RATIO INDEX-ACTION

LawCompass INDEX

RATIO INDEX – ACTION

ACTION – Cause of Action – Meaning of cause of action

ACTION – Commencement of action – Originating Summons Procedure – When Originating Summons can be used in commencing an action

ACTION – COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION – When a suit can be held to have been properly commenced

ACTION – Commencement of action – Whether every dispute of facts must be commenced by writ of summons – Need for the disputes of facts to be substantial

ACTION – CAUSE(S) OF ACTION – Definition of cause of action

ACTION – CAUSE(S) OF ACTION – How the Court determines the date a cause of action arose

ACTION – CAUSE(S) OF ACTION – Meaning of “right”; position of the law on accrual of right and accrual of cause of action

ACTION – CAUSE(S) OF ACTION – Position of the law on accrual of right and accrual of cause of action

ACTION – CIVIL ACTION – Attitude of Court to the use of criminal law machinery for getting reliefs in civil disputes

ACTION – CLAIM(S)/RELIEF(S)  – Position of the law where there is a claim that falls within the jurisdiction of two Courts

ACTION – CLAIM(S)/RELIEF(S)- Whether parties and Court are bound by the reliefs claimed; duty of Court not to grant reliefs not claimed

ACTION – CONDITION PRECEDENT – Importance of fulfilling condition(s) precedent to the assumption of jurisdiction by Court

ACTION – CONDITION PRECEDENT – Importance of fulfilling condition(s) precedent to the assumption of jurisdiction by Court

ACTION – CONSISTENCY IN PRESENTATION OF A CASE – Whether a party is permitted to approbate and reprobate at the same time

ACTION – DECLARATION OF RIGHT – Whether Court can make a declaration of right whether or not any consequential relief is claimed

ACTION – DECLARATORY RELIEF(S) – Nature of a declaratory relief; whether a declaratory relief can be granted for wrongful dismissal in a master/servant relationship

ACTION – DECLARATORY RELIEF(S) – What a party who seeks a declaratory relief must show:

ACTION – JOINING OF ISSUES – When can it be said that issues have been joined; whether the Court and parties are bound by the issues joined

ACTION – LOCUS STANDI – Effect of absence of locus standi

ACTION – LOCUS STANDI – Importance of the issue of locus standi to the jurisdiction of a court

ACTION – LOCUS STANDI – Position of law on locus standi

ACTION – LOCUS STANDI – Position of law on locus standi

ACTION – LOCUS STANDI – Principles of law as regards locus standi and when a party will be held to have the locus standi to institute an action

ACTION – LOCUS STANDI – What a party must show to establish locus standi

ACTION – LOCUS STANDI – What a party must show to establish locus standi

ACTION – LOCUS STANDI – Whether a member of a voluntary organization can sue the organization regarding whether its decisions or actions on its internal affairs are ultra vires

ACTION – NECESSARY PARTY(IES) – Who is a necessary party

ACTION – NON-JOINDER OF PARTY(IES) – Exception to the rule that non-joinder of a necessary party to an action may not vitiate such action

ACTION – ORIGINATING PROCESS(ES) – Effect of a challenge to the validity of an originating process on the jurisdiction of the Court

ACTION – ORIGINATING PROCESS(ES) – Effect of an incompetent originating process

ACTION – ORIGINATING SUMMON(S) – Instance where a court will be held to have been wrong for striking out the originating summons of a party for not containing questions for determination

ACTION – ORIGINATING SUMMON(S) – Instance where a court will be held to have been wrong for striking out the originating summons of a party for not containing questions for determination

ACTION – ORIGINATING SUMMON(S) – When to adopt the originating summons procedure for the commencement of an action

ACTION – ORIGINATING SUMMON(S) – Whether Order 3 Rule 8 of the Rivers State High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2010 mandates an applicant to file a verifying affidavit alongside an originating summons

ACTION – PARTY(IES) TO AN ACTION – Who is a mandatory party and effect of failure to join a mandatory party in an action:

ACTION – PLEADINGS – Effect of failure to call evidence in support of pleadings

ACTION – PLEADINGS – Essence of pleadings

ACTION – PLEADINGS – Whether a party is only required to plead facts and not evidence

ACTION – PROPER PARTIES – Whether proper parties must be before the Court for an action to succeed; how to determine whether a party is a proper party

ACTION – PROPER PARTIES – Whether proper parties must be before the Court for it to be competent to adjudicate on a matter:

ACTION – STATUTE BARRED ACTION – Effect of a statute barred action on the jurisdiction of Court

ACTION – STATUTE BARRED ACTION – Instance where an action is statute barred

ACTION – STATUTE BARRED ACTION – When is an action statute barred; effect of a statute barred action

ACTION – STATUTE BARRED ACTION – How to determine whether an action is statute barred

ACTION – STATUTE BARRED ACTION – Instance where an action is statute barred

ACTION – STATUTE BARRED ACTION – Meaning, nature and purpose of statute bar; effect where an action is statute barred

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