ACTION - Representative Capacity - Whether a party needs to obtain the order of court to sue in a representative capacity - LawCompass

ACTION – Representative Capacity – Whether a party needs to obtain the order of court to sue in a representative capacity

“…. He obtained an order of the court authorising him to sue in a representative capacity, although Order 7, Rule 9 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules which came into operation on the 1st November, 1958, makes this unnecessary: Oragbaide v. Chief Onitiju [1962] 1 All NLR 32, 35.”

Per LIONEL BRETT, JSC in KEHINDE V. OGUNBUNMI (1967) LCER-433(SC) (P. 5, Paras D – F) #

Action, Representative Capacity

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