Background
Luke, Eben Livesey was born on May 7, 1930 in Goderich, Sierra Leone.
Luke, Eben Livesey was born on May 7, 1930 in Goderich, Sierra Leone.
South.Samuel Ernest and Rebecca (Cole) L. Bachelor in Law with honors, U. Southampton, 1955. Business Level, Lincoln"s Inn (London), 1956.
Bar: Sierra Leone. Private practice barrister and solicitor, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1957-1970. Notary public, Sierra Leone, since 1968. Judge High Court, Freetown, 1970-1971, justice High Court, 1971-1979, chief justice, 1979-1985.
Justice Gambia Court Appeal, Banjul, Gambia, since 1972.
Chief justice Supreme Court, Botswana, 1988. Chairman Judicial and Legal Svc.
Commission, Freetown, 1979-1985. Member Committee on Legal Education in Africa, Freetown, 1963, Committee on Legal Education in Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1964.
Board trustees West African Endowment Fund, 1982-1986, West African Examinations.
Member Constitutional Committee, Sierra Leone, 1966, Civilian Rule Committee, Sierra Leone, 1968, Consl. Review Committee, Sierra Leone, 1970.
Member Sierra Leone Bar Association (president 1970), Judicial Council of National Bar Association, Freetown Dinner.
Married Rachel Evelyn Macauley, April.18, 1959. 1 child, Pamela.