Solicitor General of the Gambia
The Solicitor General of the Gambia (German Attorney General) is a high-ranking attorney for the Gambian government, whose legal system is based on common law . He is the second senior officer in the Justice Department after the Attorney General and Justice Minister . The incumbent Solicitor General as of 2017 is Cherno Marenah .
The function
The Solicitor General is the Assistant Attorney General and has the authority to act on his behalf in his absence. The legal basis for this authority in Gambia can be found in the Law Officers Act . In Gambia, the Solicitor General also serves as legal secretary, practically as state secretary in the Ministry of Justice.
Hassan Bubacar Jallow stated in his book " Journey for Justice " that the Office of the Attorney General is "a peculiarity of the English legal system and a long tradition ". He quotes from 1770 Chief Justice John Eardley Wilmot who said that “ the Solicitor General is the Secondarius attornatus ; and as the courts take legal notice of the Attorney General, if there is one, the Solicitor General, if he is in his place, if there is none, he is a known and sworn officer of the Crown as well as the Attorney, and in the In his vacancy, he carries out every act and every branch of it. "
List of Solicitors General
- Due to the availability of documents, the list is incomplete and should be expanded continuously.
| Term of office | Surname | comment |
|---|---|---|
| around 1963 | Phillip Bridges | |
| probably 1964 to at least 1971 | SHA George | |
| before 1983 | SK O'Brien-Coker | |
| Wallace G. Grante | ||
| ? | ? | |
| 1982-1984 | Hassan Bubacar Jallow | |
| 1984-1990 | ? | |
| 1990-1995 | Amie Bensouda | |
| 1995-1997 | ? | |
| 1997-1998 | Fatou Bensouda | |
| 1998-2000 | Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie | |
| 2000-2005 | Raymond Sock | |
| 2005-2009 | Henry DR Carrol | |
| 2009-2010 | Awa Bah | |
| 2010 | Jainaba Bah Sambou | |
| 2010-2013 | Pa Harry Jammeh | |
| 2013-2015 | Basiru Mahoney | |
| 2015 | Lamin K. Mboge | |
| 2015-2016 | Cherno Marenah | |
| 2016-2017 | Saffie Sankareh | |
| 2017– | Cherno Marenah |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hassan B. Jallow: Journey for Justice . AuthorHouse, Bloomington 2012, pp. 146-147.
- ↑ Gambia's Solicitor General faces criminal charges ( Memento from December 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ David Perfect: Historical Dictionary of The Gambia . Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4422-6526-4 , pp. 66 ( google.de [accessed January 24, 2019]).
- ^ The Gambia Year Book . Adara Bros., 1971, pp. 16, 18 ( google.de [accessed January 24, 2019]).
- ^ Bathurst Club History | Gambia. Retrieved January 24, 2019 (possibly in office as early as 1963/64).
- ↑ NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LAW REPORTING. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Hassan Bubacar Jallow . Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ↑ Amie ND Bensouda . Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ↑ Fatou BENSOUDA . Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ↑ Sock, Raymond Claudius (The Gambia) . Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ Pa Harry Jammeh is new Solicitor General . In: The Point , July 1, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ↑ NIA Detains Solicitor General Pa Harry Jammeh . In: Kibaaro News , May 26, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ↑ Gambia's Solicitor General removed . In: Blasting News , May 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ↑ Cherno Marena bounces back as Solicitor General . In: The Point , May 11, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ↑ Sam Phatey: Cherno Marena reappointed Solicitor General . In: SMBC News , May 16, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2018.