Six
Gambians have been appointed as judges of the Superior Courts of The Gambia by
President Adama Barrow.
The
appointments were pursuant to the recommendation of the Judicial Service
Commission made on 14 and 16 March 2017.
The
appointed Judges are Justice Cherno Sulayman Jallow, QC as Justice of the
Supreme Court, Justice Mary Mam Yassin Sey as Justice of the Supreme Court,
Justice Naceesay Sallah Wadda as Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Omar
Momodou Musa Njie as Justice of the Court of Appeal, whilst Zainab Jawara Alami
serves as Judge of the High Court and Sainabou Wadda Cisse as Judge of the High
Court.
Cherno
Sulayman Jallow (Justice of the Supreme Court) has 28 years’ post call
experience as a lawyer and has once worked at the Attorney General’s Chambers
as Chief Parliamentary Counsel.
He
served as Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands from 1999 to 2007 and
he is currently the Director of Policy Research and Statistics of the British
Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission.
Justice
Mary Mam Yassin Sey has 28 years’ post call experience as a lawyer and was the
first female appointed Judge in The Gambia.
Justice
Mam Yassin Sey worked under the UN and ECOWAS in Liberia as legal adviser in
the office of the Special Representative of the Executive Secretary of the
ECOWAS (SRES).
She
served as Judge in Swaziland and Sierra Leone respectively and she is currently
Justice of the Supreme Court of Republic of Vanuatu.
Justice
Naceesay Sallah Wadda has 18 years’ post call experience as a lawyer and had
served in various capacities including as Deputy Director of Public
Prosecutions and Acting Solicitor General and Legal Secretary at the Attorney
General’s Chambers.
She
was appointed as High Court Judge in 2007 and had served as Justice of The
Gambia Court of Appeal from 2011 to 2016.
Justice
Omar Momodou Musa Njie has over 25 years post call experience as a private
legal practitioner and as a lecturer in Civil Procedure, Gambia Law School from
2014 to date.
Mrs
Sainabou Wadda Cisse has 15 years’ post call experience as a lawyer and has
once served as a senior Magistrate and Chairperson of the Kanifing Industrial
Tribunal.
She
served as the head of Legal Affairs and Compliance at the former Prime Bank (G)
Ltd and currently the head of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary at the
Guaranty Trust Bank (G) Ltd.
Zainab
Jawara Alami has 16 years’ post call experience as a lawyer and once worked as
curator of Interstate Estate Department and State Counsel (Criminal Division)
at the Attorney General’s Chambers.
She
is currently Deputy Director (Legal) and Head of Legal Unit at the Gambia
Revenue Authority (GRA).
