- Supreme Court
- LAND LAW – Customary Title to Land – Whether an owner of land under native law and custom can transfer his absolute interest as an estate in fee simple
- LAND LAW – Establishing Land Boundaries – Effects of Historical Claims
- LAND LAW – Admissibility and Credibility of Oral Evidence in Land Disputes
- LAND LAW – Declaration of Title to Land – Duty of a claimant/plaintiff in an action for declaration of title to land
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence of Conspiracy – Nature of the offence of conspiracy
- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – Right to Fair Hearing – Test of fairness/fair hearing in proceedings
- ACTION – Pleadings – Illegality – How illegality should be pleaded
- ACTION – Pleadings – Aim/object/purpose of pleadings
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Charge(s) – Proper time within which a Magistrate should draft a charge against an accused person
- ELECTION PETITION – Burden of Proof – On whom lies the evidential burden to establish non-compliance with the Electoral Act and how to discharge the burden
- LAND LAW
- LAND LAW – Trespass to Land – Who can claim damages/maintain an action for trespass to land
- LAND LAW – Trespass to Land – Who can claim damages/maintain an action for trespass to land
- LAND LAW – Trespass to Land – Whether a defendant can claim to be in possession by mere entry
- LAND LAW – Trespass to Land – What a plaintiff must prove to succeed in a claim for trespass to land
- LAND LAW – Possession of Land – Whether the type of conduct which indicates possession must vary with the type of land
- LAND LAW – Laches and Acquiescence – Types of acquiescence
- LAND LAW – Laches and Acquiescence – Doctrine of laches and acquiescence
- LAND LAW – Joint Tenancy – At what instance will the presumption of law not be in favour of a joint tenancy
- LAND LAW – Grant of Land – How to prove an outright grant of land that is neither for living on nor for cultivation
- LAND LAW – Family Property or Land – Whether a family will be bound by the result of steps taken by a member of the family with respect to family property/land
- APPEAL
- APPEAL – Right of Appeal to High Court – Condition for an appeal to lie to the High Court from the decision of the Customary Court
- APPEAL – Re-Opening of Appeal – Circumstance where an appeal may be re-opened
- APPEAL – Misdirection – When a misdirection is said to occur
- APPEAL – Interference With Findings of Facts – Attitude of appellate courts to findings of fact made by a lower court
- APPEAL – Interference With Evaluation of Evidence – Principles under which an Appellate Court would interfere with the findings of a Lower Court based on evaluation of evidence
- APPEAL – Fresh Points on Appeal – Whether leave of Court must first be sought and obtained before fresh point can be raised on appeal and the exception(s) thereof
- APPEAL – Fresh Points on Appeal – Whether Court can suo motu formulate issues and determine an appeal on same without affording the parties an opportunity of giving further evidence in relation thereto
- APPEAL – Fresh Points on Appeal – Circumstance(s) in which an appellate court will/may entertain fresh point/issues on appeal
- APPEAL – Filing or Entry of Appeal – Effect of entering an appeal
- APPEAL – Filing or Entry of Appeal – At what point is an appeal deemed to have been entered and effect of same
- CONVEYANCING LAW
- CONVEYANCING LAW – Registration of Title – Position of the law as regards extension of time within which to apply for the registration of a mortgage
- CONVEYANCING LAW – Registration of Title – Position of the law as regards extension of time within which to apply for the registration of a mortgage
- CONVEYANCING – Purpose of Land Registration Act – Fraud Prevention and Security
- PRIORITIES AND CONVEYANCES – Effect Of Registration – Date of Registration as Effective Date
- CONVEYANCING LAW – Prioritization of Registered Deeds – Whether an un registered deed can be pleaded and admitted in evidence
- CONVEYANCING LAW – Effect of Registration – How to determine the date and hour of registration of an instrument
- CONVEYANCING – Registration of title – Importance of Registration of title
- CONVEYANCING LAW – Registration of Instruments – Procedure for registration under Land Registration Act, cap. 99
- CONVEYANCING LAW – Registration of Instruments – Effect of failure to register a registrable instrument – Whether unregistered conveyance can be pleaded and tendered in evidence
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition – Whether unlawful possession of weapon by one of two or more persons for a common object is the possession of all
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Sentencing – Principles that guide an Appellate Court where there is an appeal against sentence passed by a lower Court
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Power of the Attorney -General – How powers of the Attorney General to institute criminal proceedings may be exercised
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence(s) – Statutory provision stating how offences under the Penal Code are dealt with
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence Of Stealing – Whether ownership is an essential ingredient of the offence of stealing
