Lanbuk on Sierra Leone Legal System
How Sierra Leone law grew from pre-colonial custom to the 1991 Constitution: sources of law, customary and Islamic law, legislation, the courts and their jurisdiction, judges, precedent, law reporting and civil and local court procedure.
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9 cases · 64 quiz questions · 8 essays
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- Coker v Coker, 1950-56 ALR S.L. 130Sierra Leone
- Lahm v Lahm, 1970-71 ALR S.L. 27Sierra Leone
- Jalloh v R, 1957-60 ALR S.L. 1Sierra Leone
- Basma v The State (CR APP 1 of 2012) [2012] SLSC 10 (12 December 2012)Sierra Leone
- Ezzaat Basma v S (CR APP 1 of 2012) [2012] SLSC 13 (12 December 2012)Sierra Leone
- Ezzat Basma v S (CR APP 12 of 2012) [2012] SLSC 18 (12 December 2012)Sierra Leone
- S v Ikubolaje Nicol (SC.MISC.APP. 01/2023) [2024] SLSC 1 (30 January 2024)Sierra Leone
- Petition against The Election of His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma as the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone as per the Declaration of the Result of the Presidential Elections of 17th November 2012 (SC 4 of 2013) [2013] SLSC 4 (14 June 2013)Sierra Leone
- Wanga v Republic (Petition E030 of 2023) [2024] KESC 38 (KLR) (2 August 2024) (Judgment)
- S (On Application of Richard Chimwendo Banda) v Director of Public Prosecutions & The Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service (Judicial Review No. 01 of 2026) [2026] MWHC 1 (14 January 2026)
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