Chief Justice’s Conference Room, Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 14th August 2023: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards has disclosed to the Delegation from the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice that judicial independence and access to justice are integral to transitional justice. “Access to justice, judicial independenceRead More →

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” and frequenting a place used for the smoking of “Kush” contrary to Section 48(1) of the Pharmacy & Drugs Act 2001. The accused were onRead More →

ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH JUDICIAL WEEK: The public is hereby informed that effective Monday, 28th August, 2023 regular Magistrates’ Courts sittings will be interrupted to enable the Judiciary to continue with the Third Edition of Judicial Week which will end on 8th Sept. 2023.Read More →

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-old James Mohamed Sesay and twelve (12) other convicted persons for various offences. Accused James Mohamed Sesay of Kamabala Village in Tonko Limba Chiefdom, Port Loko Judicial DistrictRead More →

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 Ngegba has remanded ten accused persons brought before the Court for unlawful possession of Kush. With four separate files, Kumba Mansaray of Regent Road; Zainab Kamara ofRead More →