Published On - April 22, 2021
Legal Aid Board secures discharge of 6 people in the Special Criminal Session in Magburaka
Legal Aid Board secures discharge of 6 people in the Special Criminal Session in Magburaka...
Published On - March 26, 2021
Legal Aid Board Secures Discharge of Accused Person After 11-Yrs On Remand
Freetown, 22 March 2021. The Legal Aid Board (LAB) has secured the discharge of one Abu Bakarr Kamara-Taylor from the High Court Holden in Freetown presided over by Honourable Justice Alusine Sesay, Justice of Supreme Court. Kamara-Taylor was discharged by the court for want of prosecution. His disc...
Published On - March 26, 2021
LAB Executive Director Named Among 50 Most Influential Sierra Leonean Women For Second Time
Freetown, 19 March 2021. The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board (LAB), Ms Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles, has this year again emerged as one of the winners of the 50 Most Influential Sierra Leonean Women awards for 2020. This year marks the second time the LAB Executive Director has e...
Published On - February 23, 2021
Legal Aid Board deploys 6 corps around the country
The Legal Aid Board has begun deploying six National Youth Service Corps in five office locations in the country. This follows a one-day orientation in Freetown on Tuesday, 23 February 2021. The corps will be stationed in Bo, Kenema, Waterloo and Freetown where they will assist with Paralegal work. ...
Published On - February 23, 2021
Legal Aid Board mediates impasse in Kissy Mosque
The Legal Aid Board has on Tuesday, February 23 commenced mediation on the impasse between factions in the Masjid Thauba Mosque in Kissy in the east-end of Freetown. The mediation took place in the head office of the Board in Freetown. One of the factions is led by the Chief Imam Sheik Alhaji Tejan ...
Published On - February 19, 2021
Legal Aid Board represents 25 accused persons in Call-Over
The Legal Aid Board provided Legal representation to 25 of 36 accused persons arraigned before the Honourable Justice Monfred Sesay at the two-day November Criminal Call-Over Holden at the Freetown High Court No. 1 from 30 November to 1 December 2020. The 25 accused persons were charged with various...
Published On - February 19, 2021
Legal Aid Board holds national planning seminar for 2021
15 December 2020 – The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles has urged staff to prepare for a steady increase in their workload come 2021 even with limited resources at their disposal. She made this remark while opening the National Planning Seminar of the ...
Published On - February 19, 2021
Legal Aid Board secures acquittal of client from High Court
The Legal Aid Board has secured the acquittal and discharge of one Ibrahim Sorie Sillah from the High Court Holden in Freetown presided over by Honourable Justice John B. Alieu, JA on 10 December 2020. The accused person was acquitted and discharged by the court on all three-counts following a verdi...
Published On - February 19, 2021
The Legal Aid Board in 23 cities and towns and still counting
The Legal Aid Board had nine staff at inception in May 2015. These include five Legal Aid Counsels and three clerks. The Counsels include the Executive Director, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles and her assistant the Legal Aid Manager, Ivan Ansumana Sesay now a Justice of the Appeals Court. The B...
Published On - February 19, 2021
Legal Aid Board discuss support to Gender Directorate of Army
The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles has pledged to strengthen the Office of the Directorate of Gender and Equal Opportunities of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF). This will entail capacity-building for staff, setting up a Gender Desk Of...