Civil Law Court ‘B’ Presiding Judge Ceaineh Clinton-Johnson has warned GN-Bank’s legal team to desist from misleading the Court on issues that was passed on by her predecessor.
This follows Counselor Alexander Zoe’s action to reintroduce issues that were earlier approved by her predecessor Judge Scheaplor Dunbar.
Judge Ceaineh Clinton-Johnson said the judiciary law prevents all presiding Judges from reviewing the decisions of their predecessors.
He vowed to penalize Counselor Alexander Zoe in line with law if he doesn’t stop such legal practice..
However, Counselor Arthur Johnson has blamed the Judge Clinton-Johnson for Counselor Zoe’s conduct in Court.
He claimed that Judge Clinton-Johnson was giving GN-Bank’s legal team more privilege to mislead the Court on his client Philip Gawetay’s action of damage lawsuit filed at the Civil Law Court ‘B’.
He said he sees Cllr. Zoe’s action to be contemptuous. Counselor Johnson is representing the legal interest of Gawetay’s.
Mr. Gawetay filed a lawsuit of two separate currencies in the tone of 7-million Liberian Dollars and 250-thousand United State Dollars against GN-Bank Liberia Limited at the Civil Law Court.
GN Bank took seized of Mr. Gawetay’s Business Center in Ganta, Nimba County through a legal action at the Commercial Court but the Center was later burglarized by unidentified Individuals in the County.
In another development,Associate Justice, Joseph Nagbe, is expected to rule Thursday, July 25,2019, Petition filed before the Supreme Court to prevent murder suspect Oliver Dillon’s release from further detention at the Monrovia Central Prison.
The petition was filed by government lawyers representing the legal interest of one Emmanuel Koffa allegedly killed by suspect Dillon.
On May 7, 2019, Justice Nagbe, placed a stay order on Criminal Court ‘A’ Judge Roosevelt Willies’ verdict to release on bail murder suspect Oliver Dillon.
The intervention by the Justice in Chamber Nagbe followed a petition filed by Montserrado County Chief Prosecutor, Cllr. Edwin Martin, challenging Judge Roosevelt Willie ruling in the matter.
Justice Nagbe’s pending ruling was spill-out in a notice assignment that cites all parties to appear before the Supreme Court at 2:00pm for final ruling in the petition.
The outcome of Justice Nagbe’s ruling may either lead to Prosecution nor defense lawyers taking the flight to the Full Bench of the Supreme Court for final redress.
