
Patrick BB Kabia v Alhaji BH Kabia (MISCAPP 5/2025) [2025] SLCA 4 (7 July 2025)
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Patrick BB Kabia v Alhaji BH Kabia is a miscellaneous application from Sierra Leone on 7 July 2025. Cite it as [2025] SLCA 4. Search it by the party names, the citation [2025] SLCA 4, or Sierra Leone miscellaneous application.
July 7, 2025
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
Patrick BB Kabia
Appellant
v.
Alhaji BH Kabia
Respondent
MISCAPP 5/2025
[2025] SLCA 4
Case brief
- Court
- Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal
- Date
- 7 July 2025
- Citation
- [2025] SLCA 4
- File number
- MISCAPP 5/2025
- Proceeding
- Miscellaneous application. Sierra Leone.
- Principle
- An application for a stay of proceedings in a lower court pending appeal requires the applicant to demonstrate sufficient grounds and comply with the relevant rules of the appellate court. By lanbuk.com
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Patrick BB Kabia v Alhaji BH Kabia is important for this principle: An application for a stay of proceedings in a lower court pending appeal requires the applicant to demonstrate sufficient grounds and comply with the relevant rules of the appellate court.
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Cite Patrick BB Kabia v Alhaji BH Kabia as Patrick BB Kabia v Alhaji BH Kabia [2025] SLCA 4, which is its recorded neutral or law-report citation. The decision is from Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal on 7 July 2025.
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