Supreme Court of Sierra Leone
GPTKB entity
Properties (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:African_Union
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations ECOWAS |
| gptkbp:appeal |
gptkb:Court_of_Appeal_of_Sierra_Leone
|
| gptkbp:attendance |
Judges appointed by the President
|
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Desmond_Babatunde_Edwards
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
|
| gptkbp:established |
1971
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| gptkbp:function |
Judicial review
Final court of appeal Interpretation of laws |
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Freetown
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
Judicial independence
Rule of law Post-civil war reconstruction |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Supreme Court of Sierra Leone
|
| gptkbp:judges |
Executive actions
Administrative actions Constitutional validity of laws |
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
Civil cases
Criminal cases Constitutional matters |
| gptkbp:language |
English
|
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
Binding on lower courts
Common law system Continuing legal education required Ethics and professional conduct required Legal education required for practice Legal practitioners must be admitted to the bar Regulated_by_the_Sierra_Leone_Bar_Association |
| gptkbp:length |
Lifetime tenure for judges
|
| gptkbp:location |
Freetown,_Sierra_Leone
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:The_State_v._Koroma
gptkb:The_State_v._Sesay gptkb:The_State_v._Kandeh gptkb:The_State_v._Kamara gptkb:The_State_v._Bangura |
| gptkbp:numberOfStudents |
5
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Sierra_Leone_(pre-independence)
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| gptkbp:president |
gptkb:Desmond_Babatunde_Edwards
|
| gptkbp:publicAccess |
Open court principle
Right to fair trial Transparency in proceedings |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Judiciary of Sierra Leone
|
| gptkbp:role |
Protector of human rights
Arbiter of disputes Guardian_of_the_Constitution |
| gptkbp:succeededBy |
gptkb:Court_of_Appeal_of_Sierra_Leone
|
| gptkbp:type |
Court
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| gptkbp:website |
www.sierra-leone.org
|