The Human Rights Law Index is a collection of international treaties and case law from African courts on topics relating to human rights. The case selection aims to provide a snapshot of human rights law in a country, as well as within the African Union. The index currently covers over 1000 documents.
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Make your selections from the choices on the left| Court | Title | Judgement Date | Summary |
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| Supreme Court | MUSTAPHA HASSAN AND GIDWANI (031) [1952] SLSC 1 (01 January 1952); | 01 Jan 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Hire-Purchase-hirer's rights-right to assign-assignee bound by hire-purchase... |
| Supreme Court | MACAULEY AND MACAULEY (032) [1952] SLSC 2 (21 January 1952); | 21 Jan 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Family Law-divorce-desertion-constructive desertion-conduct justifying other... |
| Supreme Court | BASMA AND BASMA (033) [1952] SLSC 3 (23 January 1952); | 23 Jan 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Land Law-tenancy in common-partition-order for sale by court-applicant... |
| Supreme Court | KANGAMA AND ALEXANDRIA (034) [1952] SLSC 4 (28 January 1952); | 28 Jan 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Armed Services-discipline-redress of wrongs-procedure-statutory 15 procedure... |
| Supreme Court | SHERIFF AND LOOGAN and TWO OTHERS (035) [1952] SLSC 5 (28 January 1952); | 28 Jan 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Tort-conversion-damages-measure of damages-value of property at date of... |
| Supreme Court | IN RE HAMILTON and IN RE FREETOWN IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE (CAP. 89) (036) [1952] SLSC 6 (05 February 1952); | 05 Feb 1952 | Search Summary: I] Administrative Law-public officers-authority of public officercitizen... |
| Supreme Court | IN RE THOMAS (DECEASED) and IN RE ADMINISTRATION OF 15 20 ESTATES ORDINANCE (CAP. 2) (037) [1952] SLSC 7 (11 February 1952); | 11 Feb 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Succession-intestate succession-disposal of estate-petitions to court on... |
| Supreme Court | HARRIS AND NICOL and HARDING (038) [1952] SLSC 8 (18 February 1952); | 18 Feb 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Land Law-estate tail-creation-devise "to A and his children"- devisee takes... |
| Supreme Court | JABER v. RADAR (No. 2 (039) [1952] SLSC 9 (18 February 1952); | 18 Feb 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Tort-damages-trespass-trespass to land-damages recoverable even though no... |
| Supreme Court | TIMBO AND JALLOH (040) [1952] SLSC 10 (03 March 1952); | 03 Mar 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Land Law-joint tenancy-words of severance-concurrent ownership prima facie... |
| Supreme Court | TIMBO v. JALLOH (041) [1952] SLSC 11 (03 March 1952); | 03 Mar 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Land Law-joint tenancy-words of severance-concurrent ownership prima facie... |
| Supreme Court | LOKO AND PAULINE AND COMPANY (042) [1952] SLSC 12 (14 March 1952); | 14 Mar 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Bailment-hire of chattels-obligations of hirer-hirer bound to exercise... |
| Supreme Court | JOHN and ANOTHER v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL (043) [1952] SLSC 13 (24 March 1952); | 24 Mar 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Land Use Planning-compulsory acquisition-compensation-dis- 15 puted... |
| Supreme Court | HASHIM AND S.C.O.A (044) [1952] SLSC 14 (01 April 1952); | 01 Apr 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Agency-authority of agent-limits of authority-agent presumed to have no... |
| Supreme Court | BASMA AND. JABER (045) [1952] SLSC 15 (15 April 1952); | 15 Apr 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Civil Procedure-execution-land-order to deliver up possession must comply... |
| Court of Appeal | DOGBOWU AND REGINAM (046) [1952] SLCA 1 (16 June 1952); | 16 Jun 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Criminal Law-mistake or ignorance-transferred malice-mistake no defence where... |
| Supreme Court | BASMA AND NOURELDINE (047) [1952] SLSC 16 (17 June 1952); | 17 Jun 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Equity-relief against forfeiture-court has wide and unfettered discretion to... |
| Court of Appeal | SIERRA LEONE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED AND TAYLOR (048) [1952] SLCA 2 (17 June 1952); | 17 Jun 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Employment-safety-breach of common law duty-safe system of work-whether... |
| Court of Appeal | JABER AND BASMA (049) [1952] SLCA 3 (18 June 1952); | 18 Jun 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Civil Procedure-judgments and orders-notice to persons interested-sub-tenant... |
| Supreme Court | TARAWALLI AND SESAY (050) [1952] SLSC 17 (01 August 1952); | 01 Aug 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Land Law-adverse possession-tenancy at will-limitation of action-time does... |
| Supreme Court | PRATT AND THE SHERIFF & ANOTHER (051) [1952] SLSC 18 (04 October 1952); | 04 Oct 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Civil Procedure-execution-land-sale by sheriff prima facie for ready money... |
| Supreme Court | PALMER AND THE GOVERNOR (052) [1952] SLSC 19 (18 November 1952); | 18 Nov 1952 | Search Summary: [I] Civil Procedure-parties-capacity-action must be brought against individual,... |
| Supreme Court | ALLIE and OTHERS AND ALHADI (OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR) (053) [1952] SLSC 20 (27 November 1952); | 27 Nov 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Civil Procedure-appeals-matters of fact-appellate court will not set aside... |
| Supreme Court | JOHN & ANOTHER AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL (053) [1952] SLSC 21 (04 December 1952); | 04 Dec 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Administrative Law-Crown proceedings-costs-discretion of court as to costs... |
| Supreme Court | HARDING v. HARRIS and OTHERS (055) [1952] SLSC 22 (11 December 1952); | 11 Dec 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Land Law-estate tail-creation-devise to daughter and her "issues" creates... |
| Court of Appeal | BASMA AND NOURELDINE (056) [1952] SLCA 4 (12 December 1952); | 12 Dec 1952 | Search Summary: [1] Civil Procedure-appeals-appeal against exercise of judicial discretion-appeal... |