awarded the sum of Fifty Thousand United States Dollars [US$50 000.00] or its equivalent in Dalasi DECISION OF THE COURT 1. The Court has found that the Plaintiff’s trial by the trial judge who was undergoing some corruption allegation proceedings before him was a violation of his human rights to fair trial. 2. Whereas the 1997 Constitution of Gambia provides the methods of initiating proceedings for the removal of a Supreme Court Judge, and whereas the provision requires the tribunal to conduct independent investigations before making a conclusion, and whereas the Defendant has not complied with this requirements, the Court in considering the texts creating the Gambian Superior Court of Judicature and in line with the principles of fair trial enshrined in International Instruments particularly UDHR and ACHPR, has found that the acts of the Defendant relative to the Plaintiff’s removal from office, trial and conviction were biased, lacking in independence, amounts to non-compliance with due process and in breach of natural justice and thereby constitute a gross violation of the Plaintiff’s right to fair trial. 3. The Court awards the plaintiff nominal damages for violation of his rights to fair hearing and for his incarceration as prayed for considering the fact that the findings of the court are restorative enough to give just satisfaction to the Plaintiff and clear any impediment in his efforts to secure employment. 4. The Court finds that there is justification for payment of Plaintiff’s Attorney’s fees as a successful Attorney since the Plaintiff has not been working after his removal from office and may be constrained in meeting the financial obligations of his attorney. 36