Mariama K. Silla & ORS v The High Court of Sierra Leone & ORS (SC MISC APP 06/2025) [2026] SLSC 1 (15 June 2026)

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CLRTIOBRARI TO REMOVE THE ORDERS OF THE HIGH COURT DATED 24" OF JULY 2025

AND THE 6" DAY_OF AUGUST 2025 IN THE MATTER ENTITLED MISC/APP 89/2024 NO.14 SELMEEN MASIAMA SASAY SILLA, MUSA BANKOLE SILLA, IBRAHIM NJIE SILLA SUING

EY TNDAATTOBAEYARDILMALIEILA (LANGE ADDUAIS SAICU DAVIES. RARAY SADIA_FADIKA, AMINATA SILLA, YUSUF DEEN, ABDUL RAHIM DAVIES (1° FESPONDENTS) AND ADDU 209% SULA, MDNAMGD EADAY SULA. SDI WALXIK eee eee eee eee aot ee TADIGAUSABAY SADIA FADIKA, ABDUL RAHIM SAVIES, KJATU RAHIM DAVIES, MARIAMA

KABAY DAVIES, YUSUF DEEN, ADAMA DEEN, MOHAMED ABDUL RAHMAN, ALPHA ABOUL RAHMAN, NADEEN LEWALLY, FAISAL LEWALLY (2%? RESPONDENTS) FOR THE SAME TO peoussien,

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» AND ii, HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE ADRIAN FISHER J 1 RESPONDENTS AND. i. HAIASARIEU DAVIES. ji, KABAYSADIA FADIKA, ii, AMINATASILLLA, YUSUF DEEN, Wy. ABDUL RAHIM DAVIES 2° RESPONDENTS AND & — ABDULAISOSS SILLA 3°" RESPONDENTS i, MOHAMED FODAY SILLA ii, ABDUL MALKIK SILLA, iv. HAROUN SILLA vy. MARIE FADIKA vi GIBRIL FADIKA, vil TIGIDA FADIKA vil, MOHAMED FADIKA ix. KABAY SADIA FADIKA ABDUL RAHIM DAVIES xi, EJATU RAHIM DAVIES xii, MARIAMA KABAY DAVIES xii, YUSUF DEEN xiv. ADAMA DEEN xv. MOHAMED ABDUL RAHMAN xvi. ALPHA ABDUL RAHMAN, xvii. NADEEN LEWALLY xvi. FAISAL LEWALLY

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Hon, Justice G. Thompson JSC - Presiding Hon Justice A § Sesay ISC Hon, Justice A. iM. Bangurah JSC Hon. Justice F.B. Alhadi JSC Hon. Justice J.£.L. KING JA ‘Counsei:L. Pabs-Ganion and C, Patten ban ior the Plainuts,

1 E. Kargbo and S. Willfor the 7", 15" and 14" of the 3" Respondents category we sadgment dated [5 fay of (use 2026 temps Panes inten Background an arte

3. The Pans and ee Responds re padre and tenes ofthe estat of Ha Raby Sao known a5 ap Mora Kabay Sil who ded intestate. By virtue of a Trust Deed dated 14” May 2012, registered as No. 156/2012 Proper es hing aceing a No easonage Siret, Ky Voge, venues byte trstens aed tern sito of Proceedings

2. On 16" May 2024, the Plaintiffs instituted proceedings by way of Originating upon the Respoodets hag proved inate, he High Court grated an order fr subsuned service, which was defected trough the fans 3. 03" ocober 2343 Cerca of NonAppearance was led The Origaing simmons chrerter grocened tthe abvece of the Respondents, and judgment was entered in favour of the Plaintiffs on 13 November 2025. The

° rexistered as No. 156/2012 at Page 149 in Volume 115 of the Record Books of Miscellaneous Instruments, be sold by private weaty at a price not below the reserve sum of USD 180,000.00; and

ji, That the net proceeds of sale, after deduction of all solicitors! fees and other incidental costs and expenses, be divided equally between the Plaintiffs and the and Respondents.

4. On 15" November 2024, Five Star Food Industries Limited paid the sum of USD 230,090.00 to the solicitors acting for the Plaintiffs as the purchase price for the Irust Property.

5. On 20" Nevember 2024, Betts and Berewa Solicitors filed a Memorandum of ‘Appearance on behalf of the 11 Respondent.

6. On21" November 2024, solicitors acting for the Plaintifs fled a Notice of Motion seeking, amongst other things, an order that the proceeds from the sale of the Trust Property be paid into a United States Dollar account to be jointly managed by the solicitors and the Master and Registrar, after deduction of all solicitors! fees and other incidental costs and expenses, and further that Yusuf Deen be compelled to deliver vacant possession of the premises by handing over the keys

10 the solicitors for the Plaintiffs

7. On the same date, solicitors acting for the 1!" Respondent filed an application seeking, amongst other things, a stay of execution of the order of 33°" November 2024 and an order setting asice the said judgments. The grounds advanced in support of that application included the substantial expenditure allegedly incurred by the 17°" Respondent on the Trust Property, and the assertion that the 17" espondent inad communicated by electronic mailto all relevant parties that hhe was unwiling to sell his share of the Trust Property.

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