The yearly event is usually organised by the Gambia Judiciary to take stock and reflect on the challenges and the way forward in ensuring the dispensation of quality justice as far as the Gambian Legal System is concerned.
The Legal Year will be opened by His Excellency President Adama Barrow. There will be speeches by Hon. Chief Justice, the Attorney General and the President of the Gambia Bar Association. The occasion will be graced by numerous dignitaries including, amongst others, the Vice President, Speaker of the National Assembly, Cabinet Ministers and diplomats.
There will be chain of activities from 7th to 11th of February to commemorate the occasion. These include a call to the Bar ceremony for graduates of the Gambia Law School on Monday, a meeting of the Chief Justice, Minister of Justice and Ministers of Regional Government and Lands with the President of the District Tribunal and Regional Governors.
These activities will be followed by 2-day training session for judges and magistrates on sentencing guidelines, a meeting of sentencing council and a one-day conference on women, children and the law, which is designed to discuss the challenges that women and children face in contact with the justice system.
It is anticipated these series of activities would contribute to linking groups in the law, improving and refining the machinery of justice and strengthening the capacity and capability of staffs of the Gambia Legal System.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MOTIE) continues to remain committed to ensuring that essential commodities are available, accessible, and affordable to the general public especially during these trying times of Global economic turmoil as prices of essential commodities are on the rise as a result of COVID 19 pandemic and the Russia – Ukraine War.
A Gambians group named ‘Concerned Citizens’ are planning to organise a peaceful demonstration against ongoing mass deportation of Gambians from Germany and other European countries.
A man who killed his neighbour and her two daughters by setting their flat on fire has been found guilty of murder.
Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, died along with Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh, aged three and one, after their home in Clifton, Nottingham, was set alight in November.
The chairman of the Gambia Hajj Commission has called on Gambians to embrace peace and stability, calling on party supporters to maintain peace and avoid all forms of violence in the country.
