From The Indepentent - By Omar Bah APPEAL COURT DISMISSES ATTORNEY GENERAL’S APPLICATION The Gambia Court of Appeal on Wednesday dismissed an application by Joseph Joof to withdraw D50,000 he allegedly deposited in court on behalf of Jeggan Grey-Johnson in his ongoing legal tussle with Elie Nachif of Yellowgate over a musical recording contract. Elie Nachif took Mr Grey-Johnson to court after he allegedly failed to pay an amount agreed over a musical recording contract. In June 1999, Justice Mam Yassin Sey of the High Court delivered judgement in favour of Elie Nachif, ordering Mr Grey-Johnson to pay 80,000 plus interest and cost. However, when Mr Grey-Johnson allegedly failed to pay the amount, Mr Nachif filed a judgement debtor’s summons, and after the matter was examined, Justice Sey again ordered Mr Grey-Johnson to pay D50,000 and the balance to be paid by instalments. While Mr Grey-Johnson appealed against Mam Yasin Sey’s judgement, he also filed a motion for a stay of execution, Justice Sey however refused to grant the stay of execution unless Mr Grey-Johnson deposits the D50,000 in court, which was later complied with. However, while the case was proceeding in The Gambia Court Of Appeal, the newly appointed Attorney General and Justice Secretary Joseph Joof recently filed a motion in the court, applying to withdraw the D50,000 deposit which he claimed to have paid on behalf of Mr Grey-Johnson. However, Emmanuel Chime, counsel for Elie Nachif opposed the application to withdraw the deposit on the grounds that his client never dealt with Joseph Joof and that he (Joof) was not a party to suit. During Wednesday’s sitting, Mrs Hawa Sisay-Sabally, representing Joseph Joof applied to the court to withdraw the application for the withdrawal of the D50,000 deposit. Both counsels for Mr Grey-Johnson and Elie Nachif, Messrs. Bola Carrol and Emmanuel Chime said they had no objection to the withdrawal of the application. However, in his ruling, the president of The Gambia Court of Appeal Justice Gelega King dismissed the application on the grounds that Joseph Joof had no right to bring it before the court. The case was adjourned to March 29th for further hearing. Justice Gelega-King was sitting with Justice A.D Yahya and Justice J. Akambe. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------