Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Legal Affairs

Chief Inspector Momodou Touray Testifies in Kumba Sinyan’s Murder Trial

By Kemeseng Sanneh Chief Inspector Momodou Touray of the Special Crime Unit attached at the Bakau Police Station on Monday, 4 December concluded his testimony...

Man Charged with Grievously Harming his Wife with Cutlass

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) One Gorgie Sowe of Jalambang Village, West Coast Region, recently appeared in the High Court charged with causing serious bodily harm to...

Defence Tenders Africell Call logs in Police Shooter Case

By Mariama Marong Defence Counsel for Ousainou Bojang, lawyer Lamin J Darboe on Tuesday, 28 November 2023 tendered an Africell call log of Mama Jabbie...

JUSTIFICATIONS FOR DENYING LAWYERS RIGHT TO APPEAR BEFORE DISTRICT TRIBUNALS

High court judge, Justice Sainabou Wadda-Cisse said it is lawful and constitutional that lawyers are denied the right to appear before district tribunals. Section 33...

Court Frees Immigration Officer in Diplomatic, Service Passport Scandal Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Justice Francis Achibonga has freed Lang TombongSabally – an immigration officer, who was standing trial in a diplomatic and service passport...

ICC Judges Issue Preliminary Decision In The Absence Of Witness

On 23 November 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a preliminary decision on the Prosecution’s request to hold a...

Judge Calls for Amendment of District Tribunals Act

To Enhance Court’s Autonomy By Kemeseng Sanneh Justice Sainabou Wadda-Cisse has called on the Gambia Government to amend the District Tribunals Act to enhance the court’s...

Judge Cancels Magistrate’s Bail Orders in Money Laundering, Drug Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Justice Francis A. Achibonga has overturned the decision of Principal Magistrate Omar Jabang of the Kanifing Magistrate’s Court in granting bail...

Forex Trader Testifies in Aisha Fatty & Abdoulaye Thiam’s Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Amadou Matarr Jallow, a resident of Sukuta and a businessman, testified as the first plaintiff witness in the case involving Gambian...

Attorney General, AKI Victims’ Families Ready for ‘Out-of-Court Settlement’

By Marima Marong Director of Civil Litigation Binga D. on 21 November 2023 informed the court that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice are ready...

Supreme Court declares decisions of Bamfo  Commission null and void 

The Supreme Court has finally declared the findings and recommendations of the defunct Assets and Properties Recovery Commission (Bamfo Commission) as null and void.  The...

High Court Declares Comedian Bora Sisawo’s Detention Unconstitutional

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court has Thursday declared the detention of comedian Alagie Sisawo (alias Alagie Bora) unconstitutional...

Senior Health Officials’ Economic Crimes Case Continues

By Mariama Marong The economic crimes and corruption case involving three (3) officials of the Ministry of Health continued on Monday, 13 November 2023. The accused...

Police Charge Man for Cutting Wife’s Hands, Legs

By Louise Jobe One Gorgie Sowe, a resident of Jalambang village in the Kombo Central District was on Thursday, 16 November 2o23 arraigned before Magistrate...

Court Admits €150,000 into Evidence in Aisha Fatty & Abdoulaye Thiam’s Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Justice Jaiteh has on Tuesday, 15 November overruled Lawyer Lamin S. Camara’s objection on the admissibility of the two receipts amounting...

High Court Declares Comedian Bora Sisawo’s Detention Unconstitutional

By Kemeseng Sanneh (KEXX) Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court has Thursday declared the detention of comedian Alagie Sisawo (alias Alagie Bora) unconstitutional...

Police Charge Madi Jobarteh with Seditious Intention, False Publication

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) The Prosecution Unit of The Gambia Police Force (GPF), yesterday, 9 November 2023 charged human rights activist Madi Jobarteh with three...

Justice Jaiteh Recommends State to Negotiate with AKI Victims’ Families

By Mariama Marong Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the Banjul High Court has called on the State to engage in negotiation with the families of Acute...

Aisha Fatty’s Lawyer Opposes Admissibility of €150 Thousand Receipts

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Senior Lawyer Lamin S. Camara on Tuesday, 7 November objected to the admissibility of two (2) receipts filed by the lawyer...

Ousainou’s Lawyer Continues Questioning Soldier in Police Shooting Case

By Kemeseng Sanneh (Kexx) Lawyer Lamin J. Darboe representing Ousainou Bojang, an alleged police killer, on Monday, 6 November 2023 continued with his cross-examination of...