Freetown City Council (FCC) impregnates the Fast Track Commercial Court (FTCC) with sewage and garbage

By: Augustine Sorie-sengbe Marrah esq.

THE AFRICAN YOUTH CHARTER AS A BLUEPRINT FOR SOLVING YOUTH PROBLEMS IN AFRICA AND THE NEED FOR ITS RATIFICATION BY SIERRA LEONE

Author:

Joel Tejan Deen-Tarawally Esq.

Legal Practitioner and Human Rights Advocate

LLM, BL, LLB, BA

Executive Director, YEAN-SL

 REST     IN    PEACE:     DISCIPLINARY     COMMITTEE     FOR     LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

Augustine Sorie-sengbe Marrah esq.

Advocating a judicial reformist attitude to bail in Sierra Leone: a human right and economic argument

By Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah Esq.

CLARIFYING THE LAW RELATING TO DETENTION OF SUSPECTS IN POLICE CUSTODY- WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

By Alimamy Sultan Koroma Esq.

1. INTRODUCTION

Decolonizing the Sierra Leone Legal System: Time to Pluck Off the Remaining Feathers of Imperial Statutes

By: Augustine Sorie-sengbe Marrah esq.

The Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone: the sick man of the judiciary!

Augustine Sorie-sengbe Marrah esq.

By: Joel Tejan Deen-Tarawally Esq.

Whenever one speaks of Persons with Disabilities (such as the blind, the deaf and dumb, the mentally and physically impaired) in Sierra Leone the next thing that comes to mind is an idea of destitute Sierra Leoneans begging in the streets of Freetown and other areas in the provinces. Such a national image regarding Persons with Disabilities is clearly not in line with Sierra Leone’s legal obligation under national and international laws.

By: Francis Ben Kaifala Esq.

As a scholar, I have been always fascinated by a prominent inscription on the entrance to the Georgetown University Library in Washington DC, USA which reads “Law is but the means, justice is but the end”. This saying which succinctly captures the symbiotic relationship between law and justice came to mind when I saw the Executive order of the 9th April 2018 issued by the recently elected President of Sierra Leone and the legal controversy it has attracted.