The Supreme Court of The Gambia has on the 28 th January 2020 upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal that Lawyer Ousainou Darboe only paid his taxes for the period concerned to fulfil his political obligations to contest in the Presidential elections. The Judgment was delivered by Justice M.M. Sey and the other four judges in the persons of Justices Hassan B. Jallow (Chief Justice), G.B. Samega Janneh, R.C. Sock and Cherno Sulayman Jallow all agreed with her judgment. Darboe’s appeal arose from a decision of the Gambia Court of Appeal delivered on 14 th June 2016 dismissing his appeal against the adverse findings made in relation to him as contained in the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Tax Evasion and other Corrupt Practices in The Gambia from 1999 – 2011. The Commission was issued by the former President of the Republic of The Gambia, in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 200 of the 1997 Constitution of The Republic of The Gambia and
