Appeals Court Judge Veronic Wrights threw out the Gambia Tourism Board's request to hold off giving Lamin Bojang a job. The court said GTBoard fired him illegally in 2022. Bojang took his former employer to court when they cut his contract short without proper cause.
High Court Judge Sidi K Jobarteh had already sided with Bojang earlier. That first ruling declared the firing unlawful and awarded him D30,000 cash. It also ordered GTBoard to hire him back and pay all missed wages starting from April 2022. GTBoard hated this decision and fought back hard.
They filed papers at the Appeals Court trying to reverse everything. They also asked the court to block Bojang from getting his job or money until their appeal was finished. Judge Wright looked at their request and found major problems with it. She agreed with the earlier High Court view.
Her ruling stated that GTBoard failed to follow basic court rules under Order 43 Rule 18(3), which are required, not optional. She dismissed their entire request as legally flawed. Making matters worse for GTBoard, she ordered them to pay Bojang another D50,000 on top of everything else. Judges Basiru VP Mahoney and Amina Saho Ceesay both backed her decision fully.
High Court Judge Sidi K Jobarteh had already sided with Bojang earlier. That first ruling declared the firing unlawful and awarded him D30,000 cash. It also ordered GTBoard to hire him back and pay all missed wages starting from April 2022. GTBoard hated this decision and fought back hard.
They filed papers at the Appeals Court trying to reverse everything. They also asked the court to block Bojang from getting his job or money until their appeal was finished. Judge Wright looked at their request and found major problems with it. She agreed with the earlier High Court view.
Her ruling stated that GTBoard failed to follow basic court rules under Order 43 Rule 18(3), which are required, not optional. She dismissed their entire request as legally flawed. Making matters worse for GTBoard, she ordered them to pay Bojang another D50,000 on top of everything else. Judges Basiru VP Mahoney and Amina Saho Ceesay both backed her decision fully.
