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Lawyers clash in Slok case

Castle Oil Company’s lawyer, Badou Conteh, has clashed with Slok Air’s lawyer, Emanuel Chemi, at the Kanifing Magistrates Court over the proper name of the airline.   Slok Air was dragged to court by Castle over fuel supplied to the defendant (Slok Air) on two occasions for which it had failed to pay. When the case was called yesterday before Magistrate Mbackeh, the plaintiff’s lawyer tendered photocopies of two documents, showing the transactions between Castle and Slok Air. The defendant’s...

Bench, Bar brainstorm on conduct

Judicial officials and members of the Gambia Bar Association, yesterday, affirmed their commitment towards strengthening and implementing the code of conduct for the Gambian Judiciary, after extensive discussions. Members of the Bench and the Bar Association made this resounding commitment at a one-day public lecture, organised by the Office of the Chief Justice, at Courtroom No 1 at the High Court complex, Banjul. The rare public lecture brought together judges of the Supreme and High Courts,...

Escapee opens defence in voire dire

Christopher Badjie, an escaped prisoner with five different names, currently facing 22 charges for criminal offences at the Banjul Magistrates Court, has opened his defence in the voire dire (mini trial) instituted to determine the voluntariness of his cautionary statements obtained from the accused. In his evidence before principal magistrate BY Camara, Christopher Badjie informed the court that he was arrested by personnel of the NIA on 27th February 2008, in Senegambia, from where he was...

A marvelous undertaking!

In every democratically governed country, government is said to be comprised of three arms: the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. While the former tend to overshadow the running of the day-today affairs of the nation, the role of the other two are totally indispensable to the success of the entire government. In fact, the composition of these individual arms makes the saying that the government of a country includes its entire people a compelling truth.    While the executive wing...

Towards Justice for All

We share Hon Ebrima Jammeh’s sentiments that cases should bequickened in the courts so that justice is not seen to be denied. We agree withhim that protracted delay of cases hinders progress and “retards socialcohesion”. Citing the Babylon Crisis to drive home his point, the IndependentNational Assembly Member from Foni Bintang Constituency Hon Jammeh said that ifthe case had been handled with the speed it deserved, it would not havedegenerated to the abominable state it is now.But we think...