Farouk S.T Adedoyin
Articles
A Review of Sierra Leone’s Laws on Mortgages
- 5 June 2023
- Farouk S.T Adedoyin
The law of mortgages in Sierra Leone is the product of the common law, equity, and statutes. The common law is the body of customary law, based upon judicial decisions and embodied in reports of decided cases, that has been administered by the common-law courts of England [and its former colonies, the Republic of Sierra Leone being one]. The Common Law is recognised under the laws of Sierra Leone by virtue of Section 170(2) of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, Act No. 6 of 1991.
An Appraisal on the Distinctions and Similarities between the Offences of Strict Liability and Vicarious Liability: Making a Case against the Recognition of Vicarious Liability in the Criminal Law of Sierra Leone
- 31 May 2023
- Farouk S.T Adedoyin
To start with, there are a number of distinctions between vicarious liability and strict liability offences. Vicarious liability and strict liability offences are part of the offences criminalised under the criminal law of Sierra Leone. It is noteworthy that by virtue of Section 74 of the Courts Act, of the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Courts of Sierra Leone are allowed to use the common law of England, doctrines and principles of Equity, and Statutes of General Application in force in England before the 1st Day of January 1880.1 However, where such common law is used, it merely has persuasive authority as opposed to binding legal authority. This is primarily why this literature cited such authorities and such other case laws from jurisdictions with analogous common law legal systems like Sierra Leone.