JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Mistake/slip in a judgment – Whether every slip or mistake of a judge leads to a reversal of the judgment/decision appealed against

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It is settled law that it is not every mistake of a Judge that would lead to a reversal of the decision on appeal. The error or slip must be so fundamental as to have occasioned a miscarriage of justice or to have substantially altered the result of the decision.Per KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO EKERE-EKUN, JSC in AKEEM ABIODUN V. THE STATE (2022-LCER-46641-SC) at P. 18; Paras. B-D.

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JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Mistake/slip in a judgment – Whether every slip or mistake of a judge leads to a reversal of the judgment/decision appealed against

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