The Law & The Courts

GAMBIA: Magistrate Krubally Discharges Manuel and Angelika Mitterer, Orders Return of Passports, Laptop and All Seized Assets

Magistrate Krubally has acquitted and discharged two Austrian nationals charged with disobedience to a lawful court order, after finding that the prosecution's own witnesses...

GAMBIA: Court Gives Jamaican Man Half a House, Gives Gambian Wife the Other One — Then Orders Him Out of Both

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh rules on competing land claims at Mamuda Village in a 31-page judgment that navigates trust law, marital property rights and the...

GAMBIA: Court Grants Bail to Alleged Cocaine Suspect, Cites Ghost Charge/Phantom Charge Provision.

Justice Ebrima Jaiteh ruled that Section 45(4)(b) of the Drug Control Act 2003, under which John Ebrima Carayol was charged, does not exist in...

GAMBIA: High Court Upholds Magistrate Krubally’s Decision and Dismisses Ebrima Dibba’s Appeal in Sedition Charge

Justice Sonia Akinbiyi dismisses Ebrima Dibba's appeal, ruling that the Solicitor-General's prosecution of a sedition charge required no personal fiat from the Attorney General. Justice...

GAMBIA: Appeal Court Reserves Ruling in State Bid to Strike Out Chairman Yankuba Darboe’s Appeal

The Court of Appeal has reserved its ruling in a motion filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) seeking to strike out an...

GAMBIA: ORYX Energy Mounts Nine-Ground Appeal Against D2 Million Won by Former Employee and Moves to Stay Enforcement of Judgment

Petroleum company files notice of appeal and stay of execution after two days of the High Court judgment, swearing it cannot recover the D2.2...

GAMBIA: Kanifing Court Grants Bail to Bonnet-Ride Accused Despite Police Objection, but Abdul Wahab Jobarteh Spends Night at Mile 2

A Kanifing magistrate has granted bail to Abdul Wahab Jobarteh, the boy accused of driving off with a police sergeant lying on the bonnet...

GAMBIA: Ousainou and Amie Bojang Appeal Adjourned to June 15th, as Counsel Directed to File Objection in Writing

The Court of Appeal has adjourned the case of The State v. Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang to Monday, the 15th of June 2026,...

GAMBIA: UPDATE: Kanifing Court Grants Bail, but Abdul Wahab Jobarteh Transferred to Mile 2 as Day Ends Before Conditions Met

Police file fresh charges against bonnet-ride accused at Kanifing Court after Banjul Granted Bail. Having failed to secure a remand order at the Banjul...

GAMBIA: Court Granted Bail to A Boy Charged With Attempted Murder After a police sergeant clung to a moving vehicle from Banjul to Manjai

A boy has been charged with attempted murder and three other counts after he allegedly drove off at speed with a police sergeant lying...

GAMBIA: Boy Arraigned Over Banjul-to-Manjai Bonnet Ride That Left Officer Clinging to Moving Vehicle

A Boy has been charged with four counts, including attempted murder, after he allegedly drove off with a police sergeant lying on the bonnet...

GAMBIA: Katim Touray (Kartel) Arraigned for Sharing a Girl’s Nude Video on WhatsApp and TikTok

Katim Touray, also known as Kartel, faces two charges before the Kanifing Magistrate Court: Publication of obscene material in electronic form and trafficking in...

GAMBIA: Court Orders ORYX Energy to Pay Over D2 Million to Former IT Manager Over Wrongful Termination.

Justice Jaiteh of the High Court has ordered ORYX Energy (Gambia) Limited to pay its former Information Technology Manager more than two million dalasi...

GAMBIA: State Files 17-Ground Appeal Against Acquittal of Ousainou and Amie Bojang

The State has filed a seventeen-ground Amended Notice of Appeal challenging the acquittal and discharge of Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang by the High...

GAMBIA: Two Boys Convicted of Armed Robbery & Conspiracy Sentenced to Four & Ten Years

Justice Sidi K. Jobarteh of the High Court has convicted two boys of armed robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony following a trial...

GAMBIA: State’s Appeal Against Ousainou and Amie Bojang Acquittal Adjourned For Definite Hearing

The Court of Appeal has adjourned the State's motion seeking leave to appeal the acquittal of Ousainou Bojang and Amie Bojang for a definite...