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Two appointed summer vacation judges

Jul 21, 2017, 12:16 PM | Article By: Bruce Asemota

Reports reaching this medium have confirmed that Justice Zainab Jawara Alami and Justice Sainabou Wadda Cisse both of the High Court in Banjul have been appointed as Summer Vacation Judges for the month of August and September 2017.

The summer vacation of the superior courts of The Gambia would commence from Tuesday 1 August 2017 and the summer vacation terminates on 29 September 2017.

The next legal year would commence on 2 October 2017.

Justice Zainab Jawara Alami would serve as the vacation judge for the month of August 2017, whilst Justice Sainabou Wadda Cisse would serve as the vacation judge for the month of September 2017.

The two judges were appointed recently by the Judicial Service Commission and sworn in by President Adama Barrow.

It could be recalled that the two judges were among the nine senior judicial officials who recently returned from the Federal Republic of Nigeria after attending a two-week training course at the Nigeria Judicial Institute in Abuja.