Justice Allan B. Halloway v Justice Edmond Cowan And Others (SC 4 of 2011) [2011] SLSC 17 (8 July 2011)
Justice Allan B. Halloway v Justice Edmond Cowan And Others is a supreme court appeal from Sierra Leone on 8 July 2011. Cite it as [2011] SLSC 17. Search it by the party names, the citation [2011] SLSC 17, or Sierra Leone supreme court appeal.
July 8, 2011
IN THE SUPREME COURT
Justice Allan B. Halloway
Appellant
v.
Justice Edmond Cowan And Others
Respondent
SC 4 of 2011
[2011] SLSC 17
Proceeding. Supreme Court appeal. Sierra Leone.
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x CORAM: HON. MRS. S BASH-TAQI, JSC (PRESIDING) HON. MR. JUSTICE P. O HAMILTON, JSC | . HON. MRS. JUSTICE V. A D. WRIGHT, JSC
| HON. MR. JUSTICE M. E. T. THOMPSON, JSC HON. MRS. A. SHOWERS, JA IN THE MATTER OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SIERRA LEONE ACT NO. 6 OF 1991 ' SECTIONS 127 (1); 124(1); 137(5A); 135(3-5); 136(2-6); 146(4) &(2); 147(1- inf 4a:
' AND IN THE MATTER OF THE OMBUDSMAN ACT NO.2 OF 1997, SECTIONS 4{A&B) AND \ AND :
| AND IN THE MATTER OF THE SIERRA LEONE GAZETTE VOL. CXL1 THURSDAY 17™ JUNE, 2010 NO
44. GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. 173 PAGES 840/1 AND AND IN THE MATTER OF THE EXERCISE OF THE POWERS CONFERRED ON THE PRESIDENT BY SECTION 137 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SIERRA LEONE 1991 {ACT a! NO 6 OF 1991) TO SET UP AND DID SET UP A TRIBUAL CONSTITUTING OF :
| eo 30 | re ey | (a) JUSTICE EDMOND E. COWAN — CHAIRMAN | () WORDSWORTH FILO JONES — MEMBER ei (c) ROLAND E. CEASAR— MEMBER a (d) JOSEPH GOMOI VANDI-KOBBA — MEMBER | >> 2A, TO INQUIRE INTO THE QUESTION OF THE REMOVAL OF JUSTICE ALUSINE i | SESAY AND JUSTICE ALLAN B, HALLOWAY, BOTH OF WHOM ARE JUDGES OF THE “| SUPRIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE AND TO REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT THE FACT! THEREON AND THE FINDINGS THEREOF, AND (B) RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT WHETHER JUSTICE ALUSINE SESAY AND JUSTICE ALLAN B. | » HALLOWAY OUGHT TO BE REMOCED FROM OFFICE. ; ".
(3) THE TRIBUNAL SHALL COMMENCE ITS PROCEEDINGS ON THE 29™ DAY OF fe » JUNE 2010 AND SHALL SIT IN FREETOWN OR SUCH OTHER PLACE IN SIERRA hy LEONE AS THE TRUBUNAL MAY DETERMINE.
i {4) THE TRIBUNAL SHALL REGULATE THE PROCEDURE FOR ITS PROCEEDINGS.
(5) THE TRIBUNAL SHALL SUBMIT ITS REPORT WITHIN SIX WEEKS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS. Se i MADE AT FREETOWN THE 10™ DAY OF JUNE 2010, | | BETWEEN: JUSTICE ALLAN B. HALLOWAY j AND | .
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5. ATTORNEY GENERAL & MINISTER OF JUSTICE Barristers ee C. F. Margai, Esq. Sulaiman Banja-Tejan-Sie and R. B. Kowa, for the Plaintiff
| Joseph Gomoi-Vandi Kobba Esq. for the Defendants. | Dated the 8" day of July 2014 i ' S$. BASH-TAQL, JSC: - My Lords, the facts of this case and the arguments of Counsel are fully set out in the Judgments of my learned brothers and sister, Justices M. E- Tolla Thompson, P.O. Hamilton and V. A. D Wright, JJJ SC, which | have had the | +” privilege of reading, and | need not repeat or elaborate on them here. | have come to the same conclusion that the declarations asked for in the Originating should fail and the Motion dismissed.
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