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SUMMARY OF COURT ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FRIDAY 20TH MAY, 2016 There were a total of 192 cases in the different courts' 63 cases in the High Court, 31 in the Magistrate courts and 10 in the Juvenile court. Out of all the indigents 179 were male adults and 3 were female adults, 9 were male juveniles and 1 female juvenile. II male adults and 1 male juvenile were discharged. The numbers of discharged indigents according to profession were as followers: 3 Drivers, 1 Vehicle Apprentice, 3 Motor Mechanics, 3 Military Service Men, 1 Acting Manager and 1 pupil. The number of discharged people according to the crime from which they were discharged was as follows: 1 sexual penetration, 2 Robbery with Aggravation 4 Wounding with Intent, 3 Unlawful Canal Knowledge, 1 hop Breaking and Larceny and 1 Larceny in a Dwelling House. The indigents were discharged as a result of applications made for discharge, for want of prosecution, by Legal Aid Board Lawyers. ...

Executive Director Mrs. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles. Today paid courtesy call on the Minster of Lands Country Planing and the Environment Ms. Diana Konomani at her Youyi Building Office. Joint Partnership was agreed to tackle land dispute in Sierra Leone Mohamed K. Tejan-Rahman Outreach Assistant Legal Aid Board

The Executive Director, Legal Aid Board Sierra Leone, Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles has presented the eagerly awaited Report on the outcome of Legal Aid Board’s intervention into and the investigation of the long running conflict at the Freetown Central Lorry Park, otherwise known as ‘Clay Factory’. Three recommendations made in the report were that, 1. Every claimant will hold on their plots as a freehold property, 2. The plot claimants will only pay the sum Two Million Leones (Le2m), which is quite a minimal sum for a plot of land for commercial purposes in the Western Area, and 3. That the complex will be used for the purposes of a lorry park and a market for trading and for a weekly trade fair, commonly called ‘Luma’. The complex will become the hub for business in Sierra Leone. Leaders of the different trader and driver groups, showered praises on His Excellency The President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, for promoting peace in commerce in the country which the said ...

Sierra Leone Council of tribal Heads has held its First Interaction with the Hon. Chief Justice, Abdulai Hamid Charm at his Chambers. The Executive Director of Legal Aid Board Facilitated the meeting and led the team. By:  Mohamed K. Tejan-Rahman Outreach Assistant Legal Aid Board.