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence of Stealing – Whether converting money received on behalf of another person to personal use amounts to stealing
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence of Stealing – Whether a person may be convicted where it was proved that he stole a part of the amount alleged to have been stolen without amendment of same
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence of Stealing – Whether a defence of bona fide claim of right in a charge of stealing has to be reasonable
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – Statutory provision as regards the offence of receiving stolen goods
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence of Murder – Essential ingredients that must be proved by the prosecution to ground a conviction for murder
- DAMAGES
- DAMAGES – Liquidated/Unliquidated Damages – Distinction between liquidated and unliquidated damages
- DAMAGES – Award of Damages – When damages can be awarded against parties sued in a representative capacity
- DAMAGES – Award of Damages – Duty of Courts while awarding damages to dependants under the Fatal Accidents Acts or Nigerian Laws replacing them
- DAMAGES – Assessment of Damages – Guiding principles for assessment of damages
- DAMAGES – Measure of Damages – Measure of damages in a claim for wrongful dismissal
- EVIDENCE
- EVIDENCE – Standard of Proof – Standard of proof required in a charge of adultery
- EVIDENCE – Standard of Proof – Required standard of proof in criminal trials; and the effect of doubt therein
- EVIDENCE – Relevant Facts of Evidence – Statutory provisions as to when facts are said to be relevant
- EVIDENCE – Proof of Title to Land – What a person relying on circumstantial evidence in support of a claim for declaration of title to land must prove
- EVIDENCE – Proof of Custom or Customary Law – Whether native law and custom must be proved
- EVIDENCE – Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt – Whether proof beyond reasonable doubt means proof beyond all shadow of doubt
- EVIDENCE – Presumption of Facts – Whether a testator’s description in his will is presumed to be the truth
- EVIDENCE – Facts in Issue – Whether evidence on facts in issue can be contradicted
- EVIDENCE – Facts in Issue – What is fact in issue
- EVIDENCE – Evidence of Witness – The purpose of admitting the previous evidence of a witness
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Variation of Judgment – Whether variations in the bench will suffice to make judgment of the court a nullity
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Stay of Execution of Judgment – Whether an application for stay of execution can be heard and decided on its merit by the Supreme Court where no appeal has been entered at the Supreme Court
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Stay Of Execution of Judgment – Power of the Supreme Court to grant stay of execution
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Setting Aside Judgment or Order – Circumstances when a Court would set aside its judgment/decision/order
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Order of Retrial or Trial De Novo – Instances where an order of retrial will not be made
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Order of Retrial or Trial De Novo – Instances where an order of retrial will not be made
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Order of Non-Suit – Statutory provisions conferring power on the High Court to make an order of non-suit
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Order of Non-Suit – Meaning and rationale for making an order of non-suit
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Order of Non-Suit – Guiding principles for making an order of non-suit
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Order of Non-Suit – Guiding principles for making an order of non-suit
- LANDLORD AND TENANT
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES – Dissolution Of Marriage – Factors to be considered by the Court when considering whether it should exercise its discretion in favour of a petitioner who is also guilty of adultery
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES – Cruelty In Marriage – Whether cruelty cases depend particularly on a careful estimate of the parties or their witnesses
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES – Cruelty In Marriage – What cruelty consists of
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES – Cruelty in Marriage – Test to be applied in order to know whether one spouse treated the other with cruelty
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES – Cruelty in Marriage – Duty of Court to appraise the totality of evidence in establishing legal cruelty
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES – Adultery – Attitude of Court to confessions of adultery by a person who desires a divorce
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES – Desertion – What constitutes desertion – Whether war can be a sufficient ground for desertion
- MATRIMONIAL CAUSES – Animus Deserendi – How to prove animus deserendi
- MAXIM
- NATIVE LAW AND CUSTOM
- PRIORITIES AND CONVEYANCES
- TORT
- WORDS AND PHRASES
- ACTION
