I for one assumed that the Magistrates courts were closed for the administration of justice,not so as it appears that they are operational just without the "private practitioner lawyers".
Magistrates and court staff are at their posts performing their jobs.
"“We are hearing cases and we adjourn cases involving lawyers. We are civil servants and not politicians and, most especially, we are working for Gambian people,” a court official said.
“Some lawyers use to come, but they don’t attend court sittings; but civil and criminal cases are heard without lawyers,” the official added.
The wrong end of the stick ?
Posted - 28 Dec 2016 : 16:10:05
