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• COURT – Jurisdiction – Whether Jurisdiction Can Be Conferred on the Court by Parties

  "Besides and rightly as submitted by the learned senior Counsel to the 2nd Respondent, parties cannot confer jurisdiction on the Court over inadmissible evidence or matter. By virtue of Paragraphs…

• JURISDICTION – Appellate Jurisdiction – Whether an appellate court can exercise jurisdiction over a matter where the lower court(s) lacks jurisdiction

  "It is also settled beyond equivocation that want of jurisdiction on the part of a trial Court or lower Court has the effect of robbing an appellate or higher Court…

• JURISDICTION – Appellate Jurisdiction – Whether an Appellate Court Can Exercise Jurisdiction Over a Matter Where the Lower Court(s) Lack Jurisdiction

  "In the premises of the law and for reasons set out in the lead judgment, I totally agree that both the ex parte motion and the writ of summons used…

• JURISDICTION: Exercise of Jurisdiction - What Confers Jurisdiction on a Court

  “It is undisputable that court’s jurisdiction to entertain a suit is always conferred by either the Constitution or statute which expressly confers such jurisdiction to the courts to entertain a…

• JURISDICTION – Criminal Jurisdiction - What confers jurisdiction on the court in criminal trials - Effect of improper arraignment on criminal jurisdiction of the court

  “The jurisdiction of a court to try an accused can only be invoked and become exercisable upon the arraignment of the accused before it in open court. Without arraignment, the…