- ACTION – Representative Capacity – Who should apply for the approval of the court to defend in a representative capacity
- ACTION – Representative Capacity – Whether defendants sued on behalf of their family must obtain the family’s authority and apply to the court for approval
- ACTION – Representative Capacity – Whether a party needs to obtain the order of court to sue in a representative capacity
- ACTION – Pleadings – How illegality should be pleaded
- ACTION – Pleadings – Aim/object/purpose of pleadings
- ACTION – Parties – Non-Joinder of Parties – Whether the non-joinder of a party can defeat an action
- ACTION – Parties – Non-Joinder of Parties – Whether the non-joinder of a party can defeat an action
- ACTION – Originating Summons – When the adoption of the originating summons procedure will be inappropriate
- ACTION – Counter-Claim – General principles of law with respect to counter-claim
- ACTION – Consolidation of Actions/Suits – Whether an order for consolidation of actions can be varied
- BANKING LAW
- BANKING LAW – Overdraft – Whether the taking of an overdraft in breach of instructions amounts to stealing
- BANKING LAW – Cheque – Meaning and nature of a post-dated cheque
- BANKING LAW – Cheque – Meaning and nature of a post-dated cheque
- BANKING LAW – Banking Business – Definition of “Bank” and “Banking business” as defined under the Banking Act Cap. 19
- BANKING LAW – Banker-Customer Relationship – Nature of a banker/customer relationship
- CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS
- CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS – Traditional Ruler – The essence of a natural ruler
- CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS – Chieftaincy Question – Statutory definition of a chieftaincy question
- CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS – Chieftaincy Question – Conditions under which pending proceedings shall abate for the purpose of hearing matters on chieftaincy questions
- COMMERCIAL LAW
- CUSTOMARY LAW – Customary Sale of Land – Requirements for a valid sale of land under native law and custom
- COMPANY LAW – Memorandum and Articles of Association – The principle of constructive notice as regards the memorandum and article of association by persons having dealings with the company
- COMMERCIAL LAW – Ratification – How ratification can be implied
- COMMERCIAL LAW – Hire Purchase – Whether a hirer can repossess the hired goods without an order of court
- COMMERCIAL LAW – Hire Purchase – How to ascertain the existence and extent of obligation in a hiring or hire-purchase agreement
- COMMERCIAL LAW – Delivery of Goods – Position of the law where time of delivery of goods is not defined
- COMPANY LAW
- COMPANY LAW – Registered Company – How to ascertain if a company has been duly registered under the Companies Act
- COMPANY LAW – Memorandum and Articles of Association – Principles guiding construction of the objects of a memorandum of association
- COMPANY LAW – Memorandum and Articles of Association – Importance of the memorandum of association after incorporation of a company; effect of going outside the scope of the stated objects in the memorandum
- COMPANY LAW – Directors – Effect where the directors of a company do not exercise their rights to decline to register a transfer of shares where the Articles of the Company grants such powers
- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
- CONTRACT
- CONTRACT – Repudiation of Contract – Whether postponement of delivery will amount to repudiation of contract
- CONTRACT – Promissory Estoppel – Essential requirements for the application of the doctrine of promissory estoppel
- CONTRACT – Intention of Parties to Contract – Whether the court can go outside the express intention of parties in a contract agreement
- CONTRACT – Contractual Agreement or Document – Effect of signing a contractual document
- COURT
- COURT – Supreme Court – Extent of the Powers of the Supreme Court
- COURT – Power of Court – Whether a court is empowered to strike out a suit in limine where the plaintiff has failed to call a certain witness
- COURT – Power of Court – Power of the Supreme Court to strike out an appeal
- COURT – Native Court – Whether the Native Courts have the discretion to invite a witness to take an oath as provided under the Criminal Procedure Code
- COURT – Native Court – Status and extent of the power of Shehu of Bornu’s Court
- COURT – Jurisdiction – Distinction between jurisdiction of Court and procedure
- COURT – Duty of Judge – Duty of a judge in matrimonial proceedings
- COURT – Duty of Court – Whether it is the function of a Court to alter the words of a legislation
- COURT – Duty of Court – Duty of Court to invite parties to supply evidence where an issue for determination requires evidence for further clarification
- COURT – Duty of Court – Duty of court in interpreting documents or contracts
- CUSTOMARY LAW
- CUSTOMARY LAW – Onitsha Native Law and Custom – Whether a wife of a deceased member of a family could become the owner of the property of her deceased husband by virtue of long possession
- CUSTOMARY LAW – Onitsha Native Law and Custom – How a widow without a male issue may deal with her deceased husband’s property
- CUSTOMARY LAW – Doctrine of Repugnancy – Whether Courts will give effect to or enforce native law and custom which is not repugnant to the principles of natural justice
