Agency

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1972-73

Principle established: A landlord's acceptance of rent with knowledge of a breach of covenant constitutes a waiver of the breach, regardless of whether waiver was intended.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1973

Principle established: A landlord's or authorized agent's acceptance of accrued rent with knowledge of a tenant's breach constitutes a waiver of that breach, irrespective of whether waiver was actually intended.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1964-66

Principle established: A principal cannot maintain an action against an agent to recover collected rents without positive evidence of the specific rents payable and their receipt by the agent.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1964

Principle established: A principal cannot recover rents from an agent without positive evidence establishing the precise amounts payable and actually received by the agent.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1950

Principle established: An agent who contracts in his own name is personally liable on the contract even if the existence of the principal was disclosed.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1950-56

Principle established: An agent who enters into a contract in his own name is personally liable on that contract even if the existence of his principal was disclosed.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1974

Principle established: A contract requires a concluded bargain embodying all essential terms, and failure to complete construction within the agreed period constitutes an actionable breach of contract.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1950-56

Principle established: A sea carrier's liability for carriage of goods terminates upon proper unloading and delivery onto the quay in accordance with port custom.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1954

Principle established: A carrier's responsibility for goods ends upon valid delivery according to the custom of the port of discharge, after which it holds the goods merely as an agent.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 2019

Principle established: The court considered whether a defendant was personally liable for a contract or if the transaction was entered into by a corporate entity, emphasizing the distinction between personal and corporate liability.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1957-60

Principle established: A court will not assist a claimant whose cause of action arises from an agreement designed to execute a transaction prohibited by mineral regulatory statutes.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1950-56

Principle established: An agent contracting for a foreign principal is presumed to incur personal liability unless privity is established between the foreign principal and the third party or a contrary intention appears.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1961

Principle established: A judge may overrule a submission of no case where evidence supports the claim, and complex accounts may be referred to an independent qualified professional accountant.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1961

Principle established: A corporate principal is liable for malicious prosecution when its agent initiates criminal proceedings without reasonable and probable cause and with improper motives.

Ghana · 2026

Principle established: Law firms providing non-legal services may be subject to different rules regarding fee recovery and agency relationships compared to traditional legal practice.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1973

Principle established: An agency relationship exists only where one party authorizes another to represent them and alter their legal relations with third parties.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1972-73

Principle established: An agency relationship exists when a principal expressly or impliedly authorises an agent to represent them and affect their legal relations with third parties.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 2018

Principle established: An oral agreement between a local agent and representatives of a foreign company regarding the promotion and operation of a business can create binding legal obligations.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 2019

Principle established: Whether an agent contracts personally or solely for a principal is a question of fact; appellate courts are reluctant to interfere with findings of fact regarding oral contracts.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 2019

Principle established: An authorized representative with ostensible authority can enter into agreements that bind a company, establishing a valid agency relationship.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 2019

Principle established: The court examined the formation of an agency agreement between a local fisherman and a foreign fishing company through representatives claiming ostensible authority.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 2019

Principle established: The court examined the formation of an agency agreement between a local fisherman and a foreign fishing company through representatives claiming ostensible authority.

Lanbuk on the Law of Torts · 1973

Principle established: Vicarious liability means one person takes the place of another so far as liability is concerned (Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal).

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1964-66

Principle established: An insurance agent's knowledge of material facts is imputed to the insurer, and an insurer's approval of an insured's bookkeeping system estops it from relying on policy conditions requiring specific accounting standards.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 2015

Principle established: A contract made by an agent acting within the scope of authority for a disclosed principal is the contract of the principal, who is the proper party to sue.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 2019

Principle established: The court considered whether instituting an action without prior authority from the plaintiffs is a procedural irregularity that can be waived or cured by a subsequent power of attorney.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 2019

Principle established: The court considered whether instituting an action without prior authority from the plaintiffs is a procedural irregularity that can be waived or cured by a subsequent power of attorney.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1961

Principle established: A party whose authorized agent accepts delivery of goods and resells them to customers is bound by that acceptance and obligated to pay for them.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1923

Principle established: An informal document clearly purporting to authorize someone to take out letters of administration is effective, and a receipt naming parties and main terms satisfies the memorandum requirement for land sales.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1962

Principle established: In an action for malicious prosecution against a principal, the plaintiff bears the burden of proving that the principal's agent instituted the criminal proceedings and had authority to do so.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1962

Principle established: To establish malicious prosecution against a corporation, the plaintiff must prove that the corporation was the prosecutor and that the acting employee had authority to initiate criminal proceedings on its behalf.