courts sittings will be int…

JUDCIAL WEEK: Justice Sheriff Imprisons 13, Acquitted 2 In Port Loko

By Magdalene M. Bangura, Outreach Officer North-West Region The Port Loko District Resident High Court Judge, Hon. Justice Abdul Sheriff, has imprisoned 38-year…

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF KUSH: Magistrate Mark Ngegba Remands 10

Pademba Road Magistrate’s Court No.1, 31st August, 2023 Freetown: Principal Magistrate of the Pademba Road Magistrate Court No. 1, His Worship Magistrate Mark N…

JUDICIAL WEEK BO: Justice Sannoh Imprisons 6 Convicts, Discharges 8

By Melissa Fortune, Outreach Officer Southern Province Bo City, Kakua Chiefdom, 2nd September, 2023: The Resident High Court Judge in Bo District, Honourable Ju…

5 YEARS IN PRISON WITH NO COMPLAINANT…Supreme Court Judge Discharges Accused

Main Law Courts Building in Freetown County, 3rd September, 2023: Supreme Court Judge, Honourable Justice Nicholas C. Brown-Marke has discharged Aminata Sankoh …