- CUSTOMARY LAW – Customary Land Tenure System – Nature of the estate or interest vested in a chief
- EQUITY
- EQUITY – Equitable Defences – Laches – What the court would consider before applying the doctrine of laches
- EQUITY – Equitable Defences – Defences of Laches and Acquiescence – Conditions/circumstances that must exist for the doctrine of laches and acquiescence to apply
- EQUITY – Equitable Defences – Acquiescence – The principle upon which the equitable doctrine of acquiescence is founded
- ESTOPPEL
- INSURANCE
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE
- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Declaratory Judgment or Order – Nature of a declaratory Judgment
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Sections 268 And 269 Of The Criminal Procedure Code – Interpretation of Sections 268 and 269 of the Criminal Procedure Code as to the judgment of court in criminal trial
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Sections 229, 230 And 246 of The Criminal Procedure Act And Section 28 Of The Criminal Code – Interpretation of Sections 229, 230, 246 of the Criminal Procedure Act and Section 28 of the Criminal Code as to when an accused will be discharged and acquitted on the defence of insanity
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Sections 229 And 230 of The Criminal Procedure Code – Interpretation of Sections 229 and 230 of the Criminal Procedure Code on oath taking by a witness giving evidence in trial before the High Court and the Magistrates Courts
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Sections 2, 6 And 9(1) Of The Evidence Act – Interpretation of Sections 2, 6 and 9(1) of the Evidence Act as to whether facts showing motive amount to facts in issue
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Sections 115 And 119 of The Penal Code – Interpretation of Sections 115 and 119 of the Penal Code with respect to gifts accepted by a public servant
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Section 91(A) and (B) Of the Ports Act – Interpretation of Section 91(a) and (b) of the Ports Act
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Section 43(1) of The Eastern Region Local Government Law – Interpretation of the term “doing” as used in Section 43(1) of the Eastern Region Local Government Law
- INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE – Section 349 of The Criminal Procedure Ordinance – Interpretation of Section 349 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance as regards giving the notice of date of trial to an accused person
- JURISDICTION
- JURISDICTION – Ouster of Jurisdiction – How an issue of title which will oust the jurisdiction of a court must be raised
- JURISDICTION – Jurisdiction of the Magistrate Court – Whether the Magistrate Courts of the Federal Territory of Lagos can exercise original jurisdiction in any matter which raises any issue as to title to land or interest in land
- JURISDICTION – Jurisdiction of The Magistrate Court – Appellate jurisdiction of the magistrate Court
- JURISDICTION – Jurisdiction of Customary Court – Whether the Customary Court of Eastern Nigeria can determine questions of family status
- JURISDICTION – Jurisdiction of Area Court – Which court has the jurisdiction to hear appeals from a Grade C Court
- LABOUR LAW
- LABOUR LAW – Pension – Position of the law with regards to payment of pensions and gratuities
- LABOUR LAW – Termination of Employment – Principles guiding the termination of a contract of employment and its effects
- LABOUR LAW – Dismissal of an Employee – Whether an employee is entitled to benefits that would have otherwise accrued to him where he is wrongfully dismissed
- LABOUR LAW – Dismissal of an Employee – Position of the law where a master who condoned his servant’s behavior relies on it as a ground for dismissal on a subsequent occasion
- LABOUR LAW – Dismissal of an Employee – Acts which may give rise to the dismissal of an employee
- LABOUR LAW – Contract of Service or Contract of Employment – Whether an employer can discontinue a promotion granted in favour of an employee
- LEGAL PRACTITIONER
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- LEGAL SYSTEM – Foreign Law or Case – Whether foreign law is a question of fact that must be pleaded
- LEGAL SYSTEM – Foreign Law or Case – What the writ in a claim for damages must show where no question of foreign law arises
- LEGAL SYSTEM – Common Law – Whether the Court under common law can fix a suitable sum as tribute and direct it should be paid in the future
- LEGISLATION
- LEGISLATION – Public Officers (Protection) Act or Law – Purport and scope of Public Officers Protection Act/Law
- LEGISLATION – Public Officers (Protection) Act or Law – Effect of the Public Officers Protection Act/Law in
- LEGISLATION – Provision of a Legislation – Whether Section 315 of the Penal Code as it relates to bankers is an encroachment on the legislative powers of the Parliament by the Northern Region legislature
- LEGISLATION – Preamble – The function of a preamble in an enactment
- PLEADINGS
- PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
- TAXATION
- TRUST
- WILLS AND PROBATE
- DOCUMENT
- PUBLIC OFFICER
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