Welcome
Our esteemed Web Users of the Sierra Leone Judiciary Website, it gives me great pleasure on behalf of the Judiciary of Sierra Leone to formally and heartily welcome you to the website of the Sierra Leone Judiciary with solid quality content.
Moving forward, we have transformed and upgraded our website to make it user-friendly with regularly updated news on all our activities. We have also made our website a hub for your trusted information on all judicial and legal issues in the country. This upgrading is indeed unique because we have made sure that we also provide our Court users with weekly Cause List, Judgements, Rulings, Speeches and relevant Acts that will meet the demands of our users.
It is hoped that the website would become a conduit through which we should be able to showcase the activities and outputs of the Judiciary as we strive to ensure that the citizenry of Sierra Leone have access to improved justice delivery service.
As you visit our website for information on our Courts or our wide ranging resources, we do hope you would be able to use same to measure how far we have come to making our vision “accessible, fair and expeditious justice for all in Sierra Leone” a reality.
Ours is a job to settle matters of conflict peaceably between individuals. As the Bible assures us in Matthew 5:9, “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God”, we hope that this beatitude endears us to work with the zeal and zest to making the difference in the Justice Service Delivery.
As you navigate through our website, we wish you an educative and informative interaction with the Court system, as we work to maintain an effective, efficient and independent system for administering justice for all.
As always, we welcome hearing from you on any suggestion improvements or concerns about the website or the Judiciary in particular.
Once again welcome.
Please contact us on:
Email:info@judiciary.gov.sl
Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards
HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE
News
JUDICIARY WITH SUPPORT FROM UNDP TRAINS COURT REGISTRARS ON ELECTORAL JUSTICE
Judiciary of Sierra Leone Communications, Sierra Palms Hotel, Freetown, 14th May 2023: The Judiciary of Sierra Leone through the Judicial and Legal Training Institute (JLTI), with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has concluded a two-day training of Court Registrars on promoting Electoral Justice ahead of the country’s
JUDICIARY’S READINESS TO PROMOTE ELECTORAL JUSTICE: CHIEF JUSTICE ON TOUR
Kambia District, 5th May, 2023: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards, in the company of the Minister of Works & Public Assets-Peter Bayuku Konteh, Senior members of the Judiciary and contractors are in the Provinces to assess the suitability of Courts ahead of the June 24th general
LIVE MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE LOCUS IN QUO VISIT IN NEW YORK
TAKE NOTICE THAT, the Locus In Quo visit in the United States of America (New York) through a Court Order in the ACC CASE: The State Vs SAIDU NALLO, Foday Vahfomba Bawoh, Adikali Foday Suma, Samura M.W.Kamara, Kandeh Foday Basil Kamara & Jules Sanders Davis will be aired live on
Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice Speaks At United Nations, “Every Court Would Always Be Accused of Being Biased”
Judiciary Communications, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA, 30th March, 2023: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, His Lordship Hon. Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards has disclosed that every Court would always be accused of being biased in favour of those who form it, but that presumption could be outlived if the Court
Judiciary Releases Amended Fair Hearing Guidelines For Tribunals
Sierra Leone’s Judiciary has on 9th May, 2023 issued Fair Hearing Guidelines For Tribunals in tandem with Section 23(2) of the Sierra Leone 1991 Constitution, which guarantees ‘Fair Hearing’ in proceedings before any Court. These Guidelines will be observed in cases of Tribunals to investigate public officials for misconduct. Kindy
Supreme Court Dismisses Claims That President Bio’s Directive To Electoral Commission Was Unconstitutional
Court No. 1, Main Law Courts Building, Freetown, 27th January, 2023: Sierra Leone’s Chief Justice, His Lordship Justice Desmond Babatunde Edwards in agreement with four other Justices has affirmed that the directive of the President, His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio to the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL)