| AREA OF LAW | PRINCIPLE | YEAR/COURT | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTION | Joinder of Parties – Essence of Joinder of Necessary Parties to an Action | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Joinder of Party(ies) – Factors to be considered by a Court in determining whether a party should be joined to a suit | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi – Meaning, Nature, and Effect of Lack of Locus Standi in Legal Proceedings | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi – What a party must show to establish locus standi and how to determine whether a plaintiff has locus standi | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Grounds of Appeal – Effect of a Ground of Appeal from Which No Issue for Determination Is Formulated | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Breach of Right to Fair Hearing – Effect of Proceedings Conducted in Breach of Right to Fair Hearing | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Peaceful Assembly and Association - Limitations to the right to peaceful assembly and association | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Importance of jurisdiction and effect where a Court lacks jurisdiction over a matter; duty of Court when an issue of jurisdiction is raised | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Conviction – Whether a Conviction Can Be Secured in the Absence of the Body of the Deceased | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Allegation of Non-Compliance with the Electoral Act – Requirement for Petitioner to Show How Non-Compliance Substantially Affected the Election Result | 2024(SC) | Read More |
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| ACTION | Representative Capacity – Who should apply for the approval of the court to defend in a representative capacity | 1964(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | The Principle of Legal Certainty and Favorability | 1961(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Appellate Review of Confessional Evidence – Proper Channels for Challenging Judicial Records | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Reliability and Interpretation of Confessional Statements in Court – Judicial Assessment and Procedural Compliance | Read Principle | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Judicial Review: Nullity of Appellate Decisions Exceeding Jurisdiction – Effect of Ultra Vires Actions | Read Principle | |
| TORT | Vicarious Liability - Circumstance where an owner will be vicariously liable | Read More | |
| PLEADINGS | Res Ipsa Loquitor - How to plead the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur | Read More | |
| TORT | Res Ipsa Loquitur - What a defendant relying on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur must prove in an action for negligence | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement - Whether a confessional statement would be rendered inadmissible because it has not been read over and confirmed before a superior police officer | Read More | |
| TRIBUNAL | Tribunal of Inquiry - Whether a Town Clerk can by virtue of Section 18 of the Tribunals of Inquiry Decree of 1966 represent the Lagos City Council at a forthcoming Tribunal of Inquiry | Read More | |
| INSURANCE | Contract of Insurance - Appropriate question to be asked and answered in respect of a company's insurance policy | Read More | |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Customary Sale of Land - Conditions for the transfer of absolute title under customary law | Read More | |
| LAND LAW | Possession of Land - What a party must do to establish possession of land | Read More | |
| PLEADINGS | Traverse - Effect of a general traverse | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE | Corroboration or Corroborative Evidence - Whether an accused person can be convicted on the uncorroborated testimony of one witness for the offence of rape under Section 282(1)(e) of the Penal Code | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE | Corroboration or Corroborative Evidence - Whether corroboration is required by the court where the circumstances of the case make it desirable | Read More | |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Whether a party against whom an order is made can, without the backing of an order of Court, declare such order as having been made without jurisdiction | Read More | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Enforcement of Judgment - Position of the law regarding time limitation for enforcement of judgment | Read More | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Enforcement of Judgment - Procedure for enforcement of judgment by or against any person other than the original party to the action | Read More | |
| LIMITATION LAW | Limitation Period – Whether the pendency of the action in Court stops time from running for the purpose of limitation period | Read More | |
| LEGISLATION | Special Right Under A Statute – Position of the law where a statute creates a special right and prescribes the mode for the enforcement of such right | Read More | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Enforcement of Judgment – Whether judgment/order of Court may be enforced only by the original judgment creditor against the original judgment debtor | Read More | |
| ACTION | Applicable Law to a Suit – Distinction in the relevant law applicable to cause of action and the jurisdiction of court | Read More | |
| ACTION | Applicable Law to a Suit - Duty on a party who complains that a wrong law was applied in an action | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Capacity to sue and be Sued - Capacity of guardian ad litem to act in a suit in the event of the death of a defendant | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Claims or Reliefs – The implication where a court grants relief which is not sought | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Joinder of Parties - Factors to be considered by a Court in determining whether a party should be joined to a suit | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Joinder of Parties - Whether another defendant can be joined in a claim under Section 3 of the Petitions of Right Act alongside the Attorney General to defend the suit | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi - How to establish locus standi in chieftaincy matters | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Misjoinder or Non-Joinder of Parties – Whether a cause or matter can be defeated by reason of non-joinder or misjoinder of parties | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE | Intestate Succession - How to determine the next-of-kin of a deceased | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Ground(s) of Appeal - Whether a Court is confined to the grounds of appeal laid before it | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Evaluation of Evidence - Whether an Appellate Court can interfere with evaluation of evidence and findings of fact of a Trial Court which are based on credibility of witnesses | 1970(SCC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Evaluation of Evidence - Whether an appellate court can substitute its own views with that of a trial court | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Cause of Action - Definition or meaning of cause of action | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings – Whether an allegation of fraud must be specifically pleaded | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Representative Action - Options open to a person represented but is dissatisfied with the person representing him in a representative action | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Appeal as of Right - Whether it is open as of right to any party to an appeal to adduce new evidence in support of his original case | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Circumstances in which an appellate court will interfere with the findings of facts made by a lower court | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with the Exercise of Discretion - At what instance will the exercise of discretion by a lower court be interfered with | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Leave of Court or Leave To Appeal - Whether the grant of leave by the Supreme Court to appeal against the decision of a Lower Court is automatic | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Omnibus Ground of Appeal - What constitutes an omnibus ground of appeal | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Record of Appeal - Whether an appeal can be decided on evidence contained in the record of appeal | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Re-Hearing of Appeal - Distinction between re-hearing under Section 40(1)(a) of the Native Courts Ordinance and order for re-hearing under Section 40(1)(b) of the same Ordinance | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Re-Hearing of Appeal - Effect of a judge on appeal re-hearing a case | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Re-Hearing of Appeal - Whether a judge re-hearing a case on appeal is bound to refer to the earlier evidence of witnesses who are testifying again before him | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Respondent's Notice - Circumstance where a respondent who intends to contend with the decision of a court will be required to give notice by way of a respondent's notice | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Judicial Precedent or Stare Decisis - Guiding principles to the application of the doctrine of stare decisis or judicial precedent | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Judicial Precedent or Stare Decisis - Bindingness of a decision predicated on non-existent grounds | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Contract of Sale of Goods - When a sale of a second hand car can be said to be in a usable condition | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Repayment of Debt - General principles on repayment of debt | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Timing in Commercial Contract - Essential nature of time in commercial contracts with respect to delivery | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| CONFLICT OF LAWS | Territorial Legislation - Whether the law of evidence and procedure are governed by territorial legislation | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right To Fair Hearing - What amounts to an infringement of fair hearing | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Contract of Guarantee - Whether a contract of guarantee must be under seal | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Contract Under The Carriage By Air (Parties To Convention) Order 1958 - The place of departure and the place of destination carriage by motor car or train from the city to the aerodrome | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Contract of Guarantee - Whether a forbearance to sue or take a debtor to Court is sufficient consideration for a guarantee | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Enforcement of Contract - Position of the law as to the rights of parties to a contract; whether a contract can be enforced against a third party | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Illegal or Void Contract - Whether a court can enforce an illegal contract | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Novation of Contract - What novation of contract entails | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Substantial Performance - Doctrine of substantial performance | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Contempt of Court - At what instance will a statement in an affidavit amount to contempt | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Contempt of Court - Need for Court to exercise its power to order committal for contempt with care | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Discretion of Court - How a court should exercise its discretion in granting reliefs of parties | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of a Judge - Whether a judge is duty bound to warn the jury that they are not bound by his own opinion | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of court not to decide issues based on speculation | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Judge - Whether a judge is duty bound to warn the jury that they are not bound by his own opinion | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Discretionary power of Court to recall and re-examine witnesses at any stage of a criminal trial | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Power of Court to order stay of execution | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Whether an appellate Court can exercise the same powers as that of a trial court | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Supreme Court - Whether the Supreme Court can extend time within which an appeal can be filed in a case of death sentence | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Conviction - Whether conviction can be secured in the absence of the body of the deceased | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Insanity - Duty of the court where defence of insanity was not specifically raised | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Insanity - What the court should consider when the defence of insanity is raised | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - What the court should consider in its determination of what constitutes provocation | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Self-Defence - Whether the court must fully consider a defence of self defence raised by an accused person | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Guilt of An Accused Person - Whether the fact that an accused told lies is a proof of his guilt | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Information - The effect of failure to establish competence to file information | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Information - Whether trial by criminal information, which has been abolished in England is still applicable in Nigeria | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Intention - Whether intention can be inferred | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Armed Robbery - Whether actual violence is necessary to establish the offence of armed robbery | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence Of Murder - Test for determining whether an act is of a nature likely to endanger human life | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Presumption of Innocence - Whether an accused person is presumed innocent until the contrary is proved | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Application of Customary Law - Position of the law on the applicability of customary law to disputes | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages - How to assess damages in an action for negligence involving motor accident | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Double Compensation - Whether a victim can be compensated under one head of injury and also compensated in respect of the same injury under another head | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Special Damages - What a Court should consider before granting an award for special damages | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Special Damages - Whether a claim for special damages in tort must be proved; how to prove same | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| DOCUMENTS | Interpretation of Document - Construction of Document(S)/Instrument(S) - Cardinal rule of interpretation of instrument, document or agreement | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITABLE REMEDY | Interlocutory or Interim Injunctions - Guiding principles for the grant of interim injunction | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITY | Equitable Remedy - Specific Performance - Whether in a claim for specific performance the court has power to award damages either in addition to or in lieu of specific performance or injunction | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Affidavit Evidence - When deposition of a witness can be admitted in evidence without tendering same through a witness | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proof of balance of convenience in an application for interim injunction | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | - Burden or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving insanity and how is the burden discharged | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Calling of Witness(es) - Discretion of counsel as to the order of calling witness; effect of testimony of a witness who has heard or overheard the testimony of another witness | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Circumstantial Evidence - Meaning and nature of circumstantial evidence | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement - Conditions to be satisfied before a confession can be used in convicting an accused person | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement - Whether a confessional statement becomes inadmissible because an accused person has retracted or denied making it | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement - Whether a court can convict solely on the confessional statement of an accused person | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Corroboration or Corroborative Evidence - Whether the sworn evidence of a child must be corroborated | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Documentary Evidence - Conditions for admissibility of Statements in document | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Conditions for a successful plea of estoppel per rem judicatam | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Rationale for the doctrine of res judicata | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Circumstances where the principle of Res Judicata will not apply | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Conditions for a successful plea of estoppel per rem judicatam | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Doctrine of res judicata | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Instance where the plea of res judicata will apply | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Rationale for the doctrine of res judicata | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - The ascertainment and determination of a plea of res judicata | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - What is the binding force in res judicata | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Scope of matters in judgment of court that will constitute estoppel | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence on Unpleaded Facts - Effect of evidence on facts not pleaded and how court should treat same | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Hearsay Evidence - Whether hearsay evidence is admissible | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Medical Evidence - Effect of non availability of medical evidence in establishing the cause of death in a murder case | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Re-Calling of Witnesses - Whether a court can refuse to allow recall of witness | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Standard of Proof - Standard of proof required for contempt of Court | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Wrongful Admission or Rejection of Evidence - Whether a wrongfully admitted or excluded evidence could constitute a ground for reversing a decision on appeal | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| FAMILY LAW | Maintenance and Custody - Whether maintenance and custody are interlocutory matters | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | Trade Mark - Aim of the law of trademarks | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | Trade Mark - Circumstances where acquiescence would be a complete defence | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | Trade Mark - Grounds for expunging improperly registered trademark | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Order 44 Rule 1 (1)-(2) of The Supreme Court (Civil Procedure) Rules - Interpretation of Order 44, Rule 1(1)-(2) of the Supreme Court (Civil Procedure) Rules as regards the proper order the Court should make when a plaintiff desires to discontinue a suit | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | ORDER 7 RULE 13 OF THE HIGH COURT (CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES - Interpretation of Order 7 Rule 13 of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules as it relates to capacity of guardian ad litem to attend a hearing | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 17(1)(A) of The High Court Law - Interpretation of Section 17(1)(a) of the High Court Law as to the limit on jurisdiction of the High Court in land matters | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 226(2) of The Evidence Act - Interpretation of Section 226(2) of the Evidence Act in relation to when a wrongful exclusion of evidence will lead to reversal judgment on appeal | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 31(3) And (4) of The Native Court Ordinance - Interpretation of Section 31(3) and 31(4) of the Native Court Ordinance as regards the capacity in which the Chief Justice is to sit with respect to appeals from Native Courts | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 368(3) of The Criminal Procedure Law - Interpretation of Section 368(3) of the Criminal Procedure Law | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 37 of The Native Courts Ordinance, Cap 142 - Interpretation of Section 37 of the Native Court Ordinance as regards the power of the Governor to enlarge the period within which an Appeal may be lodged to the Court | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 53 of The Customary Courts Law, 1959 - Interpretation of Section 53 of the Customary Courts Law, 1959 as regards exercise of appellate jurisdiction in civil matters from Customary Courts | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 98(6) OF THE REGISTRATION OF TITLES ACT - Interpretation of Section 98(6) of the Registration of Titles Act as to whether appeal to the Supreme Court under the Act is as of right or with leave of Court | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Judgment of Court - Circumstance in which the judgment of a court would be deemed flawed | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Court - Whether a Court can make an unenforceable order | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Injunction - Whether a land over which an order of injunction is to operate must be identifiable | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Non-Suit - What an order of non-suit implies | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Retrial or Trial De Novo - Before whom can a judge of the High Court order a rehearing de novo | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Per Incuriam Decisions - Whether decisions reached per incuriam are binding on lower Courts and effect thereof | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Stay of Execution of Judgment - Purpose for granting stay of execution | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Inherent Jurisdiction - Effect of the inherent jurisdiction of a court where it is ousted by a statute | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Composition of Real Estate - Whether rubber trees like timber and crops other than annual crops form part of real estate | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title To Land - Proper order to make where a plaintiff in an action for declaration of title fails to prove his case | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of title to Land - What a judge must do when confronted with two opposing accounts of how a disputed land was acquired in a claim for declaration of title to land | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Ownership of Land - Whether acts of possession and enjoyment of land are evidence of ownership to land | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Possession of Land - Who does the law ascribe possession to where two parties claim to be in possession of a land | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass And Recovery of Possession - Distinction between a claim for trespass and a claim for recovery of possession | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | "Occupying" - Meaning of "Occupying" | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Expiration of Tenancy - When does an annual tenancy expire | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Liability of Tenant - Whether a tenant can be held liable for the control of domestic water supply | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Occupation by a Tenant - What must be established to prove occupation of premises by a tenant as provided by Section 2 of the Recovery of Premises Act | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Recovery of Premises - Circumstances where there can be joint possession of premises | 970(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Tenancy - What amounts to landlord & tenant relationship | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| LATIN MAXIMS | "Restitutio In Integrum" - Meaning of the term "restitutio in integrum" | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Appearance of Counsel - Position of the law on appearance of a counsel against a previous client in a former case | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATION | Decree or Edict - Instances when an Edict can be attacked | 1972(SC) | |
| MATRIMONIAL CAUSES | Maintenance - Whether an order for payment of maintenance may be retrospective to the date on which the originating summons was issued | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| MATRIMONIAL CAUSES | Matrimonial Proceeding(s) - Duty of a Judge once a caveat is entered against a proposed marriage | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| MATRIMONIAL CAUSES | Matrimonial Proceeding(s) - Procedure to be adopted by Court after a caveat is entered against the issue of a marriage certificate | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| PARTNERSHIP | Liability of Partners - Extent of the liability of partners | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Adjournment - Duty of Court where an application for adjournment is made before it | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Adjournment - How Court should exercise its discretion in the grant or refusal of an application for adjournment | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Adjournment - Whether a Court is bound to grant an adjournment | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Amendment of Court Processes or Pleadings - When pleadings/processes may/can be amended | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application For Injunction - Factors that a court must consider in an application for an order of interim injunction | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application For Injunction - Factors that a court must consider in an application for an order of interim injunction | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application For Injunction - What an application for interim injunction postulates | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application for Injunction - What an applicant in an application for interlocutory injunction must show | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Contempt of Court or Committal Proceedings - What the Court must be satisfied with in granting leave to serve notice of motion for committal | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Demurrer Proceedings/Applications/Proceedings In Lieu of Demurrer - Requirements of demurrer application | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Misdirection - Whether misdirection that does not result in miscarriage of justice can vitiate a trial | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Mistake of Counsel/Court/Registry - Whether a party can be liable for the error or inadvertence of his counsel | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Preliminary Objection - When can a court hear a preliminary issue on point of law before hearing an action in full | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Undefended List Procedure - Duty of court to hear defendant once an intention to defend and affidavit showing defence has been filed | 1972(SC) | Read More |
| TAXATION | Income Tax - Evidence of Amount Due - Whether tendering of certificate is sufficient evidence of amount due on income tax | 1972(SC) | Read More">Read More |
| TORT | Negligence - Principle in Rylands v. Fletcher and its exception | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Conversion - Meaning and nature of the tort of conversion; ingredients that must be established to succeed in an action for conversion | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | False Imprisonment - Test to be applied where a defendant seeks to justify his conduct | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | False Imprisonment - Whether an arrest can be made by the police on reasonable suspicion | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Tenant" - Statutory definition of "tenant" | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Trial" - Meaning of "trial" | 1971(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Committal - Effect of an order of committal made without fulfillment of conditions precedent | 1970(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Stay of Execution of Judgment - Guiding principles for the grant of a stay of execution | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITABLE REMEDY | Interlocutory or Interim Injunctions - Effect of failure to comply with an order of interlocutory injunction | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITABLE REMEDY | Interlocutory or Interim Injunctions - Whether an interlocutory injunction can be granted without prior notice of the application to the other party | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Customary Tenancy - Features/nature of customary tenancy | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Customary Tenancy - The theory behind the concept of customary tenancy in Nigeria | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Customary Tenancy - Whether the possessory right of a customary tenant remains in perpetuity until tenancy is forefeited | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 382 of Criminal Procedure Code - Interpretation of Section 382 of the Criminal Procedure Code as it relates to the alteration/review of an order or sentence passed by a court of competent jurisdiction | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Pledge - Whether a pledgor's right of redemption can be clogged by the pledgee | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Whether the Court of Appeal has power to make an order which a trial court is entitled to make | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel By Standing By - The principle of standing by and the extent of its applicability | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Consent Judgment - Whether a consent judgment that has issues not litigated upon can be corrected at the suit of the aggrieved person | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Consent Judgment - Whether a consent judgment that has issues not litigated upon can be corrected at the suit of the aggrieved person | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Identification Parade - Position of the law as regards identification parade | 1974(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages - Assessment of damages in cases where loss is of a financial nature | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages - Assessment of damages in cases where loss is of a financial nature | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Award of Damages - Guiding principles on the award of damages | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Award of Damages - Guiding principles on the award of damages in claims for personal injuries | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Award of Damages - Whether the award of general damages is improper where the quantum of loss is certain | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Nature of Damages - What is the nature of damages | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Quantum of Damages - Guidelines for quantifying the award of damages for loss suffered by a plaintiff | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Challenge of Jurisdiction - When an objection to the jurisdiction of Court can be raised | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Detinue - What must be established to succeed in a claim of/for detinue | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Detinue - Whether an action for detinue can succeed without a valid contract | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 4 of Decree no. 54 of 1968 - Interpretation of Section 4 of the Decree No. 54 of 1968 as regards the power of the Corporations Tenders Board to delegate its powers to a statutory corporation | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Contempt of Court - Circumstance when cases cannot be said to be contempt in the face of the court and the duty of the judge thereof | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Contempt of Court - Procedure a court must follow in punishing a contemnor | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Contempt of Court - What needs to be done when considering and dealing with contempt of court | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - The essence of the committal power of court | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Aim/object/Purpose of pleadings | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether a party must call evidence to support his pleadings | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence on Unpleaded Facts - Effect of evidence of facts not pleaded and how court should treat same | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence on Unpleaded Facts - The reason why evidence that is given on unpleaded facts goes to no issue | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Duty of Counsel - Duty of counsel to object to inadmissable evidence | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| RES JUDICATA | Principle of res judicata – Whether a decided matter can be relitigated | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| PLEADINGS | Fraud – Need to specifically plead and prove fraud | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Duty of counsel - Importance of objections | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Fresh Points on Appeal or Fresh Issues on Appeal - Whether Court can entertain or introduce fresh issues in respect of which issues have not been joined by parties in their pleadings | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Hire Purchase - Distinction between sale and hire purchase | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Conviction - Whether an accused person can be convicted for an offence other than that charged | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Criminal Trial or Criminal Proceedings - Attitude of the Court in relation to an accused person being tried in Court | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Corroboration or Corroborative Evidence - Nature And Meaning Of Corroboration | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 192 of The Criminal Procedure Code Law - Interpretation of Section 192 of the Criminal Procedure Code Law as regards the composition of the defence | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Agency - Extent of liability of a principal for the acts of an agent | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Cause of Death - Circumstances where medical evidence would be dispensed with as to the cause of death | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Documentary Evidence - Whether the production in evidence of the contents of a case diary is prohibited under the law | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Previous Evidence of Witness - The purpose of admitting the previous evidence of a witness | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 122 of The Criminal Procedure Code - Interpretation of Section 122 of the Criminal Procedure Code as it relates to the admissibility of any part of a case diary | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| JUSTICE | Administration of Justice - Guiding principles in the administration of justice | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Customary Tenancy - Position of the law where a customary tenant has based his action on title rather than claiming relief from forfeiture | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Customary Tenancy - What the court will consider before granting an order of forfeiture of a customary tenancy | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Forfeiture - Proper procedure for bringing an action for forfeiture against a tenant | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Amendment of Court Processes/Pleadings - When pleadings/processes may/can be amended | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of a trial court in evaluation of evidence and assessment of credibility of a witness | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Contradiction in Evidence - How should the court treat a witness where there is contradiction/inconsistency in his statement/evidence | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Hostile Witness - What the prosecution must do where a hostile witness emerges | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Right of a Seller - Remedy available to the seller against the buyer under a contract for the sale of goods | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Contract of Sale of Goods - Remedies available to a seller for breach of contract where property in the goods has not transferred to the buyer | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Measure of Damages - How to measure damages where there has been a breach of contract to deliver goods at a certain price | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Special or General Damages - Distinction between general and special damages | 1975(SC) | Read Principle |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Stealing – What would be considered in respect to the question of whether or not possession is recent | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Intoxication - When the defence of intoxication will avail an accused person | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defences - Defence of Intoxication - When the defence of intoxication will avail an accused person | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defences – Defences of Accused Person(s) - Duty of court to consider and deal with all defences raised in a charge of homicide | Read Principle | |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Sections 249(3) And 250 of The Criminal Procedure Code - Interpretation of Sections 249(3) and 250 of the Criminal Procedure Code with respect to the purpose of a doctors report mentioned therein | Read Principle | |
| APPEAL | Extension or Enlargement of Time to Appeal - Whether the Supreme Court can extend time to appeal in a murder case | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW | Possession of Land - Whether possession may raise presumption of ownership | Read Principle | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Dismissal or Non Suit - Test for determining when an order of dismissal/non-suit should be made | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE | Locus in Quo - Importance of visit to locus | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence on Unpleaded Facts - Effect of evidence led on facts not pleaded | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE | Admissibility of Evidence - The corresponding duty on counsel and court to reject admission of inadmissible evidence | Read Principle | |
| CONTRACT | Terms of Contract - Whether an absolute undertaking in a contract can be implied | Read Principle | |
| CONTRACT | Liability in Contract - Whether an act of God or impossibility of performance exonerates a promissor in a contract from liability in an absolute undertaking | Read Principle | |
| CONTRACT | Breach of Contract - Remedies for breach of contract | Read Principle | |
| COMPANY LAW | Object Clause - Whether failure to carry on a particular object amounts to amendment of the objects | Read Principle | |
| COMPANY LAW | Object Clause - Nature and purpose of an object clause of a company | Read Principle | |
| APPEAL | Ground(s) of Appeal - Whether where error(s) of law or misdirection is made a ground of appeal, the particulars of the error of law or misdirection must be given/ whether particulars of the error can be included in the error itself | Read Principle | |
| PLEADINGS | Condition Precedent - Whether where a condition precedent is intended to be relied on, the condition must be pleaded | Read Principle | |
| PLEADINGS | Bindingness of Pleadings - Whether parties are bound by their pleadings; effect of admissions in pleadings | Read Principle | |
| PLEADINGS | Proof of Pleadings - Whether a party must call evidence to support his pleadings | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW | Interest In Land - Status of a vendor's interest in land after payment of the purchase price for land and before the execution of the conveyance | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW | Caution - What a cautioner is supposed to show at the time of registering a caution | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW | Bona Fide Purchaser For Value - Nature of notice that can affect a bona fide purchaser of property for value without notice | Read Principle | |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Sections 42 and 28 of The Registration of Titles Act, 1958 - Interpretation of Sections 42 and 28 of the Registration of Titles Act with respect to interests in land | Read Principle | |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 44(1) of The Registration of Titles Act, 1958 - Interpretation of Section 44(1) of the Registration of Titles Act, 1958 (Cap. 181) LFN with respect to registration of a caution | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW | Trespass To Land - What a plaintiff must prove to succeed in a claim for trespass to land | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW | Declaration Of Title To Land - Ways in which a plaintiff can sustain his claim in an action for declaration of title to land | Read Principle | |
| TORT | Vicarious Liability - Circumstance where an owner will be vicariously liable | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW | The Principle of Legal Certainty and Favorability | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | Appellate Review of Confessional Evidence – Proper Channels for Challenging Judicial Records | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW | Reliability and Interpretation of Confessional Statements in Court – Judicial Assessment and Procedural Compliance | Read Principle | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Judicial Review: Nullity of Appellate Decisions Exceeding Jurisdiction – Effect of Ultra Vires Actions | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE | Determination of Appellate Jurisdiction and Scope of Remedy – Validity of Appellate Orders | Read Principle | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Enforceability of Judgments Against Trustees – Impact of Misnomer and Representation Errors | Read Principle | |
| CORPORATE LAW | Liability of Trustees and Representation in Legal Proceedings – Delineation of Personal vs. Representative Capacity | Read Principle | |
| EQUITY AND TRUSTS | Extinguishment of Original Owner’s Title in Property Disputes – Equitable Considerations and Judicial Discretion | Read Principle | |
| PROPERTY LAW: | Fiduciary Duty in Property Transactions Involving Solicitors – Requirements for a Valid Sale | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Assessment of Defendant's Intent and Actions – Judicial Consideration of Contextual Factors | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Provocation - Evaluation of Provocation and Insanity in Murder Cases – Legal Standards for Mitigation to Manslaughter | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Misdirection on Standard of Proof in Civil Cases – Application of Criminal Proof Standards Incorrectly | Read Principle | |
| CONTRACT LAW: | Evidential Burden in Proving Document Authenticity – Judicial Evaluation of Alleged Forgeries | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Provocation - Legal Assessment of Provocation – Insufficiency to Reduce Murder to Manslaughter | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE | Dying Declaration - Admissibility of Dying Declarations – Legal Considerations of Dying Declaration | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Intention - Assessment of Intent in Murder Charges – Judicial Evaluation of the Gravity of Blows | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Fairness and Impartiality in Identification Parades | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Evaluation of Circumstantial Evidence and Inferences in Murder Convictions | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Interpretation of 'Receiving' under Criminal Law – Dual Capacity of Directorship | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Jurisdiction and Locality of Financial Crimes – Initiating Transactions from Within the Jurisdiction | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Stealing - Elements of Stealing under the Criminal Code – Misapplication of Company Funds by a Director | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW: | Historical Settlement and Joint Land Ownership – Implications for Title Declaration | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Relevance of Prior Judgments in Current Litigation – Misapplication and Correct Use | Read Principle | |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Establishment of Joint Ownership under Native Law and Custom – Evidence of Shared Activities and Mutual Agreement | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Substitution of Conviction from Murder to Attempted Murder – Adequacy of Evidence for Conviction Change | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | Defence of Insanity - Application of the Defence of Insanity – Requirements under the Law | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW | Evaluation of Evidence in Murder Trials – Necessity of Proving Causation | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Representative Actions - Discharge of Unnecessary Orders in Representative Actions | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Representative Capacity - Suing in a Representative Capacity Under Civil Procedure Rules | Read Principle | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Discretion of the Court in Election Petitions | Read Principle | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Amendment of Election Petitions - Rejection of Late Amendment of Election Petitions | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Defence of Insanity - Examination of Insanity Defence | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW | Confessional Statement - Assessment of Self-Confession in Murder Cases | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Conviction of Co-Accused - Impact of Co-accused Acquittal on Individual Guilt | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Confessions and Circumstantial Evidence - Reliability of Confessions and Circumstantial Evidence | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE | Costs In Litigation: Assessment of Costs in Election Petitions | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE | Recall of Witness(es) – Requirement of Consent to Recall a Witness | Read Principle | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Polling Date - Request to Alter Polling Date Due to Religious Beliefs | Read Principle | |
| ELECTORAL LAW: | Representation - Proper Representation and Advocacy in Election Petitions | Read Principle | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Judicial Error - Impact of Judicial Error on Subsequent Judicial Decisions | Read Principle | |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES | Repeal - Repealed Statutes/Rules - Effects of Repeal on Pending Legal Proceedings | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Interlocutory Orders - Jurisdiction Over Appeals from Interlocutory Orders | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Family Arrangements - Judicial Attitude Towards Settled Family Arrangements | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW: | Family Land - Rights and Powers of Capped Chiefs in Family Property Management | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offences - Conspiracy - Forgery - Conspiracy to Commit Forgery | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Evaluation of Evidence - Evaluating Evidence in Forgery Cases | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Evidence of Forgery in Document of Fraud | Read Principle | |
| LEGAL ETHICS: | Proper Conduct in Witness Preparation and Examination | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Witness Credibility - Evaluation of Witness Credibility and Judicial Reliance on Statements | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Forensic Medicine - Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds and the Impact of Native Gun Pellets | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Credibility and Relevance of Eyewitness Testimony in Criminal Trials | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Nolli Prosequi - Effect of Nolli Prosequi and Subsequent Retrial on the Same Information | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Homicide - Evidence and Guilt in Homicide Cases | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Uncontradicted Evidence - Assessing Unrebutted Evidence | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Evidence and Admissibility – Role of Oral and Documentary Evidence in Civil Claims | Read Principle | |
| PROPERTY LAW: | Mortgage and Loans - Interpretation and Admissibility of Loan Agreements | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Medical Evidence - Impact of Pre-existing Conditions on Criminal Liability | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Murder - Sufficient Intent to Constitute Murder | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Manslaughter - Downgrading from Murder to Manslaughter Due to Insufficient Evidence of Intent | Read Principle | |
| JUDICIAL PRACTICE: | Appellate Review – Adjusting Sentences After Quashing Convictions | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Discretionary Judicial Powers – Proper Exercise of Judicial Powers under the Law | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Manslaughter by Negligence – Insufficient Judicial Direction | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW | Forfeiture under Native Law and Custom | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title and Customary Tenure | Read Principle | |
| JUDICIAL REVIEW: | Pleadings and Appellate Correction | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Validity of Charges and Prejudice to Defendants | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Equality of Treatment in the Application of Judicial Decisions | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Criminal Liability: Liability for Encouragement of Criminal Acts | Read Principle | |
| JUDICIAL REVIEW: | Scope of Court Oversight over Administrative Decisions | Read Principle | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Interpretation of Civil Rights in Regulatory Contexts | Read Principle | |
| NATIVE COURTS: | Certification and Signature Requirements in Native Court Judgments | Read Principle | |
| NATIVE COURTS: | Judicial Procedures and Presumptions in Native Courts | Read Principle | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Rulings - Effect of Court Rulings and Subsequent Actions | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Evaluation of Eyewitness Testimony and Discrepancies Impact | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Conduct of Investigation and Presence of the Accused | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Defence of Insanity and Requirement of Evidence | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Criminal Defences - Non-Recognition of Occult Beliefs as a Defence in Homicide | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Assessment of Mens Rea in Murder Cases | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Requirement of Corroboration in Cases of Homicide | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW: | Grants - Validity of Land Grants Under Customary Tenure | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW: | Trespass to Land - Determination of Trespass Based on Established Land Ownership | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW: | Proof of Title - Necessity of Claimant's Proof of Title in Land Disputes | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Survey Plans - Role of Survey Plans in Establishing Land Boundaries | Read Principle | |
| TORT: | Agency and Bailment - Distinction Between Agency and Bailment in Negligence Claims | Read Principle | |
| TORT: | Negligence and Duty of Care Regarding Pecuniary Damage Without Physical Injury | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Medical Reports - Admissibility and Impact of Medical Reports on Mental State During Trial | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Intent - Evaluation of Intent in Unlawful Homicide Cases | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Confessional Statement - Importance of Holistically Considering Confessions and Statements | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Criminal Defences - Consideration of the Defence of Provocation in Homicide Cases | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Eyewitness Testimony - Assessment of Eyewitness Testimony in Murder Conviction | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Unlawful Society - Requirements for a Valid Declaration of an Unlawful Society | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Unlawful Society - Onus of Proof in Relation to Membership of Unlawful Societies | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Unlawful Society - Interpretation and Application of Criminal Code in Relation to Unlawful Societies | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Execution of Judgment - Requirement for Security Prior to Execution of Judgment Debt | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Stay of Execution - Evaluation of Application for Stay of Execution Pending Appeal | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Evidence Claims - Assessing Insufficiency of Evidence Claims | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Co-accused Statements - Use of Co-accused Statements in Judicial Deliberation | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Common Intent - Participation and Common Intent in Joint Criminal Enterprise | Read Principle | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Proviso - Application of the Proviso to Section 26(1) of the Federal Supreme Court Ordinance | Read Principle | |
| ETHICS: | Duty of Counsel - Duty of Counsel to Remain in Representation | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Corroboration - The Requirement of Corroboration of Accomplice Testimony | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Credibility and Inconsistencies - Witness Credibility and Inconsistencies in Testimony | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Criminal Offences - Commission of a Riot - Establishing the Offence of Attempting to Procure the Commission of a Riot | Read Principle | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Administrative Decisions - Finality of Administrative Decisions | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Conviction - Restoring the Original Conviction on Appeal | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offences - Elements of Stealing and Conversion | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offences - Stealing and False Pretences - Distinction between Stealing and False Pretences | Read Principle | |
| LOCUS STANDI: | Determination of Locus Standi - Necessity of Demonstrating Locus Standi | Read Principle | |
| JURISDICTION: | Case Stated - Proper Stage for Referring Constitutional Interpretation | Read Principle | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Case Stated - Premature Reference of Constitutional Questions | Read Principle | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Case Stated - Requirement for Formulating Questions of Law | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Retrial - Retrial Consideration and Costs | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Traditional Evidence - Evaluation of Traditional Evidence and Cross-Examination | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Consolidation - Consolidation of Cases under High Court Rules | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Surveys Ordinance - Admissibility of Sketches in Documents | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Admissibility of Past Transactions Recorded in Documents | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Consolidation - Justification for Consolidation | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Consolidation - Purpose of Consolidation | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Consolidation of Cases | Read Principle | |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES: | Application of Provisos and Miscarriages of Justice | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offences - Conspiracy - Dependence on the Validity of the Underlying Offence | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Offences - Multiple Offences - Requirement for Specific Findings in Multiple Offences | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Charges - Duplicity of Charges | Read Principle | |
| LOCUS STANDI: | Representation in Land Disputes | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Retrial - Remittal for Retrial | Read Principle | |
| LAND LAW: | Boundaries - Proof of Boundaries in Land Dispute | Read Principle | |
| STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: | Repeals - Effect of Repeal and Saving Provisions | Read Principle | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Existing Laws - Interpretation of "Existing Laws" under the Constitution Order in Council | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Repeals - Legality of Trial After Repeal of the Criminal Code | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offence of Provocation - Assessment of Provocation in Homicide Cases | Read Principle | |
| JUDICIARY: | Sentencing and Executive Clemency | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Offence of Infidelity - Conduct in Response to Infidelity | Read Principle | |
| LEGAL PRINCIPLES: | Application of Codes and Ordinances | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offences - Distinction Between Murder and Manslaughter | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Legal Representation - Right to Legal Representation | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Native Courts - Compliance with Native Courts Law | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Confessional Statement - Validity of Confessions | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Charges - Amendment of Charges and Procedural Compliance | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE LAW: | Evidence of an Accomplice - Treatment of Accomplice Evidence in Judicial Decisions | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Corroboration - Evidence of an accomplice - Requirement of Corroboration for Accomplice Testimony | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Charges - Validity of Charges Based on Same Act | Read Principle | |
| JUSTICE SYSTEM: | Appeals and Miscarriage of Justice | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Criminal Defences - Assessing Evidence and Possible Defences | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Inconsistent Statements - Treatment of Previous Inconsistent Statements | Read Principle | |
| LEGAL ETHICS: | Professional Responsibility and Conduct of Counsel | Read Principle | |
| EQUITY: | Estoppel by Laches and Acquiescence | Read Principle | |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE: | Legal Representation - Non-appearance of Counsel and Trial Proceedings | Read Principle | |
| EQUITY AND TRUSTS: | Equitable Interests and Constructive Notice | Read Principle | |
| PROPERTY LAW: | Land Title and Conveyancing | Read Principle | |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES: | Section 116 of the Criminal Code - Legal Interpretation of Section 116 of the Criminal Code - Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Charges - Requirement of Correspondence Between Charges and Facts - Consistency in Prosecution | Read Principle | |
| STATUTES: | Scope and Application of Section 116 of the Criminal Code - Peace Officer's Corrupt Acts | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Interpretation of Evidence in Official Corruption Cases -Favorable Construction | Read Principle | |
| STATUTES: | Operation of Section 16 of Land Registration Act - Incorporation into Land Registration Act | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Defense of Insanity - Evaluation of Mental State | Read Principle | |
| CONVEYANCES: | EFFECT OF REGISTRATION: Date of Registration as Effective Date | Read Principle | |
| STATUTES: | PURPOSE OF LAND REGISTRATION ACT: Fraud Prevention and Security | Read Principle | |
| PRIORITIES AND CONVEYANCES: | Effect of Registration | Read Principle | |
| TORT: ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES: | Factors Considered in assessing damages | Read Principle | |
| TORT: | Apology - Apology as a mitigating factor in award of damages - What to be considered | Read Principle | |
| TORT: | DEFAMATORY MEANING: Evaluation of Allegations | Read Principle | |
| TORT: | Defamation - Elements of Libel | Read Principle | |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof in Insanity Defense - Onus of Proof | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Charges - Murder Charge | Read Principle | |
| DAMAGES: | Award of Damages - Judicial Discretion In Awarding Damages - Exercise of Judicial Discretion | Read Principle | |
| TORT: | Compensation - Compensation for Injuries - Evaluation of Injuries and Their Impact | Read Principle | |
| DAMAGES: | Assessment of Damages - Consideration of Damages Awarded | Read Principle | |
| APPEAL: | Time to Appeal - Time Limited for Appeals | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: | Proof - Standard of Proof - Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Read Principle | |
| LEGAL ETHICS: | Duties of a Legal Practitioner | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offences - Obtaining by False Pretences | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offences - Forgery and Uttering False Documents | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Interpretation of Statutory Provisions and Application | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Offences - Official Corruption and Public Service Integrity | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Charges - Validity of Charges Based on Same Act | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Corroboration - Requirement of Corroboration in Cases of Homicide | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Mens Rea - Assessment of Mens Rea in Murder Cases | Read Principle | |
| APPEAL | Issues for determination - Effect of issue(s) for determination not distilled from or related to ground(s) of appeal | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Insanity - On whom lies the burden of proving insanity | Read Principle | |
| APPEAL | Criminal Defences - Effect of proving the defence of insanity | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Contradictions - Position of the law as regards contradictions in evidence | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conspiracy - Meaning of conspiracy | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Contradictions - Nature of contradiction in evidence that would be fatal to the case of the prosecution | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Ingredients that must exist to prove the offence of armed robbery | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Proof of Evidence - When an error in proof of evidence would not be fatal to the case | Read Principle | |
| COURT: | Duty of Court to consider/pronounce on all issues raised before it and the exception thereof | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Extra Judicial Statement - Distinction between extra judicial statement and evidence on oath of a co- accused person | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Provocation - When the defence of provocation will not avail an accused person | Read Principle | |
| APPEAL: | Instances where the Supreme Court will interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Whether proof beyond reasonable doubt means proof beyond all shadow of doubt | Read Principle | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - Effect of failure of prosecution to investigate and disprove the defence of alibi once raised | Read Principle | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Instances where the Supreme Court will interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | Read Principle | |
| APPEAL | Cross-Appeal or Respondent Notice - Party to whom the procedure under Rule 13 Order 7 of the Supreme Court Rules is available | 1975(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Special Damages - Whether a claim for special damages must be specifically pleaded and strictly proved | 1975(CS) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Service - Effect of failure to serve Court process(es) | Read More | |
| FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: | Denial of Fair Hearing - Circumstance where a party cannot be heard to complain of being denied the right to fair hearing | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Credibility of Witnesses - Whether an appellate court can interfere with findings of fact based on credibility of witnesses | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Burden and standard of proof in criminal cases; ways of proving the commission of a crime/guilt of an accused person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offensive Weapon - What qualifies an object to be an offensive weapon | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Burden and standard of Proof - General principles of the burden and standard of proof in a criminal trial | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - Position of the law on the defence of alibi | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Whether an appellate court can interfere with findings of facts based on credibility of witness(es) | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Burden of proof and standard of proof in criminal cases | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conspiracy - Meaning of conspiracy | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether a court can convict solely on the confessional statement of an accused person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Essential ingredients of the offence of robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether a court can convict solely on the Confessional Statement of an accused person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Ingredients of the offence of armed robbery; standard of proof required of the prosecution | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Attitude of the Supreme Court to interference with concurrent finding(s) of fact(s) of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Issues - Whether leave of court is required to raise fresh issue on appeal | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Whether the issue of jurisdiction can be raised for the first time at the appellate Court | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Receipt of Payment - Whether a receipt is an evidence of payment | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Gratification - Statutory provision as regards the offence of using office or position for gratification | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Burden and standard of proof in criminal cases; what does proof beyond reasonable doubt mean | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Murder - Essential ingredients that must be proved by the prosecution to ground a conviction for Murder | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Issues for Determination - How a respondent who has not cross-appealed should formulate issues for determination | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Party Primaries - Who can institute an action in court to complain about the conduct of a party's primaries | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Leave to Appeal - Circumstances when leave of Court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal and effect of failure to obtain same | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Diligent Prosecution - Want of Diligent Prosecution - Effect of an appeal dismissed for want of prosecution due to the failure of appellant to file his brief of argument | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Evidence of a Sole Witness - Whether a court can convict on the Evidence of a Single Witness | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Admissions: Whether admission/admitted facts need further proof | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Gratification - What the prosecution must prove to establish the offence of using office or position for Gratification | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent findings - Instances where an appellate Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court over cases of simple contracts | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Proliferation of Issues for Determination - Position of the law as it relates to proliferation of issues for determination | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Application to Relist - Principles Guiding grant or refusal of an application to relist a case for hearing | Read More | |
| COURT: | Power of Supreme Court - Whether the Supreme Court has power to review its judgment once delivered | Read More | |
| LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW: | Termination of Contract - Principle applicable to the termination of a master/servant relationship | Read More | |
| LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW: | Termination of Contract - What remedy is available to an employee whose employment was terminated without the requisite notice | Read More | |
| LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW: | Measure of damages in a claim for wrongful dismissal | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Bail - Whether the grant of bail to an accused person is a discretionary matter of the Court | Read More | |
| FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: | Right to Fair Hearing - Effect of proceedings conducted in breach of right to fair hearing | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Exercise of Discretion - Circumstances in which the appellate court will interfere with the exercise of discretion made by a trial court | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Evidence of a Single Witness - Whether a court can convict on the evidence of a single witness | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Ingredients that must exist to prove the offence of armed robbery | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent findings - Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether a court can convict on a retracted Confessional Statement; Duty of Court to test for the truth of the confession | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent finding(s) - Attitude of the Supreme Court to interference with concurrent finding(s) of fact(s) of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| PLEADINGS: | Admissions in Pleadings - Whether admission/admitted facts need further proof | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Instances where the Supreme Court will interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Standard of Proof - The requirement of the law as regard proof beyond reasonable doubt | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Issue - Effect of raising a fresh issue for the first time on appeal without leave of Court | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Service - Substituted Service - When substituted service can be employed | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Nature and scope of jurisdiction of the Federal High Court | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Circumstantial Evidence - Meaning and nature of Circumstantial Evidence | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Culpable Homicide - Ingredients the prosecution must prove to establish the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Onus on an appellant appealing against concurrent findings of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether a court can convict solely on the confessional statement of an accused person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Stolen Property - Facts upon which an inference of guilty knowledge can be drawn to prove offence of receiving stolen property | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal - Whether leave of court is required to file and argue a ground of law | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conspiracy - Meaning and nature of the offence of Conspiracy | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act - Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to try offences under the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PRACTICE: | Standard of Poof - Effect of failure of the prosecution to prove a case beyond reasonable doubt | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Attitude of the Supreme Court to interference with Concurrent Finding(S) of fact(s) of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Meaning of prima facie case | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | No Case Submission - Duty of the trial court where a no case submission has been made on behalf of an accused person | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Mistake of Counsel - Whether the mistake of counsel can be visited on the litigant; Exception thereof | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Leave to Appeal – Mistake of Counsel - Whether mistake of counsel qualify as special circumstance to justify the grant of extension of time to appeal | Read More | |
| STATUTES: | Retrospective Operation - General principles relating to construction of retrospective operation of statutes | Read More | |
| FUNDAMENTAL | RIGHTS: Fundamental Rights Enforcement Rules - Whether the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Rules is applicable to matrimonial causes | Read More | |
| FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: | Whether the enforcement of fundamental right should be the main claim in an application brought under the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Rules | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Affidavit Evidence - Effect of not filing a counter affidavit or a reply to a counter affidavit | Read More | |
| FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: | Fair Hearing - Whether breach of fair hearing is a ground for the grant of an application to relist an appeal | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Importance of resolving the issue of jurisdiction once it is raised | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Signing of Court Process - Effect of a Court process signed by an unidentifiable person | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Effect of non-compliance with the provisions of the Supreme Court Rules in filing an appeal to the Supreme Court | Read More | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDERS: | Error/Mistake in Judgement - Whether every error/mistake in a judgment will result in a judgment being set aside; circumstance where error/mistake in a judgment will result in a judgment being set aside | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Right to Appeal - When an appeal may be as of right or with leave of Court | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND; PROCEDURE: | Commission of Crime - Ways of proving the commission of a crime | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conspiracy - Ingredients the prosecution must prove to succeed in a charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Contradictions - Effect of minor discrepancy in evidence on credibility of the witness(es) | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Whether physical assault must be proved to ground a conviction for robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether an accused can be convicted solely on a voluntary confessional statement without corroboration | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Culpable Homicide - Ingredients the prosecution must prove to establish the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Leave to Appeal - Whether leave of Court is required to raise the issue of jurisdiction on appeal | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Duty of an appeal Court to consider all issues for determination raised before it | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Leave to Appeal - Instance(s) where leave of Court is not required to file an appeal | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Reply Brief - Purpose/function of a reply brief | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Waiver - How and when the right to challenge proceedings of a Court or tribunal may be deemed as being waived | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Unappealed Findings - Position of the law as regards judgment of a Court not appealed against | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW & PRACTICE: | Confessional Statement - Effect of resiling from an extra judicial confessional statement | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Murder - Essential ingredients that must be proved by the prosecution to ground a conviction for murder | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Whether appellate court can interfere in findings of trial/lower courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - Circumstances where defence of alibi won’t avail accused person | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Whether appellate court can interfere in findings of trial/lower courts | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Court of Appeal - Nature of the power of Court of Appeal with respect to the determination of appeal | Read More | |
| FAIR HEARING: | Right To Fair Hearing - Statutory provision as regards right to fair hearing | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Evaluation of Evidence - Attitude of appellate Court to evaluation of evidence by trial Court | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Evaluation of Evidence - Circumstances under which an appellate Court will interfere with the evaluation of evidence by a trial Court | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Evaluation of Evidence - Attitude of appellate Court to evaluation of evidence by trial Court | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Findings of Customary Courts - Circumstances under which appellate Court will interfere with Findings of Customary Courts | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Election Petition - Who can file an election petition | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Election Tribunal - Importance of the position of the Chairman of an Election Tribunal | Read More | |
| COURT: | Competence of Court - When a Court is said to be competent | Read More | |
| LOCUS STANDI - | How to determine whether a plaintiff has locus standi | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Burden and standard of proof in a charge of murder | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Defences - When can the court consider defences in a trial | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Trial Within Trial - At whose instance will a Trial Within Trial be conducted | Read More | |
| ADMISSIONS: | Admitted Facts - Whether Admitted Facts need further proof | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Lies - When lies become a relevant fact in issue as evidence against the accused person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence Of Murder – On Whom Lies The Burden Of Proof In A Murder Charge | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence Of Murder - Circumstances Where An Offence Of Murder Can Be Said To Be Committed | Read More | |
| UNDEFENDED LIST: | Liquidated Sum - Statutory provision as regards Liquidated Sum | Read More | |
| EQUITY: | Doctrines of Equity - Application of the Doctrine of Equity | Read More | |
| CONTRACT: | Privity of Contract - When an action in contract can be sustained | Read More | |
| CONTRACT: | Privity of Contract - Purport of the doctrine of Privity of Contract | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Case of a Party - Whether a party on appeal must confine itself to the matter already adjudicated upon | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Dying Declaration - Whether dying declaration is admissible | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Dying Declaration - What Dying Declaration entails | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Murder - Ways of proving the offence of murder | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Dying Declaration - Whether Dying Declaration is admissible | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence Of Murder - Ingredients of the Offence Of Murder | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Cross-Examination - Effect Of Failure To Allow Cross-Examination In A Proceeding | Read More | |
| DOCUMENTS: | Tendering a Document In Evidence - Conditions precedent to Tendering a Document In Evidence | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Card Reader Machine - Whether Card Reader Machine Has Eliminated Manual Accreditation Of Voters | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Money Laundering - Ingredient of the offence of money laundering as provided for under section 14(1)(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Prima Facie Case - Definition of a Prima Facie Case and when it can be said to exist | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Circumstances when an appellate Court will interfere with the Concurrent Findings of two lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether a Court can convict solely on the Confessional Statement of an accused person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Evidence of a Co-Accused - Condition for the Court to rely on an incriminating Evidence of a Co-Accused | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Trial Within Trial - Nature of the decision given in a Trial Within Trial | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - Accused Person’s Defence Of Alibi Must Fail Once He Is Fixed At The Scene Of Crime | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Requirement by prosecution to establish offence of Armed Robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubts | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds Of Appeal - Condition For A Ground Of Appeal To Be Of Facts Or Mixed Law And Facts | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Leave to Appeal - Circumstances when leave of court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal - Effect Of A Ground Of Appeal From Which No Issue For Determination Is Formulated | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal - How To Determine A Ground Of Law | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Ground Upon Which A Confessional Statement Can Secure A Conviction | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Instances Where An Appellate Court Would Interfere With The Concurrent Findings Of Lower Court | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence Of Armed Robbery - Ingredients A Prosecution Must Prove In Discharging Its Burden Of Proof In An Offence Of Armed Robbery | Read More | |
| COURT: | Evaluation of Evidence - Duty of a judge in evaluating evidence | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Presumption of Validity where a judicial or official act is shown to have been done substantially in a regular way | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Affidavit Evidence - Documents Attached To An Affidavit - Whether Documents Attached To An Affidavit form part of the affidavit " | Read More | |
| FAIR HEARING: | Denial of Fair Hearing - Whether a party who had an opportunity of being heard but did not utilize it can bring an action for breach of fair hearing | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Issues for Determination - Proliferation of Issues - Attitude Of Court Towards Proliferation Of Issues | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Corroboration in Criminal Cases - Whether it is desirable to have corroborative evidence in support of an offence | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Rape - Statutory provision as regards the offence of rape and its punishment | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Rape - What is the most essential ingredient in the proof of rape | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Admissibility of Confessional Statement - Effect of failure to object to the admission of a Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence Of Rape - Nature of the Offence Of Rape | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Defence Of Provocation - When the Defence Of Provocation will not avail an accused person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Guilt Of An Accused Person - How to prove the guilt of an accused person | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal: Effect of a ground of appeal from which no issue for determination is formulated | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal: Whether issue for determination must relate to the grounds of appeal filed | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Identification Parade - Nature and form of identification evidence | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Identification Parade - What is the basis of identification | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether an accused person can be convicted on his Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Requirements to be proved by the prosecution to establish the offence of Armed Robbery | Read More | |
| COURT: | Duty of the Court in ensuring the standards of legal practice are maintained | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Notice of Appeal - Whether a notice of appeal must be competent before an appeal itself can be competent | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Notice of Appeal - Effect of a defective Notice of Appeal | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Internal Affairs - What constitutes an intra-party dispute | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Party Primaries - Who Can Institute An Action In Court To Complain About The Conduct Of Party Primaries | Read More | |
| FAIR HEARING: | Right to be heard in court in a cause of action | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Academic Suit - What constitutes an academic suit | Read More | |
| DOCUMENTS: | Duty Of A Party Relying On Documents In Support Of His Case | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Expert Witness - When Is The Evidence Of An Expert Necessary | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Initiating Process - Whether an Initiating Process must be valid to confer jurisdiction on a court | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi – Whether or not there will be need to investigate an alibi if there is overwhelming evidence against the accused | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - What the accused should do for the defence of alibi to avail him | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - Whether a defence of alibi should be discountenanced by court | Read More | |
| LAND LAW: | Title to Land - Burden of proof in an action for declaration of title to land | Read More | |
| LAND LAW: | Laches And Acquiescence - Whether the defence of laches and acquiescence must be specifically pleaded and proved | Read More | |
| LAND LAW: | Laches And Acquiescence - Nature of equitable defence of Laches and Acquiescence | Read More | |
| LAND LAW: | Laches And Acquiescence - Principle governing the doctrine of Laches And Acquiescence | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Pleadings - Whether a defendant can rely on a defence which is based on facts not stated in his statement of defence | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Enlargement Of Time To Appeal - Conditions precedent for the grant or refusal of an application for Enlargement Of Time To Appeal | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Party's Primary Election - Instances When The Court Will Interfere With The Conduct Of A Party's Primary Election | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Nomination of Candidates - Exclusive Jurisdiction of Political Parties to Nomination of Candidates | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Nomination of Candidates - Jurisdiction of Courts to Determine the Validity of Political Party Candidate Nominations | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - The Appellate Court's Approach to Concurrent Findings of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Legal Position on Finality of Court of Appeal Decisions on Election Petitions | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Interpretation of Section 285(7) of the 1999 Constitution | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Interpretation of Section 285(7) of the 1999 Constitution | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Interpretation of Section 285(7) of the 1999 Constitution | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Importance of Jurisdiction - The Importance of Jurisdiction in Conducting Proceedings | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Card Reader Machine - Motive behind the use of card readers in an election | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Standard of Proof - Whether proof beyond reasonable doubt means proof beyond all shadow of doubt | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Trial - Standard of proof required in a Criminal Trial | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Ingredients to be proved by prosecution in a charge of armed robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - What must be established by prosecution to secure conviction for armed robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - Meaning of defence of alibi | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Disenfranchisement Of Voters - Onus Of Proof Of Allegation Of Disenfranchisement Of Voters Or Non-Voting On The Petitioner | Read More | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Unappealed Decision - Effect Of Decision Not Appealed Against | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Respondent in Appeal - The Duty Of A Respondent To An Appeal | Read More | |
| AGENCIES: | Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - Duty of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Prima Facie Case - Meaning of prima facie | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Money Laundering - Statutory provision as to offence of conspiracy, aiding and abetting offence of money laundering | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Proceeds of a Crime - Statutory provision as to retention of proceeds of money laundering | Read More | |
| JUSTICE: | Whether sentiments plays a role in judicial deliberations | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Identification Parade - Procedure For Conducting A Proper Identification Parade | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Ingredients Required To Be Proved By The Prosecution To Establish The Offence Of Armed Robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Identification Parade - Guiding Principles For Proper Identification Parade | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Requirements of an identification parade | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Ingredients of the offence of armed robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Evidence - Circumstantial Evidence - Whether Conviction For Murder Can Be Based On Circumstantial Evidence | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Murder - Ingredients of Offence of Murder | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Guilt Of An Accused Person - On whom lies the onus of proving the guilt of an accused person | Read More | |
| COURT: | Competence of Court - When will a Court be said to be competent; effect of defect in competence of Court | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Signing of Court Process - Effect of a court process signed in the name of a law firm | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Court Process - Effect of an incompetent Court process | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Signing of Court Process - How Court processes are to be signed; effect of signing a court process without the name of counsel | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Sins of Counsel - Circumstances in which a litigant may be punished for mistake of his counsel | Read More | |
| COURT: | Jurisdiction - Factors that determines the competence of a court | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Whether Or Not Jurisdiction Can Be Conferred On The Court By Itself Or By Consent Of Parties | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Effect of a well conducted proceeding in the absence of jurisdiction | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Ways of proving the commission of a crime | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Whether or not the Court is required to consider all possible defences open to an accused person before entering a verdict of murder | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Murder - Essential ingredients the prosecution must prove to establish the offence of murder | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Importance of resolving the issue of jurisdiction | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Condition precedent to assumption of jurisdiction by court | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Jurisdiction - What confers jurisdiction on a court | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Breach - Effect of breach of constitutional provisions | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Card Reader - Whether Card Reader Machine Has Eliminated Manual Accreditation Of Voters | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Basis Of Exercise Of Jurisdiction Of Court | Read More | |
| COURT: | Duty of court making findings on issue presented before it | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal - Whether incompetent grounds of appeal can be lumped with competent grounds of appeal | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal—Incompetent Grounds of Appeal and Their Relation to Competent Grounds | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal - Whether grounds of appeal must proceed from decision of a lower court | Read More | |
| COURT: | Duty of Courts — Whether Courts Have a Duty in the Affairs of Fundamental Rights of an Individual | Read More | |
| COURT: | Powers of the Supreme Court — When the Supreme Court Can Invoke Its Powers Under Section 22 of the Supreme Court Act | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Hearing Notice — Whether Failure to Serve a Party with Hearing Notice Will Vitiate the Proceedings | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Service of Court Process — Effect of Failure to Effect Service on an Opposing Party | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Hearing Notice — Duty of Court to Put a Party on Notice of the Date of an Adjourned Matter | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Hearing Notice — Effect of Failure to Serve Hearing Notice — Whether Failure to Serve a Party with Hearing Notice Will Amount to Denial of Fair Hearing | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Hearing Notice — Right of a Party to Be Notified of the Dates His Matter Will Be Heard | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Duty of the Independent National Electoral Commission — Nature of the Duty in Accepting and Acting on Documents from Candidates | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Authenticity of the Information - Whether INEC Is a Necessary Party to Be Joined When the Authenticity of the Information Submitted to It Is Questioned | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Offences — Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to Entertain Matters on False Information Given to INEC by a Candidate | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Conspiracy - Whether the offence of conspiracy can exist between persons who had never known each other | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Conspiracy — Whether Conspirators Need to Have Started the Conspiracy at the Same Time | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Conspiracy - Whether the offence of conspiracy can be committed where a person acted either by an agreement or in concert | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Conspiracy — Whether It Is Necessary for the Accused to Be the Originator of the Offence Charged | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Offence of Conspiracy — Nature and Essential Ingredients of the Offence of Conspiracy | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether court can convict solely on the confessional statement of an accused person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery — Ingredients of the Offence of Robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Burden of Proof — Whom Lies the Burden of Proof in Criminal Cases | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Discretion — How the Discretion of Court Is Exercised | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Proliferation of Issues — Whether a Ground of Appeal Can Be Divided into Many Issues | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Issues for Determination — Formulation of Issues for Determination | Read More | |
| STARE DECISIS: | Court Hierarchy — Binding Nature of Court Decisions in the Order of Hierarchy | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Appeal to Supreme Court — Period Within Which to File an Appeal from the Decision of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Exercise of Power — When the Exercise of Power Can Be Said to Be Unconstitutional | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Enlargement of Time — Power of the Court of Appeal to Grant Enlargement of Time | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal — Whether the Grounds of Appeal Must Show Good Cause Why the Appeal Should Be Heard | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Enlargement of Time — What an Applicant for Extension of Time to Appeal Must Show | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Enlargement of Time to Appeal — Conditions for Grant of Enlargement of Time to Appeal | Read More | |
| COURT: | Discretion — Attitude of Appellate Courts to the Exercise of Discretion by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Preliminary Objection — Preliminary Objection Should Always Be Decided First Before the Main Appeal | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Trespass — Ingredients of the Offence of Criminal Trespass | Read More | |
| LAND LAW: | Trespass to Land — Who Can Maintain an Action in Trespass to Land | Read More | |
| LAND LAW: | Possession — Importance of Possession of Land | Read More | |
| AUCTION: | Purchase by Auction — Effect of a Certificate of Purchase | Read More | |
| ESTOPPEL: | Doctrine of Res Judicata — Meaning and Purpose of the Doctrine of Res Judicata | Read More | |
| ESTOPPEL: | Plea of Estoppel — Conditions for a Successful Plea of Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam | Read More | |
| ESTOPPEL: | Res Judicata — Whether Parties Can Bring Fresh Action on a Settled Matter Said to Be Res Judicata | Read More | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Delivery of Judgment — Effect of Judgment Delivered in Chambers — Whether Delivery of Judgment in Chambers Renders the Entire Proceedings Null and Void | Read More | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Delivery of Judgment — Effect of Judgment Delivered in Chambers — Whether Delivery of Judgment in Chambers Renders the Entire Proceedings Null and Void | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery — Ingredients of the Offence of Armed Robbery | Read More | |
| COURT: | Duty of Court - Duty of Court to be in control of proceedings | Read More | |
| COURT: | Interpreter - Duty of trial judge where an interpreter is provided at the commencement of a trial | Read More | |
| FAIR HEARING: | What the concept of fair hearing entails | Read More | |
| FAIR HEARING: | What the concept of fair hearing entails | Read More | |
| DOCUMENTS: | Public Documents – Types and Conditions for Admissibility Of Public Documents | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Section 55 of the Evidence Act 2011 — Certificates of Specified Government Officers | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Plea of Guilty — Proper Procedure for an Accused Pleading Guilty to a Non-Capital Offence | Read More | |
| DOCUMENTS: | Public Documents - Whether public documents can be tendered from the bar | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings — Attitude of the Supreme Court to Concurrent Findings of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Nomination of Candidates - Who has the locus standi to challenge the selection or nomination of a candidate by a political party for an election | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Non-Compliance with Section 34 of the Electoral Act 2010 — Effect of Non-Compliance with the Requirements of Section 34 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as Amended) | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Sponsorship of Candidates — Whether a Court Has Jurisdiction to Determine Who a Political Party Should Sponsor in an Election | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Proliferation of Issues — Need for Parties/Counsel to Limit Themselves to the Main Issues in Controversy | Read More | |
| URISDICTION: | Section 251 of the Constitution — Position of the Law on the Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court on Matters Affecting the Federal Government or Any of Its Agencies | Read More | |
| LAND LAW: | Locus Standi Over Government Land — Effect of Acquisition of Land by the Government for Public Purpose | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Fundamental Nature of Jurisdiction — When Jurisdiction Can Be Raised | Read More | |
| OBITER DICTUM: | The Meaning and Import of an Obiter Dictum | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Obiter Dictum — Whether an Obiter Can Constitute an Appealable Ground of Appeal | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal — Whether Grounds of Appeal Must Be Indicated in a Judgment Appealed Against | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Unappealed Findings — Whether Findings Not Appealed Against Are Binding | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Stealing — Ingredients of the Offence of Stealing | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Stealing — What Intention in a Charge of Stealing Entails | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Stealing — Ingredients of the Offence of Stealing | Read More | |
| RIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Stealing — What Intention in a Charge of Stealing Entails | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Stealing — Statutory Definition of the Offence of Stealing | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Grievous Bodily Harm — Ingredients That Must Be Proved to Establish the Causing of Grievous Bodily Harm | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Intention — Whether a Person Is Presumed to Intend the Natural Consequences of His Act | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Issues for Determination — The Rule Against Proliferation of Issues for Determination | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal — Effect of a Ground of Appeal from Which No Issue for Determination Is Formulated or Distilled | Read More | |
| INSURANCE: | Payment of Full Premium - Effect of Noncompliance with Condition Precedent — Whether Non-Payment of Full Premium Invalidates a Contract of Insurance | Read More | |
| INSURANCE: | Nature and Creation of Contract of Insurance — What Constitutes a Contract of Insurance | Read More | |
| INSURANCE: | Payment of Premium — Effect of Non-Payment of Premium — Whether Payment of Premium Is a Condition Precedent to the Validity of an Insurance Contract | Read More | |
| INSURANCE: | Payment of Premium – Effect of Non-payment of Premium Whether non-payment invalidates an insurance contract. | Read More | |
| INSURANCE: | Payment of Premium – Meaning and Nature of Premium: Whether Non-Payment of Full Premium Invalidates an Insurance Contract | Read More | |
| DAMAGES: | Assessment of Damages – Whether the Court Can Rely on Unproven Statements from Non-Experts in Assessment of Damages | Read More | |
| DAMAGES: | General Damages – Whether General Damages Should Be Specifically Pleaded | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal – Whether Grounds of Appeal Must Arise from the Decision Appealed Against | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Evidence of a Sole Witness – Whether the Court Can Convict Based on the Evidence of a Single Witness | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Identification Parade – Circumstances in Which an Identification Parade Would Not Be Necessary | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Evidence of a Sole Witness – Whether the Court Can Convict Based on the Evidence of a Single Witness | 2016 (SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - Duty of a Trial Court When the Defence of Alibi Is Raised | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings of Fact – Instances Where the Supreme Court Will Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Fact Made by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Intention to Kill – How Intention Is Inferred in Murder Cases | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Presumption of Intention to Kill – What Amounts to Intention to Kill and When Intention to Kill Can Be Presumed | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement – The Tests Courts Should Consider in Convicting an Accused Person Upon His Confession | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Liability – Whether Every Person Should Be Taken to Intend the Natural and Probable Consequences of His or Her Act from a Reasonable Man’s Standard | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Issues for Determination – Whether Issues for Determination Must Be Distilled from a Competent Ground of Appeal | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Admissibility – Whether the Denial of a Statement by an Accused Person Raises the Issue of Admissibility | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Standard of Proof - Standard of Proof in Criminal Cases | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Admissibility of Confessional Statement - Whether a Retracted Confessional Statement is Inadmissible | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether an Accused Can Be Convicted Solely on His Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Standard of Proof of Armed Robbery - What the Prosecution Must Prove to Succeed on the Offence of Armed Robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Whether an Accused Can Be Convicted Solely on His Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Probative Value of Confessional Statement - Whether Any Evidence Can Be Stronger Than a Party’s Own Admission or Confession | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Ingredients of the Offence of Armed Robbery - What the Prosecution Must Prove After the Offence of Robbery Has Been Established | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Uncorroborated Confessional Statement - Whether the Court Can Convict on an Uncorroborated Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Recording of Statement of an Accused - Whether Statements of an Accused Should Be Recorded in the Language in Which They Were Made | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Key/Vital Witness - Who Is a Vital Witness? | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Trial-Within-Trial - When a Trial-Within-Trial Would Be Conducted | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Oversight and Responsibilities - Electoral Role of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Election Matters | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Contradiction in Evidence - When Will a Piece of Evidence Contradict Another | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Card Reader - The Need for INEC to Bring the Usage of the Card Reader Within the Ambit of the Electoral Act | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Notice of Appeal – Content of Notice of Appeal - What a Notice of Appeal Should Contain | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Offences – Conspiracy – Whether Elements of Conspiracy Must Be Proved to Establish an Offence | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Guilt - How to Establish the Guilt of an Accused Person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Evidence of a Single Witness - Whether a Person Can Be Convicted on the Evidence of a Single Witness | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Non-Compliance - Duty of the Petitioner in an Election Petition Alleging Non-Compliance with the Provisions of the Electoral Act | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Election Results - Whether There Must Be a Declaration by the Electoral Body Stating a Person Is Duly Elected | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | The Electoral Act, 2010 - Extent of the Provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Undue Return - Appropriate Venue to Ventilate Complaints of Undue Return at an Election | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Finding of Facts - Attitude of Appellate Court to Concurrent Findings of Facts by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| STATUTES: | Interpretation of Statutes - Whether Words Used in a Statute Must Be Given Their Ordinary Meaning Where It Is Not Ambiguous | Read More | |
| STATUTES: | Interpretation of Statutes - Whether Words Used in a Statute Must Be Given Their Ordinary Meaning Where It Is Not Ambiguous | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Importance of Jurisdiction - Effect of Proceedings Conducted Without Jurisdiction | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Exercise of Jurisdiction - Whether a Court Can Confer Jurisdiction on Itself | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Jurisdiction Over Election Matters - Whether the Court of Appeal Has Final Decision in Election Matters Arising from Tribunal | Read More | |
| WORDS AND PHRASES: | Decision - Meaning of "Decision" | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Issues for Determination - Whether Courts Can Reformulate Issues for Determination in an Action | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Nature of the Constitution - Whether the Constitution Is the Grundnorm of All Laws | Read More | |
| GOVERNMENT: | House of Assembly - Powers of the House of Assembly | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Exercise of Jurisdiction - What Confers Jurisdiction on a Court | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Finding of Facts - When the Supreme Court Will Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Facts/Decisions of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Identification Parade - Role of the Court Where a Case Depends Wholly on the Correctness of the Identification of an Accused Person | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Robbery and Firearm - Powers of the Attorney-General of a State - Whether the Attorney-General of a State Can Prosecute Offence of Armed Robbery Under the Robbery and Firearms Act | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Identification Parade - Circumstances Where an Identification Parade Would Not Be Necessary | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Preliminary Objection - Duty of the Court to Consider Preliminary Objection Before Venturing into the Main or Cross-Appeal | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Preliminary Objection - Whether A Preliminary Objection Should Be First Considered | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court - Extent of the Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Section 251(1) of the 1999 Constitution - Exclusive Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Defences – Alibi - Conditions for Successfully Raising the Defence of Alibi | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conspiracy - Definition and Ingredients of Conspiracy | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Finding of Facts - Attitude of the Appellate Court to Concurrent Findings by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Importance of Jurisdiction | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Alibi - Nature of the Defence of Alibi | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Defences – Alibi - Need for an Accused to Raise the Defence of Alibi at the Earliest Possible Time | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Defences – Alibi - Essential Ingredients of the Offence of Armed Robbery | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Defences – Alibi - Ways of Proving the Commission of Crime | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Meaning of Armed Robbery | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Finding of Facts - Instances Where the Supreme Court Will Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Facts by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Proof in Criminal Cases - Mode of Proving a Case Against an Accused Person | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Finding of Facts - Whether the Supreme Court Can Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Identification Parade - Circumstances When Identification Parade Will Be Necessary and When It Will Be Unnecessary | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Inconsistency in the Evidence - Whether Minor Inconsistency in the Evidence of a Witness Will Render Such Evidence Unreliable | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Finding of Facts - Grounds Upon Which the Supreme Court Will Interfere with the Concurrent Findings of Fact by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Armed Robbery - Ingredients the Prosecution Must Prove in Establishing the Offence of Armed Robbery Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Consequences of Retraction of a Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| RIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - The Impact of Retraction on the Admissibility of Confessional Statements | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Documentary Evidence – Whether Documents in Police Custody Are Considered Public Documents | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Confessional Statement - Requirements to Justify a Conviction Based on a Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Proof - Standard of Proof in Civil Cases | Read More | |
| LAND LAW: | Multiple Claims - Whether a Claim for Injunction and Possession in One Suit Is Defeated by Combining the Claims | Read More | |
| DOCUMENTS: | Public Document - What Determines the Status of a Public Document: the Source or Authorship | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Documentary Evidence – Certification - How to Determine Whether a Document Requires Certification | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Affidavit of Service - The Importance of the Affidavit of Service and the Court's Duty When Service Is Challenged | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings of Fact - The Supreme Court's Attitude Towards Concurrent Findings of Fact by Lower Courts | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings of Fact - Circumstances Under Which an Appellate Court Will Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Two Lower Courts | Read More | |
| COURT: | Magistrate’s Court - The Duty of the Magistrate’s Court in Dispute Resolution | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Plea - The Effect of a Guilty Plea by an Accused | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Proof – Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt - Whether the Prosecution Needs to Prove the Commission of an Offence When the Accused Admits It | Read More | |
| ETHICS: | Duty of Counsel - The Nature of Lawyers Who Misuse Their Knowledge of Law and Legal Procedure | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Service of Court Process - Implications of Ineffective Service of Court Processes on the Rights of Parties | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | No Case Submission - Whether the Question of Witness Credibility Can Arise When the Court Is Considering a No Case Submission | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | No Case Submission - The Proper Order for an Appellate Court When the Trial Court Has Delved into the Merits of a Case in Ruling Against a No Case Submission | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Evaluation of Evidence - The Duty of the Trial Court - Whether the Evaluation of Evidence and Ascription of Weight Is the Responsibility of the Trial Court | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Plea - Plea of Guilty - Legal Requirements When an Accused Pleads Guilty to a Charge Under Section 218 of the Criminal Procedure Act | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Issues for Determination - Whether a Court Can Raise an Issue Suo Moto and Determine It Without Hearing the Parties | Read More | |
| EQUITY: | Double Compensation - Whether a Party Can Be Compensated Twice for the Same Injury | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Affidavit Evidence - The Effect of Uncontroverted or Unchallenged Facts in an Affidavit; The Duty of the Court When There Is Conflict in Affidavits | Read More | |
| COURT: | Duty of Court - The Obligation of the Court to Pronounce on All Issues Raised Before It | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Card Reader - Definition of a "Card Reader" | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Declaratory Relief - The Duty of a Party Seeking Declaratory Relief to Succeed on the Strength of Their Own Case; The Duty of a Party Relying on Documentary Evidence to Specifically Link It to Their Case | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Hearsay Evidence - Whether Hearsay Evidence Is Admissible | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Offences – Conspiracy - The Nature of the Offence of Conspiracy | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Offences – Attempt - What Constitutes an Attempt to Commit an Offence | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Jurisdiction of Court - What Determines the Jurisdiction of a Court Over a Suit | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Over Voting - The Duty of a Party to Tender the Card Reader and Voter's Register in Proving Over-Voting; Whether the Card Reader Has Replaced the Voter's Register | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Contradiction in Evidence - The Attitude of Courts Toward Contradictions in Evidence; The Nature of Contradictions That May Lead to Miscarriage of Justice | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Circumstantial Evidence - The Effect of Circumstantial Evidence with Two Possible Interpretations | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Corroboration - Evidence of the Prosecutrix - Whether Corroboration Is Required for the Evidence of a Victim of Sexual Offence | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | No Case Submission - What the Court Should Consider When a No Case Submission Is Made | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal - The Effect of a Ground of Appeal from Which No Issue Has Been Distilled or Formulated | Read More | |
| WORDS AND PHRASES: | Issue for Determination - Meaning of Issue for Determination | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Accomplice - Evidence of an Accomplice - Guidelines for Determining Who Is an Accomplice | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Offences - Rape - What the Prosecution Must Prove to Succeed in a Charge of Rape or Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Under Section 78 of the Armed Forces Act | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Right to Fair Hearing - Entitlement to Fair Hearing Within a Reasonable Time to Ensure Independence and Impartiality | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Evaluation of Evidence - When an Appellate Court Can Evaluate Evidence | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Nature and Scope of Appeals | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Issues for Determination - Purpose of Formulating Issues for Determination | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Circumstantial Evidence - Nature of Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Ground a Conviction for Murder | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Admissibility of Evidence - Admissibility of Evidence from Discoveries Resulting from Information | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Right to Fair Hearing - Effect of Breach of the Right to Fair Hearing | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Admissibility of Evidence - Admissibility of Circumstantial Evidence - Whether Circumstantial Evidence is Admissible in both Criminal and Civil Cases | Read More | |
| LOCUS STANDI: | Meaning and Nature of Locus Standi | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Issues - Raising Fresh Issues on Appeal Without Leave of Court and the Effect of Failing to Obtain Leave | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conviction - Methods of Proving a Charge of Murder | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Circumstantial Evidence - Nature and Concept of Circumstantial Evidence | Read More | |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Bindingness of Court Orders/Decisions - Effect of Court Judgments on Non-Parties | Read More | |
| LOCUS STANDI: | Proper Order in Cases Where Plaintiff Lacks Locus Standi | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Constitution - The Supremacy of the Constitution | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Fair Hearing - Status of Proceedings Conducted Without Fair Hearing | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Issues for Determination - Court's Obligation to Use Formulated Issues by Parties | Read More | |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Right to Fair Hearing Under Section 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Issues - Whether Fresh Issues Can Be Raised on Appeal | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Grounds of Appeal - Effect of a Ground of Appeal That Does Not Arise from the Judgment Appealed Against | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings - Instances When an Appellate Court May Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Trial-Within-Trial - When a Trial Within Trial Can Be Conducted | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Trial-Within-Trial - The Essence of a Trial-Within-Trial | Read More | |
| VIDENCE: | Confessional Statement - Admissibility of Confessional Statement - Conditions for Admissibility of a Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| EVIDENCE: | Admissibility of Confessional Statement - Whether a Confessional Statement Can Be Rendered Inadmissible | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Inconsistent Statements - Duty of the Accused to Point Out Inconsistencies Between Evidence and Earlier Police Statement | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Conspiracy - Whether Conspiracy to Commit an Offence is Independent of the Actual Commission of the Offence | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Criminal Conspiracy - How to Establish the Offence of Conspiracy | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conspiracy - Ingredients of the Offence of Conspiracy | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conviction - Confessional Statement - Whether a Court Can Convict an Accused Person Based on Their Own Confessional Statement | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Guber Running Mate - Whether a Governorship Candidate Must Nominate a Running Mate to Contest in an Election | Read More | |
| JURISDICTION: | Absence of Jurisdiction - Effect of Proceedings Conducted in Absence of Jurisdiction | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Issues - Principles Governing Application for Leave to Raise Fresh Issues on Appeal | Read More | |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS: | Withdrawal of Candidature - Requirements for a Candidate to Withdraw Their Candidature from a Political Party | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Issues - Special Circumstances Where an Appellate Court Will Allow Fresh Points on Appeal | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Record of Appeal - Transmission of Record - When an Appellant Can Compile and Transmit Record of Appeal | Read More | |
| JUSTICE: | Substantial Justice - Attitude of Courts in Ensuring Substantial Justice is Done | Read More | |
| COURT: | Supreme Court - Nature of Appeal and Limits of Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court | Read More | |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Cross-Examination - Object of Cross-Examination | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conspiracy - Nature of the Offence of Conspiracy | Read More | |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Conspiracy - Whether Conspiracy to Commit an Offence Can Be Inferred from Circumstantial Evidence | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Respondent Brief - Effect of Failure to Respond to New Points Raised in the Respondent's Brief | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Accelerated Hearing - Purpose of Accelerated Hearing of Appeal | Read More | |
| SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROCEDURE: | Purpose of Summary Judgment Procedure | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Concurrent Findings of Facts - Instances When the Supreme Court Will Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Facts/Decisions of Lower Courts | Read More | |
| SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROCEDURE: | Leave to Defend - Content of an Affidavit to Show Cause Why a Defendant Should Be Granted Leave to Defend an Action - Need to Disclose a Defence on the Merits | Read More | |
| CONTRACT: | How a Contract Should Be Construed | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Reply Brief - Effect of Failure to File a Reply Brief | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Reply Brief - Purpose of a Reply Brief | Read More | |
| APPEAL: | Briefs of Argument - Purpose of Appellant Brief, Respondent Brief, and Reply Brief - Effect of Failure to File Reply Brief When Needed | Read More | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: | Adaptation Order Modifications - President's Authority to Substitute Public Officers in Federal Acts | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Concurrent Legislative Powers - Inconsistency Between Federal and State Laws - Doctrine of Covering the Field | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW : | Federal Supremacy - Application to Public Order Act - Federal Legislation Superseding State Laws | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Legislative Powers - Adaptation Order and Substitution of Public Officers | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Presidential Legislative Authority - Constitutionality of the President’s Power to Modify Federal Laws | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Veto Power - Unconstitutionality of Governor's Veto Power Over Police Decisions | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| POLICE: | Executive Power Over Police - Limitation of State Governor’s Power Regarding Law and Order | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| POLICE: | Police Control - Ultimate Authority Over Police Resides with the President | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Applicability of Criminal Responsibility Provisions - Section 8 of the Criminal Code Law | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Material Inconsistencies in Prosecution Witness Statements - Standard for Conviction | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW: | Liability of an Aider or Abettor - Application of Section 7 of the Criminal Code | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Defences - Provocation - Distinction Between Revenge and Immediate Provocation | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Attitude of appellate court towards the raising of new points/fresh issues on appeal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Right of Appeal - Extent of the exercise of right of appeal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Discretion of Court - Factors that the court will put into consideration in exercising its discretion to grant or refuse application for leave to adduce fresh evidence | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Duty of Court - Duty of court to determine what ought to be done in the subject matter of an appeal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | JURISDICTION - Different points a challenge to the jurisdiction of court can be based on | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Brief of Argument - Whether briefs of argument should be filed within time | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof or Standard of Proof - Standard of proof and burden of proof in a claim for declaration of title to land | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Declaration of Title To Land - Duty of a claimant or plaintiff in an action for declaration of title to land | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving insanity | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Representative Action - Essential condition(s) for sustaining a representative action | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Duty of Court - Whether the Court of Appeal is bound by the wrong inferences drawn from the primary facts found by the lower Court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Preliminary Objection - When a preliminary objection should be raised | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Hearing of Appeal - Whether a wrong heading of an appeal can fetter the hearing of an appeal on merit | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Extension or Enlargement of Time To Appeal - Principle upon which Court can allow an application for extension of time to file grounds of appeal or substitute new grounds for those already filed | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Ground(s) of Appeal - Whether grounds of appeal are contained in and filed along with notice of appeal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Discretion of Court - At what instance will a court readily exercise its discretion to extend the periods prescribed for doing an act | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Ground(s) of Appeal - Whether an Appellate Court will consider or determine a question not in issue in an appeal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Ground(s) of Appeal - Whether the fact that grounds of appeal are described as grounds of law and of mixed law and fact automatically renders them so | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Interference With Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of appellate courts to findings of fact made by a lower court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Interference With Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Instances when an appellate Court will not interfere with findings of fact of the lower Courts | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Interference With Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Whether an appellate court can interfere with or disturb the findings of facts or inferences drawn by a lower court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Duty of Court - The duty of the court to ascertain the law and give full effect to it | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Defence(s) of Accused Person(s) - Whether the provision of the Criminal Code as to ignorance of the law being a defence could be used to avoid the provisions of other enactments | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving that the importation of prohibited goods are without knowledge or intent | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Standard of Proof - Standard and degree of proof required in civil and criminal cases | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE: | "Fraudulent" - Interpretation of Section 145(b) as regards the import of the word "fraudulent" | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE: | General or Special Act - The effect of special and general provisions of statutes on the same subject matter | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE: | Rules of Interpretation of Statute - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE: | Rules of Interpretation of Statute - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE: | Section 22 of The Customs And Excise Management Act, 1985 (No.55 Of 1958) And Section 1(1) of The Import Prohibition Order 1978, (L.N.16 of 1978) - Interpretation of Section 22 of the Custom and Excise Management Act, 1958 (No.55 of 1958) and Section 1(1) of the Import Prohibition Order, 1978, (L.N. 16 of 1978) as regards prohibition of goods; and whether the provision of the Prohibition Order is absolute | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Judgment of Court - Whether a judgment/order of court remains valid until set aside | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Issue(s) Raised In Pleadings - Whether issues are tried as settled in the pleadings filed | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION; | Pleadings - Whether parties are bound by their pleadings; effect of leading evidence on facts not pleaded | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Pleadings - Whether parties as well as the courts are bound by the pleadings | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Interference With Evaluation of Evidence - Whether an appellate court can substitute its own views with that of a trial court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW : | Possession of Land - Position of the law where possession is doubtful or equivocal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Amendment of Court Processes or Pleadings - Circumstances under which the Court may grant amendment or leave to amend pleadings/Court processes | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Application For Extension of Time - Whether Court can extend time to file brief simply for non-payment of counsel's fee | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Evidence of Witness - Effect of trial court rejecting the evidence of a witness | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION: | Appellate Jurisdiction - Condition that must exist for the Supreme Court to exercise appellate jurisdiction over questions of fact which ought to have been raised at the lower court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Cause(s) of Action - Distinction between a non-disclosure of a cause of action and a default or use of a wrong word or expression in pleadings | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Pleadings - Whether parties as well as the courts are bound by the pleadings | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Representative Capacity - Requirements for suing in a representative capacity | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Estoppel By Standing By - Basis and application of the doctrine of estoppel by standing by | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER : | Setting Aside Judgment or Order - Whether an Appellate Court can set aside the decision of a lower Court which is right but based on wrong reasons | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Allotment And Partition of Family Land or Property - Procedure for allotment of land | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Allotment And Partition of Family Land or Property - What partitioning of family land entails | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the onus of proof to show that the Court of Appeal failed to exercise its discretion judicially | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Pleadings - Content of pleadings | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Pleadings - Content of pleadings | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Interference With Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Evidence On Unpleaded Facts - Effect of evidence of facts not pleaded and how court should treat same | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Trespass To Land - When does a person become a trespasser | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT: | Tenancy At Will - When will an action in trespass lie against a tenant at will | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Contempt of Court - Attitude of the Court to contempt of court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Contempt of Court - How a superior Court of record should punish contempt in the face of the Court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Contempt of Court - Need for Court to exercise its power to order committal for contempt with care | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Contempt of Court - What amounts to contempt of court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT : | Contempt of Court - Whether a person can be punished for contempt of Court without a formal trial | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Contempt of Court - Whether the procedure in relation to contempt is for the protection of the Court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Interference With The Exercise of Discretion - Attitude of an appellate court to the exercise of discretion made by lower courts; instances where an appellate court will interfere with the exercise of discretion made by a lower court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Interference With The Exercise of Discretion - Attitude of an appellate court to the exercise of discretion made by lower courts; instances where an appellate court will interfere with the exercise of discretion made by a lower court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Leave of Court or Leave To Appeal - Circumstances when leave of Court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal and effect of failure to obtain same | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE: | Rules of Interpretation of Constitution - Rules governing the interpretation of Constitutional provisions | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATURE: | Legislative Act - Whether the motive of the legislature for enacting a law affects the validity of the law | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Supremacy of The Constitution - Effect of any Law or Act that is inconsistent with the Constitution | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT: | Frustration - When frustration can be said to have occurred | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| MILITARY LAW: | Military Governor or Administrator - Whether a civilian Governor can exercise powers given to a military Governor under military Decrees or Edicts | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATURE: | Legislative Power - Whether legislative powers can be exercised by a civilian Governor under the 1979 Constitution | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| GOVERNMENT: | Public Power - What public power entails; who can exercise public power | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LABOUR LAW: | Termination of Employment - Whether the abolition of an office by statute discharges the contract of employment relating to that office | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Power(s) of State Governor - The Constitutional Powers vested in a State Governor | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Existing Law - Whether Customary Court warrant is an instrument which falls within the definition of an "existing law | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATURE: | House of Assembly - Whether the House of Assembly is under an obligation to give reasons for the enactment of a law | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Customary Court of Appeal - Statutory provision for the jurisdiction and establishment of a Customary Court of Appeal of a State | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | State Judicial Service Commission - Power of the State Judicial Service Commission | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Existing Law - Whether the Customary Court Law of Bendel State is an existing law | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Customary Court - Whether Customary Courts owe their existence to the statutes enacted by the legislature of the States | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Right of Party(ies) - Whether a litigant has a right to elect to prosecute any of his suits pending in Court and stay the others | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW: | Yoruba Native Law And Custom - Devolution of property of a deceased person under Yoruba customary law | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Conditions for a successful plea of estoppel per rem judicatam | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Meaning of estoppel per rem judicata | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Circumstantial Evidence - Conditions that must be met before a conviction can be sustained by circumstantial evidence | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Confessional Statement - Applicable presumption where the prosecution tenders in evidence a confessional statement signed by an accused | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Confessional Statement - Conditions for admissibility of a confessional statement | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Confessional Statement - Definition of confession as provided for in the Evidence Act | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Confessional Statement - Effect of a signature on a confessional statement; and what is expected of court where it is discovered that a signature on a confessional statement is not voluntarily affixed | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Documentary Evidence - Whether parties can by consent admit inadmissible document | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| 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 | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving the boundary of the land in dispute | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Circumstance(s) in which an appellate court will/may entertain fresh point/issues on appeal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Proper time to raise an objection against new points on appeal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Extension or Enlargement of Time To Appeal - Principles guiding the grant of an application for extension of time within which to appeal | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Discretion of Court - How judicial discretion should be exercised | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Setting Aside Judgment or Order - Principles considered by a court in setting aside a judgment obtained in the absence of a party | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE: | Non-Compliance With Rules of Court - Effect of non compliance with rules of Court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Proof of Custom or Customary Law - Ways by which customary law can or may be proved | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Proof of Ownership of Land - Whether proof of ownership is prima facie proof of possession | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER - | Order of Retrial or Trial De Novo - Principles that guide the court in making an order of retrial | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Family Property or Land - Effect of sale of family land without the consent of the family head and/or principal members | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Laches And Acquiescence - Doctrine of laches and acquiescence | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Trespass To Land - What constitutes trespass to land | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Trespass To Land - When does a person become a trespasser | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Representative Action - The origin of the rule of court on representative action | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Representative Action - Whether a party excluded from a representation order can sue and be sued in his own right | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Representative Action - Whether the Court can order persons who are not in the position to represent a community to do so | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Representative Capacity - Whether a person sued in a private capacity can act in a representative capacity | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Representative Capacity - Whether a section of a community can be separated from others in a representative capacity | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Fresh Point(s) 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 | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Declaration of Title To Land - Duty of a claimant/plaintiff in an action for declaration of title to land | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Leave of Court or Leave To Appeal - Circumstances when leave of Court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal and effect of failure to obtain same | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Declaration of Title to Land - The need for land to be identified in a claim for declaration of title to land | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Interference With Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of appellate courts to findings of fact made by a lower court | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Declaration of Title To Land - When a claim for declaration of title to land will be refused/dismissed | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Boundaries - The position of law as regards the remedy available to a person whose boundaries had become confused | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Order of Retrial or Trial De Novo - Principles that guide the court in making an order of retrial | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Pleadings - Whether an allegation of fraud must be specifically pleaded | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Duty of Court - Duty of a trial court in evaluation of evidence and assessment of credibility of a witness | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW: | Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Need for inspection of a land sought to be acquired under Bini customary law; purpose of same | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW: | Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Procedure for acquisition of title to land under Bini customary law | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW: | Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Whether an application for a grant of land under Bini customary law must be dated | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW: | Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Whether the approval of the Oba is conclusive proof of title to land under Bini customary law | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW: | Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Whether the identity of a land to be allocated must be ascertained | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proof where a document is alleged to be forged | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proof of the identity of a land in dispute and how same can be discharged | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW: | Identity of Land - Need for identity of a land to be ascertained | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT: | "Accommodation" - Definition of "accommodation" | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT: | Statutory Tenant - Whether a limited company is capable of being a statutory tenant | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT: | Statutory Tenant - Who is a statutory tenant | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT: | Tenancy At Sufferance - Whether a tenant at sufferance can be converted to a yearly or periodic tenant | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT: | Tenancy At Sufferance - Who is a tenant at sufferance; How does tenancy at sufferance arise | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT: | Tenant - Whether a tenant can deny his landlord's title | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES: | "Tenancy At Will" - Meaning of "tenancy at will" | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES: | "Tenant" - Statutory definition of "tenant" | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Burden Of Proof/Onus Of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving insanity | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: | Defence Of Delusion/Insane Delusion - Extent of liability of an accused person suffering from delusion | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Joinder of Party(ies) - Purpose of joinder of parties | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION: | Necessary Party(ies) - Who is a necessary party | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: | Supremacy of The Constitution - Effect of any Law or Act that is inconsistent with the Constitution | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Jurisdiction - Effect of a court hearing a matter where it has no jurisdiction | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Judicial Notice - Statutory provisions prescribing matters on which the court shall take judicial notice | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE: | Judicial Notice - Whether laws of another state is a question of fact and must be pleaded and proved in a trial | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW: | Foreign Sovereign - Whether a foreign sovereign can be impleaded in courts of the host country in any legal proceedings | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW: | Sovereignty of States - Can the court of one state ignore the legislation of another or pronounce upon its validit | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE: | Expropriatory Statute - How law which seeks to deprive proprietary right is to be construed | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL: | Dismissal of Appeal - Nature and effect of appeal dismissed for want of prosecution | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER: | Setting Aside Judgment or Order - Principles of law that govern the setting aside of a judgment | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION: | Jurisdiction of The Supreme Court - Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to grant an application seeking that an appeal which has been dismissed by the court be restored | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | APPEAL - LEAVE OF COURT/LEAVE TO APPEAL - Circumstances when leave of Court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal and effect of failure to obtain same | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | LEAVE OF COURT/LEAVE TO APPEAL - Circumstances when leave of Court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal and effect of failure to obtain same | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | LEAVE OF COURT/LEAVE TO APPEAL - Circumstances when leave of Court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal and effect of failure to obtain same | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | LEAVE OF COURT/LEAVE TO APPEAL - Circumstances where leave to appeal is required | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | LEAVE OF COURT/LEAVE TO APPEAL - Circumstances where leave to appeal is required | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | POWER OF COURT - Ways of enabling the court to utilise its powers under the Criminal Procedure Law | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | CONVICTION FOR LESSER OFFENCE - Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to entertain an application to convict an accused of a lesser offence under the Criminal Code | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | OFFENCE OF ARMED ROBBERY - Meaning of armed robbery | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | OFFENCE OF STEALING- Meaning of stealing | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | CONTRADICTION IN EVIDENCE - What is expected of the prosecution where the evidence of one witness contradicts another prosecution witness on a material point | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | PLEADINGS - Effect of failure to call evidence in support of pleadings | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | PLEADINGS - Whether a party can disregard surplus or unnecessary pleadings | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | PLEADINGS - Whether an allegation of fraud must be specifically pleaded | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | APPEAL AS OF RIGHT - Circumstance(s) when an appeal shall lie as of right | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | BURDEN OF PROOF - On whom lies the burden of proof in an election petition proceedings | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | ELECTION RESULT - Presumption of correctness of the result of any election declared by the returning officer; how rebuttal of such correctness can be proved | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | PARTY(IES) TO AN ELECTION PETITION - Effect of non-joinder of a returning officer where allegations of misconduct are made against him | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | PLEADINGS - Whether court will grant a prayer outside the one set down in the petition | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | STANDARD OF PROOF - Standard of proof where an allegation of crime is made in an election petition | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | ELECTION AND RETURN - The position of the law where a petitioner challenges the correctness of the return of an election declared by the returning officer | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | JURISDICTION OF THE STATE HIGH COURT - Statutory provision conferring jurisdiction on the Ondo State High Court to hear election petition matters | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | IMMUNITY CLAUSE - Extent of immunity clause cover as provided for under Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL - Statutory provisions establishing and conferring powers on election petition tribunals | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION: | Jurisdiction of The Supreme Court - Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to grant an application seeking that an appeal which has been dismissed by the court be restored | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| COURT: | Duty of Court - Duty of court in construing two existing legislation on a particular matter | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE: | Expressio Unius Est Exclusio Alterius Rule - Position of the law where general and special provisions apply to a subject matter | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATION: | Implied Repeal of An Enactment - Rule regarding implied repeal of an enactment | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES: | "Existing Law" - Statutory definition of "existing law" | 1982(SC) | Read More |
| BANKING LAW | NEGOTIATING UNDER CREDIT - Instances where a bank is authorised to negotiate under credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Bill of Lading - Meaning, nature and essence of a bill of lading | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Confirmed Credit - The principle and nature of a confirmed credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Confirmed Credit - Whether the sale of goods is usually arranged by means of confirmed credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Contract of Sale of Goods - Whether acceptance under a letter of credit precludes the buyer from rejecting the goods | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Documentary Credit - What a documentary credit entails | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Documentary Credit - Whether a buyer is under a duty to ensure that a credit is issued within a reasonable time to the seller if the mode of payment agreed upon is that of a documentary credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Exemption Clause - Whether an exemption clause in a contract may avail a party who has been guilty of a fundamental breach of the contract | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Federal High Court - The primary reason behind the setting up of the Federal High Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Presumption of Facts - Presumption of facts as to the alteration of a bill of lading | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Final/Interlocutory Judgment - Test for determining whether a judgment/order is final or interlocutory | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Final/Interlocutory Judgment - Test for determining whether a judgment/order is final or interlocutory | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Admiralty Jurisdiction - Definition of the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Federal High Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application For Leave to Appeal - Time within which to file a notice of application for leave to appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application(s)/Motion(s) - How an application for documentary credit is to be filed | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Issue of Jurisdiction - Whether the issue of jurisdiction when raised touches on the competence of the court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Power(s) of the Attorney General - Extent of the power of a State Attorney General | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Power(s) of the Attorney General - Whether the powers of the Attorney General of the Federation and of the States are limited to matters in which the legislature can legislate on | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Power of the Attorney-General - How the powers of the Attorney General is to be exercised by him or through the Director of Public Prosecutions | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Misdirection - When a misdirection is said to occur | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Bias of Court - Test to be applied in determining the likelihood of bias | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Judge - Whether a judge is duty bound to always act in such a way as to retain the confidence of the people in the judicial process | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Retrial/Trial De Novo - Instances where an order of retrial will not be made | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Retrial/Trial De Novo - Principles that guide the court in making an order of retrial | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Adjudication - Whether a judge can adopt a method of adjudication alien to procedural rules of justice | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Parties to Contract - Whether a third party can enforce terms of a contract | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW | Diplomatic Immunity - The origin of diplomatic immunities | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW | Diplomatic Immunity - Whether a corporation organised by a sovereign body shares the body's immunity | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW | Diplomatic Immunity - Whether a public minister's immunity can be waived | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW | Diplomatic Immunity - Whether a waiver can be presumed against a sovereign or an organisation that enjoys immunity | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW | Diplomatic Immunity - Whether diplomatic or sovereign immunity can be waived | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW | Diplomatic Immunity - Whether the right to immunities or privileges may be claimed at any time | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERNATIONAL LAW | Foreign Sovereign - Whether a foreign sovereign can be impleaded in courts of the host country in any legal proceedings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PUBLIC OFFICER | Public Ministers - Categories of Public Ministers | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties are bound by their pleadings; effect of leading evidence on facts not pleaded | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Traverse - Whether a proper traverse is required in order to raise an issue of fact in pleadings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Admission/Admitted Fact(s) - What amounts to an admission in pleadings; consequence thereof | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Expert Opinion/Evidence - Whether expert evidence is needed where a party claims mense profit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Mesne Profit - How is mesne profit calculated | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Mesne Profit - When can an action for mesne profit be maintained against a tenant | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Mesne Profit/Rent - Difference between mesne profit and rent | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| MAXIMS | "IPSE DIXIT" - Meaning of the Latin maxim "ipse dixit"; whether a "mere ipse dixit" is admissible evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Mesne Profits" - Meaning of ''mense profits'' | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Competence of Court - Effect of a defect in the competence of court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Conditions that must be satisfied before a Court is competent to exercise its jurisdiction in respect of any matter | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Credibility of Witness - Whether the assessment of credibility of witnesses is within the exclusive preserve of the trial court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof of Title to Land - Whether proof of title to land traced to ancestors is entirely questions of fact to be established by evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Relevant Facts/Evidence - Effect of evidence adduced by a party which is irrelevant to the issues in a case | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Judgment of Court - What a litigant must establish in challenging the validity of a judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Judgment of Court - Whether a judgment/order of court remains valid until set aside | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement - Effect of a statement made to the police during investigation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF A STATE - Condition that must be satisfied by a petitioner to succeed in an election petition with regards to an election to the office of governor of a State | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | ELECTION - Position of the law as to whether a person not validly elected can govern the country | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | PRESENTATION OF AN ELECTION PETITION - The position of the law in relation to persons entitled to present an election petition and those who should be respondents | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | RULES OF INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTION - Whether mere technical rules of interpretation of statutes are inadmissible in a way to defeat the principles of government enshrined in the constitution | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | JURISDICTION OF THE STATE HIGH COURT - Extent of the jurisdiction of the High Court | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | "SHALL", "MAY" - Interpretation of the words "shall" and "may" as used in a statute and different interpretations to same | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | "SHALL" - Principle governing the interpretation to be accorded the word "shall" when used in a statute or provision of the Rules of Court | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | HISTORY OF LEGISLATION - How the courts interpret the laws using the history behind the law | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | LITERAL RULE OF INTERPRETATION - Approach of Court in interpreting the clear and unambiguous words of a statute | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | LITERAL RULE OF INTERPRETATION - Approach of Court in interpreting the clear and unambiguous words of a statute | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | LITERAL RULE OF INTERPRETATION - Approach of Court in interpreting the clear and unambiguous words of a statute | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | MISCHIEF RULE OF INTERPRETATION - Origin and the application of mischief rule | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | RULES OF INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTION - Rules governing the interpretation of Constitutional provisions | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | RULES OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | RULES OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 258(1) OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION - Interpretation of Section 258(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1979 as regards the delivery of judgment and the requirement to furnish an authenticated copy of same | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | UT RES MAGIS VALEAT QUAM PEREAT - What courts should do where the language of the legislature admits of two possible constructions and, if construed in one way, would lead to absurdity or injustice | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | DELIVERY OF JUDGMENT - Attitude of the Appellate Court as it relates to the issue of unreasonable delay in the hearing of cases and delivery of judgment | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | DELIVERY OF JUDGMENT - Effect of non compliance with procedural or formal requirement of law on delivery of judgment | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | DELIVERY OF JUDGMENT - Time frame within which judgment of the court must be delivered | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| JUSTICE | MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE - Circumstances that constitute/amount to miscarriage of justice | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATION | MANDATORY/DIRECTORY ENACTMENT - Difference between mandatory and directory provisions | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "FURNISH" - Definition of the word "furnish | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Constitutional Question - Statutory provision as regards the power of the Court of Appeal to refer any question as to the interpretation of the Constitution to the Supreme Court | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | POWER(S) OF STATE GOVERNOR - Statutory provision as to whether the State Governor can succeed to the power of the Military Governor to grant statutory right of occupancy | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 274 OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION - Interpretation of section 274 of the 1979 Constitution as to whether the Land Use Act, 1978 qualifies as an existing law within the provision | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 276 OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION - Interpretation of section 276 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as regards the vesting of the land in the territory of the state in the military governor | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | LAND - Meaning and nature of land | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Admissibility Of Evidence - What determines the issue of admissibility of evidence | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE - What determines the issue of admissibility of evidence | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE - What proper custody of a document means | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE - When does the issue of proper custody arise in relation to admissibility of a document | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE - Whether the issue of proper custody is relevant to the issue of admissibility | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | STANDARD OF PROOF - Standard of proof in civil cases | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Amendment Of Court Processes/Pleadings - Principles guiding the discretionary power of Court to grant or refuse an application for amendment of pleadings/Court processes | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | BREACH OF RIGHT TO FAIR HEARING - Whether a party can allege breach of fair hearing after presenting his case | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence of Co-Accused Person - Effect of testimony given by a co-accused in his statement to the police and repeated on oath in the witness box | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Filing/Entry of Appeal - Distinction between when an appeal has been properly filed and when an appeal has been entered | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Filing/Entry of Appeal - Effect of failure to file an appeal within the statutory period prescribed by law | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Filing/Entry of Appeal - Distinction between the procedure for filing an appeal under the Supreme Court Rules 1977 and 1985 | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Filing/Entry of Appeal - Procedure for filing appeal under the 1977/1985 Supreme Court Rules | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Filing/Entry of Appeal - Procedure for filing appeal under the 1977/1985 Supreme Court Rules | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Inconsistency Rule - Attitude of court to inconsistency in the evidence of a witness | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Circumstance(s) in which an appellate court will/may entertain fresh point/issues on appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Conditions under which the Supreme Court will entertain fresh points raised for the first time before it | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Competence of Court - When is a court deemed to be competent | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Division of jurisdiction of the courts established in a State with respect to land matters | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of the State High Court - Proceedings in which the High Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction by virtue of the provisions of Section 41 of the Land Tenure Law | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Customary Right of Occupancy - Nature of customary right of occupancy under the Land Tenure System | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Right of Occupancy - Nature of a right of occupancy | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Right of Occupancy - Whether a Local Government has the power to grant a right of occupancy | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Issue of Jurisdiction - When an objection to the jurisdiction of Court can be raised | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Actio Personalis Morituri Cum Persona - The two distinct and separate arms of the rule in Baker v. Bolton | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Cause(s) of Action - Definition of cause of action | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Claim(s)/Relief(s) - Whether a Court can grant a relief claimed under a wrong law | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Prerogative of Mercy - Whether a sentence of death under appeal will be carried out where a power of pardon has been exercised by the President or Governor | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Whether a court should be more interested in substance rather than form | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Long Title of a Statute - Whether resort can be had to the long title in order to resolve any ambiguity in the provisions of a statute | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Rules of Interpretation of Statute - Whether the provisions of a statute should be read as a whole in its interpretation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Stay of Execution of Judgment - Whether a stay of execution can be granted in respect of a death sentence pending the determination of an appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LATIN MAXIMS | "UBI JUS IBI REMEDIUM" - Meaning and nature of the principle of "ubi jus ibi remedium" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Duty of Care - Fundamental ingredient of the tort of negligence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Duty of Care - Instance where duty of care will not apply | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Liability in Tort - What is required to be pleaded and proved in a claim under the Torts Law of Oyo State | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | RULE in SMITH v. SELWYN - The rule in Smith v. Selwyn and its modifications | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Damage" "Fault" - Meaning of the words "damage" and "fault" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Illegal" - Meaning of "illegal" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Wrongful" - Meaning of "wrongful" in legal parlance | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Circumstance(s) in which an appellate court will/may entertain fresh point/issues on appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement - Whether a court can convict solely on the confessional statement of an accused person | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof - Ways of proving the commission of a crime | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court - Whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear appeals directly from decisions of the High Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Common Intention" - Meaning of "common intention" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of Court to limit and confine itself to the issues raised by the parties | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Agency - Effect of an agent acting within the scope of his authority for an undisclosed principal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Issue(s) for Determination - Whether Court(s) must confine itself to issue(s) raised by the parties in their pleadings/in their ground of appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Joint Contractors - Liability of Joint contractors | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties as well as the courts are bound by the pleadings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Possession of Land - Meaning and nature of possession | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Possession of Land - Whether a trespasser by the act of trespass will secure possession of the land; meaning of possession | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Possession of Land - Whether a trespasser can claim to be in possession by mere act of entry | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Possession of Land - Who does the law ascribe possession to where two parties claim to be in possession of a land | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass and Recovery of Possession - Distinction between a claim for trespass and a claim for recovery of possession | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - What a plaintiff must prove to succeed in a claim for trespass to land | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - Who can claim damages/maintain an action for trespass to land | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - Who can claim damages/maintain an action for trespass to land | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Appeal as of Right - Circumstance(s) when an appeal shall lie as of right | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Leave of Court/Leave to Appeal - Circumstances when leave of Court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal and effect of failure to obtain same | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Notice(s) of Appeal - Statutory provision stating the periods prescribed for the giving of notice of appeal or notice of application for leave to appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing - What "reasonable time" in Section 36(1) of the 1999 Constitution entails | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Whether a court is duty bound to administer the law | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Power of court to grant or refuse adjournment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATURE | Legislative Competence - Whether the National Assembly has the legislative competence to impose a time limit within which a court of law must conclude hearing of a case | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application for Leave to Appeal - Time within which to file a notice of application for leave to appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application(s)/Motion(s) - Whether the time to hear and determine an application must vary depending on the nature of the question | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Deemed" - Meaning of "deemed" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Total" - Meaning of "total" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Cause(s) of Action - Definition of cause of action | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Cause(s) of Action - What is a reasonable cause of action | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi - Constitutional extent and limit on locus standi to institute an action | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi - Meaning and nature of locus standi | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Supreme Court - Whether the function of the Supreme Court is to administer and interpret the law | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JURISPRUDENCE | Legal Right - What the concept of an existing legal right entails | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Unappealed Finding(s)/Decision(s) - Effect of unappealed finding(s)/decision(s) of court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Boundaries - Duty of a plaintiff to produce evidence to ascertain boundaries of land | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Illegal/Void Contract - Attitude and duty of the court towards illegal contract | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Illegal/Void Contract - Instances where a contract may be against public policy | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Illegal/Void Contract - Whether a contract prohibited by statute is illegal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - The duty of court where it finds an illegality with respect to matters before it | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Judge - The role of a judge in our adversarial system of justice | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Affidavit Evidence - Whether an affidavit needs to set out all the particulars | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | ORDER 10 RULE 1 OF THE HIGH COURT OF LAGOS (CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES, 1972 - Interpretation of Order 10 Rule 1 of the High Court of Lagos (Civil Procedure) Rules 1972 as it relates to where a defendant appears to a writ of summons accompanied with a statement of claim | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 3 OF THE EXCHANGE CONTROL ACT - Interpretation of Section 3 of the Exchange Control Act as it relates to the operation of currencies other than that issued by the Central Bank | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATION | Exchange Control Act of 1962 - The essence of the Exchange Control Act of 1962 | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Undefended List Procedure - Essence/purpose of the undefended list procedure/summary judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with the Exercise of Discretion - Attitude of an appellate court to the exercise of discretion made by lower courts; instances where an appellate court will interfere with the exercise of discretion made by a lower court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Defence/Legal Representation - Distinction between cases in ordinary courts and those before domestic tribunals as it relates to the issue of right to counsel | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Discretion of Court - How judicial discretion should be exercised | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Discretion of Court - Whether the Court has discretion to grant or refuse an application for adjournment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of Court to uphold right to fair hearing/trial in its proceedings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Whether a court has the duty to review/reverse an order of dismissal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | DUTY OF JUDGE - Whether a Judge can make a case for the parties | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | POWER OF COURT - Power of Court of Appeal to draw inferences of facts from evidence | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | RIGHT TO FAIR HEARING - Implication of right to fair hearing | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | RIGHT TO FAIR HEARING - Essence of the right of fair hearing | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | INTERFERENCE WITH FINDING(S) OF FACT(S) - How interference with findings of fact of trial Court by appellate Court must be done | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | AUTHORITY OF COUNSEL - Effect of counsel's authority to conduct a case on behalf of his client | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | AUTHORITY OF COUNSEL - Effect of counsel's authority to conduct a case on behalf of his client | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | AUTHORITY OF COUNSEL - Effect of counsel's authority to conduct a case on behalf of his client | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | FRESH POINT(S) ON APPEAL - Mode of raising fresh evidence or facts on appeal | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | DUTY OF JUDGE - The role of a judge in our adversarial system of justice | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | CALLING OF WITNESS(ES) - Whether a judge has power to call a witness | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | AUTHORITY OF COUNSEL - Whether statement of counsel not repudiated by client binds the client | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | RESTING CASE - Whether a defendant can rely on the case of plaintiff | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | Disciplinary Proceedings - Position of the law as regards ways of instituting disciplinary proceedings against an officer | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | The Rule Of Natural Justice - What the rule of natural justice entails | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | BIAS OF COURT - What the court considers in its determination of real likelihood of bias | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| LABOUR LAW | PENSION - Statutory provision as regards the computation of pension of a public officer | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| LABOUR LAW | PENSION - Statutory provisions governing the gratuity which a serving officer in the public service of a state is entitled to on the determination of his service | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| 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 | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | DEFENCE OF PROVOCATION - Essential elements/ingredients required to establish the defence of provocation | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | DEFENCE OF PROVOCATION - What the court considers in its determination of what constitutes provocation | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | DEFENCE OF SELF-DEFENCE - When self defence will avail an accused person | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | DEFENCE OF SELF-DEFENCE - When the defence of self defence will not avail an accused person | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT - Conditions to be satisfied before a confession can be used in convicting an accused person | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE - Whether evidence sufficient to constitute provocation is a finding of fact which is the duty of the trial Judge | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | MISDIRECTION - Nature of a misdirection; when a misdirection occurs | 1984(SC) | Read More |
| JUSTICE | Administration of Justice - Guiding principles in the administration of justice | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Appearance/Entering Appearance - General rule relating to appearance by agents | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Fair Hearing" - Meaning of the term "fair hearing" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Judicial Discretion"- Meaning of "judicial discretion" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Traverse - Effect of a general traverse | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Traverse - Whether a general denial is sufficient traverse | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof/Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof/Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Calling of Witness(es) - Whether a plaintiff is required to call a multitude of persons as witnesses in a case for declaration of title or for damages for trespass | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Standard of Proof - Standard of proof in civil cases | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Registrable Instrument - Whether an unregistered registrable instrument can be pleaded | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Whether findings of fact is a duty within the exclusive preserve of the Trial Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Ground(s) of Appeal - Essence/purpose of ground(s) of appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Award of Damages - Circumstances/grounds upon which an appellate Court will interfere with award of damages by the trial Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Circumstances in which an appellate court will interfere with the findings of facts made by a lower court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Issue(s) for Determination - Meaning and nature of issue(s) for determination in an appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing - Whether parties must be given the opportunity to argue a point before decision is taken by the court; effect of failure | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Judge - Duty of a judge to be seen as impartial | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Power of court to order a new trial on the ground that the damages awarded are excessive or inadequate | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Double Compensation - Whether a victim can be compensated under one head of injury and also compensated in respect of the same injury under another head | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Special Damages - Whether a claim for special damages in tort must be proved; how to prove same | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Presumption of Correctness - Whether a Court's judgment is presumed correct until rebutted and set aside | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Nuisance - Essence of the tort of nuisance | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Nuisance - Instances where a private individual can bring an action in respect of a public nuisance | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Nuisance - Whether the issue of measure of damages in public nuisance is the same as that for torts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Rehearing" - Statutory definition of the word "rehearing" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with the Exercise of Discretion - Circumstance where an appellate Court will not interfere with the exercise of discretion by a lower Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Instance when a court will not exercise its power to set aside a judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof/Onus of Proof - Whether a party must establish his claims to be entitled to reliefs | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Prima Facie Case - Factors that must be considered by a plaintiff before he can establish a prima facie case in damages for loss under an insurance policy | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Discretion of Counsel - Discretion of counsel in the conduct of his client's case | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Adjournment - Duty of Court to lean against granting adjournments or granting leave for interlocutory appeals in trivial matters | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Rent - Effect of the payment of rent | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Award of Damages - Purpose/object of the award of damages | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Exemplary Damages - Categories/cases in which exemplary damages are awarded | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Exemplary Damages - Nature of exemplary damages | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Exemplary Damages - Whether exemplary damages can be awarded in Nigerian courts when claimed and proved | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Notice to Quit - Whether a landlord has the power to throw out a tenant where his tenancy has expired without notice | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Recovery of Premises - Whether a landlord has the right to recover possession after refusal by tenant to pay higher rent | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - Whether special damages must be strictly proved in a claim of trespass to land | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Waiver" - Definition of "waiver" | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Waiver of Constitutional Rights - The extent to which a person can waive the rights conferred upon him by the law | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Waiver of Constitutional Rights - Whether rights conferred by the Constitution can be waived | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Enforcement of Fundamental Human Right(s) - Whether fundamental rights are classifiable | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of court to protect the fundamental rights of each individual | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Sub-Tenant - The position of the law as regards a sub-tenant for the purposes of ejectment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Tenancy - Position of the law when a tenancy has come to an end | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Appeal" - Definition of "appeal" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Decision" - Meaning of "decision" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Tenant" - Definition of "tenant" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Murder - Essential ingredients that must be proved by the prosecution to ground a conviction for murder | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Murder - Whether conviction for murder will lie against an accused where the medical treatment results in the death of the deceased | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Murder/Manslaughter - How to establish a charge of murder or manslaughter | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Principle of Causation - What the principle of causation entails | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Cause of Death - Circumstances where medical evidence would be dispensed with as to the cause of death | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Circumstantial Evidence - Meaning and nature of circumstantial evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Court of Appeal - Duty of the Court of Appeal in dealing with matters which come on appeal before it | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Conviction - Whether the lies told by an accused person is sufficient to convict him of an offence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Contradiction in Evidence - Whether conflicting evidence given by two witnesses can be accepted by the court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Judgment of Court - What a judgment sending a man to the gallows particularly in capital offences must show | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Authority of Counsel - Effect of counsel's authority to conduct a case on behalf of his client | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Authority of Counsel - Scope and amplitude of the authority of counsel in representing his client | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Authority of Counsel - Whether there are limitations to the authority of a lawyer | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Duty of Counsel - Duty of counsel to present his client's case with utmost devotion | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Duty of Counsel - Duty of counsel to withdraw his case where he is satisfied that he has no argument to offer in support of his case | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Duty of Counsel - Duty of every Lawyer to decide what cases to bring into Court for plaintiffs and what cases to contest in Court for defendants | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Servant" "Independent Contractor" - Definition of "servant" and "independent contractor" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Delivery of Judgment - Effect of failure of the court to deliver its judgment within the time frame stipulated for delivery of judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Applicable test used when the defence of provocation is raised | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Definition and essential elements of provocation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Essential elements/ingredients required to estabish the defence of provocation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - How is proportionality determined under the defence of provocation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Misdirection - When the Court of Appeal cannot look at judgment to correct misdirections of law/fact/erroneous inferences/ conclusions/assessment and appraisal of facts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Raising Issue(s) Suo Motu - Circumstance(s) in which a court may raise an issue suo motu | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Striking Out - Instances where an order of striking out would be made | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Setting Aside Judgment/Order - Principles of law that govern the setting aside of a judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The State High Court - Extent of the criminal jurisdiction of the High Court of a State | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Void Act/Transactions - Effect of a void act | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Void Act/Transactions - Effect of a void act | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Void Act/Transactions - Effect of making a declaration on a void transaction | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties are bound by their pleadings; effect of leading evidence on facts not pleaded | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties as well as the courts are bound by the pleadings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Whether a finding of fact/questions and principles of law established in a case can be transferred to another case | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of the appellate Court to concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Traditional Evidence/History - Meaning and nature of traditional evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 49 OF THE EVIDENCE ACT - Interpretation of Section 49 of the Evidence Act as it relates to when a judgment of a competent court will be deemed relevant | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Judgment in Rem/Judgment in Personam - Distinction between judgment in rem and judgment in personam | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of court to consider all the possible defences open to an accused person | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Accident - How the defence of accident can be established | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Applicable test used when the defence of provocation is raised | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Essential elements/ingredients required to estabish the defence of provocation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Meaning and nature of the defence of provocation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Whether mere words can constitute provocation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Self-Defence - What an accused must establish to avail himself of the defence of self defence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence(s) of Accused Person(s) - Duty of court to consider all defences available to an accused person | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement - Whether a court can convict solely on the confessional statement of an accused person | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Contradiction in Evidence - How should the court treat a witness where there is contradiction/inconsistency in his statement/evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Criminal Trial/Proceedings - The objective and purpose of a trial | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Competent Witness - The provision of the Evidence Act as to the competence of all persons to give evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Competent Witness - Whether a judge is a competent witness | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Competent Witness - Whether it will be wrong to expunge the evidence of a counsel who is a competent witness from the record of the court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Appearance of Counsel - Whether a counsel can give evidence in the same case that he is acting as a counsel | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Duty of Counsel - Duty of counsel to conduct client's case until final judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Ground(s) of Appeal - Guiding principles in determining whether a ground of appeal is that of law, fact(s) or mixed law and facts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Leave of Court/Leave to Appeal - Circumstances when leave of Court must be sought and obtained to file an appeal and effect of failure to obtain same | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evaluation of Evidence - Whether the findings of a trial judge could be accepted merely because of the use of the words ''I believe'' | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Conviction for Lesser Offence - Whether conviction can lie in respect of a lesser offence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Firearms" "Offensive Weapon" "Robbery" - Meaning of "firearms", "offensive weapon" and "robbery" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Credibility of Witness - Whether the assessment of credibility of witnesses is within the exclusive preserve of the trial court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Conviction for Lesser Offence - What constitutes a lesser offence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Conviction for Lesser Offence - Conditions that must be observed for the provisions of Section 179 of the Criminal Procedure Act to apply | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof/Onus of Proof - Onus of proof on the prosecution and accused person when a defence of alibi is raised | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence/Plea of Alibi - Effect of failure of prosecution to investigate and disprove the defence of alibi once raised | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 287 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW OF OGUN STATE - Interpretation of Section 287 of the Criminal Procedure Law of Ogun State as it relates to the duty of court in explaining alternatives open to an accused that is not represented by a legal practitioner | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | RETROSPECTIVE STATUTE - Approach of court in construing a statute where the words used in the statute are unequivocal, unambiguous and show a retroactive intent | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing - What the concept of fair hearing entails | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Charge(s) - When objection for any formal defect on the face of a charge should be made and taken | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence/Plea of Alibi - Meaning and nature of the defence of alibi | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| SHIPPING AND ADMIRALTY | Bill of Lading - Effect of endorsement on a bill of lading | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Subject To" - Meaning of the phrase "subject to" when used in a statute | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - The categories of estoppel per rem judicatam | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Issue Estoppel - Doctrine of issue estoppel and its effect | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Effect of not specifically pleading relevant facts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether it is necessary to plead estoppel in any particular form | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of the appellate Court to concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Nature of estoppel | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Nature of estoppel | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Conditions for a successful plea of estoppel per rem judicatam | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Judgment of Court - What is a judgment on the merit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONVEYANCY LAW | Deed of Conveyance - Consequences of failing to adduce sufficient evidence of the execution of a conveyance | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Supreme Court - Whether the Supreme Court can sit on appeal over its own judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Doctrine of res judicata | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order Of Retrial/Trial De Novo - Effect of an order of retrial | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Acquisition of Land - What to be established in a claim for compensation for acquisition of land under Section 10 of the Public Lands Acquisition Act | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof/Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proof in civil cases | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Criteria for identification of the two actions in considering a plea of res judicata | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Delivery of Judgment - Whether the reason for a judgment read on a date when two of the members had ceased to be Justices of that Court will be valid | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Supreme Court - Whether the Supreme Court would ordinarily question its own decision | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Inconsistent Judgments - Which should be preferred where there are two inconsistent judgments of a Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Traverse - Proper mode of denial in pleadings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Presumption of Due Execution of Document - When does the presumption of due execution of documents in Section 129 of the Evidence Act apply | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Competence of Court - Effect of a court being competent | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Standard of Proof - The required standard of proof where the commission of crime is in issue in any proceedings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 22(6) OF THE POISONS AND PHARMACISTS ACT CAP. 152 OF THE LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 1958 - Interpretation of the provision of Section 22(6) of the Poisons and Pharmacists Act, Cap 152 of the LFN, 1958 | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATION | Statutory Method - The legal implication where the form of certificate prescribed by an enactment is not followed | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 191 OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION - Interpretation of Section 191(1) of the 1979 Constitution as it relates to the powers of the Attorney General | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | RULES OF INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTION - Rules governing the interpretation of Constitutional provisions | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Power of The Attorney-General - How the powers of the Attorney General is to be exercised by him or through the Director of Public Prosecutions | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Power of The Attorney-General - How the powers of the Attorney General is to be exercised by him or through the Director of Public Prosecutions | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Director of Public Prosecution - Status of the Director of Public Prosecution | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Judicial Precedent / Stare Decisis – Binding Effect of the Doctrine of Stare Decisis | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Departure from Previous Decisions – What a Party/Counsel Calling on the Court to Overrule Its Earlier Decision Must Show to Succeed | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PUBLIC OFFICER | Breach of Code of Conduct – Whether the Breach of the Provisions of the Code of Conduct Automatically Deprives a Person of His Status as a Public Officer | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court – Whether a Court is Duty-Bound to Declare and Interpret the Law | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Departure from Previous Decisions – Circumstances Wherein a Court Can Depart From or Overrule Its Previous Decisions | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Departure from Previous Decisions - Circumstances wherein Court can depart from or overrule its previous decisions | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Departure from Previous Decisions - Advantages of the Supreme Court standing by its previous decision | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITY | Equitable Maxims - Whether the court can give legal redress to either party before it where the parties are equal in the wrong complained of | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court - Whether the determination of guilt under the code of conduct is within the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTIONS 4 AND 17 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS ACT – Interpretation of Sections 4(1), 4(2) and 17(1) of the University of Lagos Act Relating to the Powers of the Senate and the Procedure for the Removal of Academic and Administrative Officers | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Statement of Claim / Writ of Summons – Whether a Statement of Claim Supercedes a Writ of Summons | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LABOUR LAW | Termination of Employment – Principles Applicable to the Termination of a Master/Servant Relationship | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Capacity to Sue and be Sued - Whether the Attorney-General can sue or be sued on behalf of the State | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Office of the Attorney General - The origin and authority of the office of the Attorney General | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Power(s) of the Attorney General - Whether the Attorney General is subject to any control while discharging his constitutional responsibilities | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Power of the Attorney-General - Powers of the Attorney General to discontinue criminal prosecution at any stage | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Power of the Attorney-General - Powers of the Attorney General to discontinue criminal prosecution at any stage | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Rationale for the doctrine of res judicata | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Application(s)/Motion(s) - Distinction between making an application and filing an application | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Registrar" - Statutory meaning of "registrar" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PUBLIC OFFICER | Public Ministers - Who is a Minister | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 3 OF THE FINANCE ACT, 1981 NO. 2 - Interpretation of Section 3(2)(a)(b) of the Finance Act, 1981 No. 2 as it relates to the powers of Minister of Commerce | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | Order of Mandamus - Whether the prerogative order of mandamus can generally be issued against a crown or its servants in their capacity | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Whether the courts have jurisdiction to review the discretionary power of the Minister under Section 3 of the Finance Act, 1981 | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | Judicial Review - What a party applying for judicial review must show in order to succeed in such an application | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right of a Citizen - The need for government to respect the right of citizen and not to breach the faith which it owes to the citizen | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Conversion/Detinue - Distinction between a cause of action in conversion and a cause of action in detinue | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages - Assessment of damages in an action for detinue | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| SHIPPING AND ADMIRALTY | Customs and Excise Management Act,1958 - Whether the import licensing authority has the power to grant or refuse the issuance of licence by virtue of Section 35(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act, 1958 | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Measure of Damages - Measure of damages in an action for conversion | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMPANY LAW | Legal Personality/Juristic Personality - Circumstances in which a company can be an agent of its controlling shareholders or even another company | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMPANY LAW | Legal Personality/Juristic Personality - Instances where the corporate personality of a company may be ignored | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMPANY LAW | Legal Personality/Juristic Personality - What the concept of legal/corporate personality entails | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMPANY LAW | Legal Personality/Juristic Personality - What the concept of legal/corporate personality entails | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMPANY LAW | Shareholder - Whether mere allotment of shares to a person by a company makes that person a shareholder of that company | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 117 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1968 - Interpretation of Section 117 of the Companies Act, 1968 as it relates to the filing of annual return | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi - Whether a plaintiff needs to plead that he has locus standi to proceed against the defendant | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Statement of Claim - Effect of a defect in the drafting of a statement of claim | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Circumstance(s) in which an appellate court will/may entertain fresh point/issues on appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Factors that the Court must be satisfied with before it can decide to raise a fresh point in favour of an appellant | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMPANY LAW | Incorporation of Trustees - Particulars required in respect of application for incorporation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidential Value - Evidential value of a certificate of incorporation | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof - Whether a certificate of incorporation is a conclusive evidence of compliance with the requirement of the Lands (Perpetual Succession) Act | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Locus Standi" - Meaning of "Locus standi" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Joinder of Party(ies) - Principles governing the issue of joinder of parties | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Joinder of Party(ies) - Whether a person can be joined as a party without his consent | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Joinder of Party(ies) - Whether court can suo motu order the joinder of a party to a suit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Striking Out - Whether a co-plaintiff can withdraw and have his name struck out of a proceeding at any time | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WILLS AND PROBATE | Probate - Effect of a probate action where the executors were acting jointly | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WILLS AND PROBATE | Withdrawal from Probate - Whether a party can at will withdraw from probate granted and seek court's order to have his name struck out | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Probate Action" - Statutory meaning of "probate action" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | The Rule of Natural Justice - Effect of breach of the rule of natural justice | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | The Rule of Natural Justice - What the rule of natural justice entails | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Bias of Court - Whether rules against interest and bias must be tempered with realism | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Judge - Whether a judge must be satisfied that a prima facie case has been established before granting a consent judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Powers of courts to prevent abuse of court process | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Whether a court has the power at common law to quash an indictment based on some specified conditions | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Application for Consent - What must accompany an application for consent | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Commencement of Criminal Proceeding - When criminal proceeding is said to have been properly instituted | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Indictment - Whether an indictment can be quashed merely on the ground that a doubt exists on whether the prosecution can secure a conviction | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Information - Whether an accused person will be put on trial if the depositions and statements attached to the information disclose an offence but there is no link between him and the offence he is being accused for | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Information - Whether an information preferred by the leave of a High Court Judge will be deemed to have been properly instituted | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Circumstantial Evidence - Conditions that must be met before a conviction can be sustained by circumstantial evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Prima Facie Case - Meaning of a prima facie case within the contemplation of Section 324 of the Criminal Procedure Act | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 340 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT - Interpretation of Section 340(2)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Procedure Act as regards the power of a Judge to consent to the preferment of an information | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Consent Judgment - Whether consent can serve as an alternative to committal proceedings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Prima Facie" "PRIMA FACIE CASE" "PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE" - Meaning of "prima facie" and "prima facie case" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Appeal against Decision/Finding of Court - Procedure for appealing against an interlocutory/ final decision of the Court of Appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Appeal against Decision/Finding of Court - Procedure for appealing against an interlocutory/ final decision of the Court of Appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Extension/Enlargement of Time to Appeal - What the court should consider when determining an application for extension of time or dismissal for want of prosecution either separately or together | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties as well as the courts are bound by the pleadings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties as well as the courts are bound by the pleadings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Unchallenged/Uncontroverted Evidence - What weight should the court attach to an unchallenged evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INSURANCE | Contract of Insurance - Whether contracts of insurance must contain a provision of "no premium, no cover" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INSURANCE | Contract of Marine Insurance - Circumstance where a contract of marine insurance can be admissible and yet unenforceable | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INSURANCE | Contract of Marine Insurance - What a marine policy must specify | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INSURANCE | Contract of Marine Insurance - Whether a contract of marine insurance is a contract of indemnity | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | SECTION 24(1) OF THE MARINE INSURANCE ACT 1961 - Interpretation of the provision of Section 24(1) of the Marine Insurance Act 1961 as to the condition for the admissibility of evidence of marine insurance contracts in civil proceedings | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Premium to be Arranged" - Meaning of the phrase "premium to be arranged" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof/Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving the boundary of the land in dispute | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Instances where the Supreme Court will interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of the appellate Court to concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Identity of Land - How to establish identity of land | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof/Onus of Proof - Whether a party seeking declaratory reliefs must establish his entitlement to the reliefs upon the strength of his own case | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of the appellate Court to concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence/Plea of Alibi - Duty on an accused person to raise the defence of alibi timeously | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Commercial Letter of Credit - Basic practice relating to a commercial letter of credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Documentary Credit - Duty of banks in business transactions financed by documentary credits | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Commercial Letter of Credit - Whether all parties to a documentary credit have the right to reject documents which do not comply with the terms and conditions of the letter of credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Documentary Credit - Rights and liabilities of parties to a documentary credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Commercial Letter of Credit - Whether a bank has a duty to comply with instructions of its customers | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| BANKING LAW | An Issuing and a Paying Bank - Relationship, duties and obligations of an Issuing Bank and a Paying Bank | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Commercial Letter of Credit - The four autonomous contractual relationships involved in a commercial letter of credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Commercial Letter of Credit - Whether a bank is duty bound to honour the terms and conditions in a letter of credit once a letter has been issued and confirmed by it | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Documentary Credit - Whether parties should be concerned with the seaworthiness of a ship and its loading in the business world of documentary credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| BANKING LAW | Duty of a Bank - Whether an advising bank must act strictly in accordance with the mandate as contained in a letter of credit | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Documentary Credit - Effect of acceptance of documents under documentary credits of Commercial Law | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel by Conduct - Basis of estoppel by conduct | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Justice of Peace - Extent of the powers of a justice of peace | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Justice of Peace - Meaning and powers of a Justice of Peace in relation to Section 13 of the Magistrates' Courts Law | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Justice of Peace - When can a justice of the Peace be said to be empowered to act judicially | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of Justice of Peace - Whether a Justice of Peace have jurisdiction to try civil and criminal matters | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Judicial Act - Whether judicial acts are confined with just orders made by a judge or tribunal in a court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Effect of failure of a defendant to file a statement of defence in answer to plaintiff's statement of claim and its exception | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Conditions that must be satisfied before a Court is competent to exercise its jurisdiction in respect of any matter | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Court - Option open to a person affected by an order of court which is a nullity | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Setting Aside Judgment/Order - Principles of law that govern the setting aside of a judgment | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Area Court - Whether Area Courts are bound to obtain the consent of parties, before summoning witness suo motu | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Retrial/Trial De Novo - Principles that guide the court in making an order of retrial | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Standard of Proof - Standard of proof in civil cases | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with the Exercise of Discretion - Attitude of an appellate court to the exercise of discretion made by lower courts; instances where an appellate court will interfere with the exercise of discretion made by a lower court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Whether an appellate court can interfere with or disturb the findings of facts or inferences drawn by a lower court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Waive" - Meaning of "waive" | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "FAIR HEARING" - Meaning of the term "fair hearing | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Reasonable Time" - Meaning of "reasonable time | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing - Test of fairness/fair hearing in proceedings | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Waiver of Right - Meaning and elements of the concept of waiver | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Delivery of Judgment - Factors the court considers in determining whether delay in delivery of judgment has occasioned a miscarriage of justice | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Waiver of Right - Common feature with principles of waiver, equity as laches, acquiescence and a variety of estoppel | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of the appellate Court to concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Substantial Compliance - What the doctrine of substantial compliance entails | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Grounds for Challenging an Election - Grounds on which an election can be challenged in an Election Petition Tribunal | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Election Result - Whether an amendment to an election return will make an election result invalid | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Burden of Proof - Nature of the evidential burden on parties where there is an allegation of non-compliance | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | DUTY OF COURT - Duty of Court in adjudicatory process | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Documentary Evidence - Effect of an altered or amended document | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Election Result - Whether an amendment to an election return will make an election result invalid | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Calling of Evidence - Procedure by which parties should present their evidence | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Election Result - Whether an amendment to an election return will make an election result invalid | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Party(ies) To An Election Petition - Persons that may be joined as necessary parties in an election petition | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Allegation of Non-Compliance With The Electoral Act - Nature of the evidential burden on the parties where there is an allegation of non-compliance | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Election Result - Whether an amendment to an election return will make an election result invalid | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Standard of Proof - Standard of proof where an allegation of crime is made in an election petition | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of Court to base findings on evidence before it | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Election Result - Whether an amendment to an election return will make an election result invalid | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Party(ies) To An Election Petition - Persons that may be joined as necessary parties in an election petition | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of the appellate Court to concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Conditions for the application of estoppel | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Rationale behind the doctrine of estoppel | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Issue Estoppel - Doctrine of issue estoppel and its effect | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Issue Estoppel - Operation of issue estoppel | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Departure from Previous Decisions - Attitude of the Supreme Court as it relates to overruling its previous decision | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CASE LAW | Departure from Previous Decisions - What a party/counsel calling on court to overrule its earlier decision must show in order to succeed | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Whether a Court must have jurisdiction before it can exercise judicial powers | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Whether a Court must have jurisdiction before it can exercise judicial powers | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF DOCUMENT | Construction of Document(s)/Instrument(s) - Cardinal rule of interpretation of instrument, document or agreement | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Punctuation - Whether Punctuation is relevant in the construction of statutes | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Rules of Interpretation of Constitution - Rules governing the interpretation of Constitutional provisions | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Rules of Interpretation of Constitution - Whether a Judge can rely on historical development in interpreting the Constitution | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Rules of Interpretation of Statute - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Rules of Interpretation of Statute - Guiding principles in interpretation of statutes | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The Federal High Court - Extent of the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The Federal High Court - Extent of the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The Federal High Court - Extent of the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The Federal High Court - Extent of the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The Federal High Court - Whether the 1979 Constitution expressly conferred jurisdiction on the Federal High Court with respect to matters within the Exclusive Legislative List | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The State High Court - Extent of the jurisdiction of the High Court | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The State/Federal High Court - Nature and restrictions of jurisdiction of State and Federal High Courts | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Issue of Jurisdiction - When an objection to the jurisdiction of Court can be raised | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Judicial Power" "Jurisdiction" - Definition of "judicial powers" and "jurisdiction | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Judicial Power" - Meaning of "judicial power | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Extent of relevance in retaliation to an act of provocation | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EDUCATION | Establishment of University - Powers of the legislature to make laws regulating the establishment of Universities | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EDUCATION | Establishment of University - Powers of the legislature to make laws regulating the establishment of Universities | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EDUCATION | Establishment of University - Whether a private individual can establish a university | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 259(3) Of The 1979 Constitution And Order 6 Rule 1 And 3 of The Supreme Court Rules 1977 - Interpretation of Section 259(3) of the 1979 Constitution and Order 6 rules 1 and 3 of the Supreme Court Rules 1977 as regards the reference of a Constitutional matter to the Supreme Court | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Record of Court Proceedings - Duty of registrars or counsel to ensure that record of proceedings are properly collated | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence in Previous Proceedings - The position of the law with respect to the use of evidence given in a previous proceedings | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence in Previous Proceedings - The position of the law with respect to the use of evidence given in a previous proceedings | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence in Previous Proceedings - Whether the evidence of a witness from an abortive trial, can be used in the retrial of the case | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title To Land - Circumstance where declaration of title to land would not be made in favour of the plaintiff | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title to Land - Duty of the defendant where a plaintiff has established his title | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Interest in Land - Whether a party who has fully divested himself of interest in land has no right to deal with such land anymore | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Judge - Duty of a trial judge in interpreting words alleged to convey defamatory meaning | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Defamation - Test for determining the natural and ordinary meaning of words in an action for defamation | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Defamation - Whether determination of words complained of as conveying defamatory meaning is a question of law | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Libel - What a defendant relying on a plea of justification in an action for libel must prove to succeed | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Remove" - Meaning of "remove | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing - Fundamental right of a party to be heard before any court | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing - What the concept of fair hearing entails; effect of breach of right to fair hearing | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Composition of Court - Composition of the State High Court | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The State High Court - Whether the High Court of a State has jurisdiction to try an election petition relating to a constituency outside its division | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The State High Court - Whether the High Court of a State has jurisdiction to try an election petition relating to a constituency outside its division | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The State High Court - Whether the High Court of a State has jurisdiction to try an election petition relating to a constituency outside its division | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The State High Court - Whether the High Court of a State has jurisdiction to try an election petition relating to a constituency outside its division | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Leave of Court or Leave To Appeal - Effect of failure to obtain leave of Court to appeal where same is required | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam or Res Judicata - Doctrine of res judicata | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof of Custom or Customary Law - How a customary law which has not been judicially noticed can be proved | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof of Custom or Customary Law - How a customary law which has not been judicially noticed can be proved | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to An Interpreter - Statutory provisions which gives an accused person the right to have an interpreter | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Duplicity of Charges - Circumstances under which a Court of Appeal will not interfere on an issue of duplicity | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| JUSTICE | Failure of Justice- Meaning of failure of justice | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Irregular Procedure/Procedural Irregularity - Whether a defect/error in procedure is always fatal to Court proceedings | 1983(SC) | Read More |
| 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 | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of court to consider all the possible defences open to an accused person | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Judge - Whether a trial judge has the duty to decide on facts on evidence and apply the law | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Essential elements/ingredients required to estabish the defence of provocation | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Self-Defence or Provocation - Distinction between the defence of self-defence and provocation | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Self-Defence - Factors taken into consideration by the courts in considering the defence of self defence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Self-Defence - Factors taken into consideration by the courts in considering the defence of self defence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Self-Defence - How the court determines what amounts to excessive force in considering the defence of self-defence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Self-Defence - When self defence will not avail an accused person; what to show where the defence is relied upon in homicide cases | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the onus of proof in a criminal trial where the evidence discloses the possibility of self defence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | UNCHALLENGED/UNCONTROVERTED EVIDENCE - Effect of an unchallenged/uncontroverted evidence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Retrospective Statute - The position of the law with regard to the construction of a statute | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Retrospective Statute - When a law is said or deemed to have retrospective effect | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LANDLORD AND TENANT | Lease - Position of the law as regards a person occupying under an executory agreement for a lease | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LEGISLATION | Retrospective Legislation - Rule against retrospective legislation; when retrospective legislation can be allowed | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Power(s) of The Attorney General - Capacity of the office of the Attorney General | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Guiding principles for the exercise of jurisdiction | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 7 of The Federal High Court Act - Interpretation of Section 7(1),(2),(3) of the Federal High Court Act,1973 as regards the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in civil causes relating to the revenue of the Government | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Review of Judgment - How to obtain the review of a decision on a substantial question of law given by the Federal Court of Appeal | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The Federal High Court - The three broad headings under which the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court is classified | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Jurisdiction of The Federal High Court - Whether the Federal High Court has jurisdiction to try criminal offences | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Issue of Jurisdiction - When an objection to the jurisdiction of Court can be raised | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Substantial Question of Law - Guide in determining whether an issue of law is substantial | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Substantial Question of Law - Whether a question as to the interpretation or application of the constitution which involves a substantial question of law can be referred to the Supreme Court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Joinder of Action or Cause of Action - Whether a plaintiff can join several cause of action in one suit | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties as well as the courts are bound by the pleadings | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Claim for Damages - Whether a creditor may sue the debtor claiming damages for breach of contract and its measure | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Claim for Damages - Whether an action for damages can be brought in place of an action for debt | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Non-Suit - Effect of an order of non-suit | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Cross-Appeal - Limitation(s) on an appeal court in the hearing of an appeal | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(S) - Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Circumstances in which an appellate court will interfere with the findings of facts made by a lower court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Content of pleadings | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether an admitted fact relied on as estoppel must be pleaded | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proof in civil cases; when such burden will shift | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence in Previous Proceedings - Statutory provision as regards evidence given in previous proceedings | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence of Witness - The purpose of admitting the previous evidence of a witness | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Order 2 Rule 9 of The Supreme Court Rules, 1985 - Interpretation of Order 2 rule 9 of the Supreme Court Rules,1985 as it relates to keeping an appellant apprised of any preliminary objection to the hearing of his appeal | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Consistency in Presentation of A Case - Whether a party can maintain on appeal, a case different from that which was presented at the lower Court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| 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 | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of court to make findings where a prosecution witness makes conflicting versions of material facts | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Supreme Court - Whether the Supreme Court is duty bound to correct patent error on the record | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Credibility of Witness - Whether the assessment of credibility of witnesses is within the exclusive preserve of the trial court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Standard of Proof - Standard of proof in civil cases | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Review" - Meaning of "review" | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Liability in Contract - Implication of a person signing a contract in his name without qualification | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Admissibility of Evidence - Whether the evidence of a person who signs a document as 'owner' or 'proprietor' in an agency relationship is admissible | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Admissibility of Extrinsic Evidence - The rule that extrinsic evidence will not be admissible to vary the content of a written agreement and its exception | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Communal Land - In whom is the title to family and communal land vested | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Title to Land - Legal effect of a voidable title | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Beneficial Owner" "Seized in Fee Simple" - Meaning of "beneficial owner" and "seized in fee simple" | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Charterer" "Charter Party" - Meaning of "charterer", "charter party | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Competence of Court - When is a court deemed to be competent | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Composition of Court - Constitution of a panel of the Court of Appeal | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 258(2) of The 1979 Constitution - Interpretation of Section 258(2) of the 1979 Constitution as to the permutations to which a judgment can be read and it will be valid and competent | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Delivery of Judgment - Whether failure to furnish copies of judgment to parties after its delivery can retrospectively affect acts validly made prior to such a failure; intendment of Section 258(1) of the 1979 Constitution | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Functus Officio - Circumstance under which a court becomes functus officio and its effect | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Judgment of Court - Whether failure to furnish parties with copies of judgment after delivery thereof affects the validity of the judgment | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | Delegation of Power - Meaning and essence of delegation | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Contempt of Court - What amounts to contempt of court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction - Whether there is a cause of matter that is beyond the jurisdiction of a superior court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Power of the court to enforce its judgment by virtue of Section 251(1),(2),(3) of the 1999 Constitution | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Judicial Power" - Meaning of "judicial power | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITY | EQUITABLE DEFENCES - Acquiescence - Whether lapse of time is the only evidence required to establish a defence of acquiescence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Nature of estoppel | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Whether equitable estoppel bears some relationship to the equitable doctrine of laches | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title To Land - Whether a declaration of title will be granted where long possession is established | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Aim/object/purpose of pleadings | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Aim/object/purpose of pleadings | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties are bound by their pleadings; effect of leading evidence on facts not pleaded | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Traverse - Proper mode of denial in pleadings | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| 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 | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Customary Tenancy - At what instance will an overlord or his successors-in-title dispossess a customary tenant of his title | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Customary Tenancy - Whether the possessory right of a customary tenant remains in perpetuity until tenancy is forfeited | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evaluation of Evidence - Whether evaluation of evidence and ascription of probative value is a primary function of the trial Court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Court - Whether a court can order an injunction even where it is not specifically claimed | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Perverse Decision - What is required of an appellate court when faced with a perverse judgment | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Survey Plan - When a survey plan will not be necessary | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Perverse" "Perverse Decision" - Meaning of "perverse" and "perverse decision | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi - Nature of the legal concept of locus standi | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Void Transactions - Distinction between a void transaction and a voidable transaction | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - Extent and scope of judicial powers vested in the Courts by virtue of Section 6 of the Constitution | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Criminal Trial or Proceedings - Whether an individual can insist that a crime should be prosecuted by the State or cannot be terminated by the State | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Provocation - Meaning and nature of the defence of provocation | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Nolle Prosequi - Effect of entering a nolle prosequi | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Measure of Damages - Whether a member of an immediate family of a deceased Muslim can sue for damages; measure of damages therein | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Rules of Interpretation of Constitution - Rules governing the interpretation of Constitutional provisions | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 104(2) And (3) of The 1963 Constitution - Interpretation of Section 104(2) and (3) of the 1963 Constitution as it relates to the Powers of the Attorney General | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ISLAMIC LAW AND PROCEDURE | Right of Election - Whether the 1960 and 1979 Constitutions affected the civil right of the blood relatives of a victim of culpable homicide for compensation under the Moslem Law | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ISLAMIC LAW AND PROCEDURE | Right of Election - Whether the blood relatives of a victim of culpable homicide punishable with death have the right of election to decide how an accused person should be punished | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Declaratory Judgment or Order - Whether other proceedings or action should be opened to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment is being sought | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| TORT | Rule in Smith v. Selwyn - At what instance will the principle laid down in Smith v. Selwyn be applied | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Immediate Family" - Statutory definition of the term "immediate family | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Locus Standi" - Meaning of "locus standi | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITABLE DEFENCES | Acquiescence - When can the doctrine of acquiescence be invoked | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITABLE DEFENCES | Acquiescence - Whether lapse of time is the only evidence required to establish a defence of acquiescence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITABLE DEFENCES | Long Possession or Acquiescence - Whether long possession and acquiescence must be specifically pleaded in cases of declaration of title | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITABLE DEFENCES | Declaratory Judgment or Order - Nature of a declaratory Judgment | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Family Property or Land - Conditions for a valid sale of family land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Family Property or Land - Effect of sale of family land by a member of the family as his own property or without the consent of principal members of the family | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Ownership by Prescription - Distinction between limitation and prescription; what prescription entails | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Possession of Land - What a party must show in order to ground a plea of long possession showing acquiescence on the part of the other party | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - What constitutes trespass to land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - Whether any form of possession is sufficient to maintain/support an action for trespass | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - Who can claim damages/maintain an action for trespass to land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - Who can claim damages/maintain an action for trespass to land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Acquiescence" - Meaning of "acquiescence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With The Exercise of Discretion - Attitude of an appellate court to the exercise of discretion made by lower courts; instances where an appellate court will interfere with the exercise of discretion made by a lower court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Discretion of Court - At what point will a defect in the exercise of discretion arise | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Discretion of Court - Whether a court can excercise its discretion in calling or recalling a witness | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evaluation of Evidence - Duty of trial judge to evaluate evidence and the procedure for evaluation of evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Personal Loss" - Meaning of "personal loss" | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Award of Damages - Circumstances/grounds upon which an appellate Court will interfere with award of damages by the trial Court | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages - Principles guiding assessment of damages in personal injury cases | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages - Guiding principles for assesment of damages | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES - Assessment of Damages | How are damages assessed | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages - Factors to be considered in assessing damages | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| DAMAGES | Assessment of Damages - Factors to be considered in assessing damages | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of Court - General powers of the Supreme Court as provided for under Section 22 of the Supreme Court Act | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Appeal as of Right - Whether an appeal to the Supreme Court from the decision of the Court of Appeal in a criminal case is as of right | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Hearing of Appeal - Duty of an Appellate Court in hearing an appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Right of Appeal - Extent of the exercise of right of appeal | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Charge(s) - How is a charge proved | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Duty of Prosecution - Duty of the prosecution in a criminal trial | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Circumstantial Evidence - Whether cause/fact of death can be proved by circumstantial evidence | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evaluation of Evidence - Procedure for the evaluation of evidence in civil cases | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence of a Single Witness - Whether evidence from a single witness with personal interests should be rejected | 1986(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 258(1) of The 1979 Constitution - Interpretation of Section 258(1) of the 1979 Constitution as to delivery of judgment and effect of non-compliance with time for same | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Delivery of Judgment - Computation of time for delivery of judgment as prescribed in Section 258(1) of the 1979 Constitution | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Delivery of Judgment - Effect of failure of the court to deliver its judgment within the time frame stipulated for delivery of judgment | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Address of Counsel - Meaning and purpose of address of counsel or party; when Court can dispense with final addresses | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Adjournment - Whether to adjourn a matter in order to determine a doubtful point/issue is a proper ground for grant of adjournment | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Re-Opening A Case - Whether a suit can be re-opened after final address | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Address" - Meaning of "address | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Computation of Time In A Statute - How a reference in an enactment for a period of days is to be construed and how time is computed in a civil matter | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Computation of Time In A Statute - The mode of calculating and computating time stipulated by statute | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Computation of Time In A Statute - Whether time is mentioned in a contract involving the computation of time in Bankruptcy Act or any other statute | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Gregorian Calendar" - Definition of "gregorian calendar | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Month" - Statutory definition of "month | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Admissibility of Evidence - Whether an unsigned or uncountersigned plan is inadmissible in evidence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Admissibility of Unregistered Registrable Instrument - The legal effect with regard to an unregistered document affecting land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 3 of The Lagos State Survey Law, Cap 121 - Interpretation of Section 3 of the Lagos State Survey Law, Cap. 121 as regards the scope of application of the section | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Registrable Instrument - Whether a registered instrument can be rendered inadmissible because of an attached defective plan | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Instrument" - Statutory definition of the word "instrument | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | Exercise of Discretion By Administrative Body - What the exercise of discretion entails | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | Exercise of Discretion By Administrative Body - Extent of the scope of the review of the exercise of discretion made by an administrative body | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | Exercise of Discretion By Administrative Body - Whether the invalidity in the exercise of discretion can be cured even where the refusal to exercise such a discretion could have been founded on some valid reason not adverted to by the court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Duty of Court - Duty of court to investigate the action of ministers and commissioners | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving that a regulation was not made in public interest | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Supervisory Jurisdiction - Extent of the supervisory jurisdiction of court over the exercise of administrative discretion | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| 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 | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom does the burden of proof lie to prove title to a lake | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel - Conditions for the application of estoppel | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Conditions for a successful plea of estoppel per rem judicatam | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Conditions for a successful plea of estoppel per rem judicatam | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Doctrine of res judicata | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata - Doctrine of res judicata | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Issue Estoppel - Doctrine of issue estoppel and its effect | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether an allegation of fraud must be specifically pleaded | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Whether an appellate court can interfere with or disturb the findings of facts or inferences drawn by a lower court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Non Est Factum - When the plea of non est factum will avail an illiterate person | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CONTRACT | Void Document - What renders a document void | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Plea of Non Est Factum - When a plea of non est factum will not avail a person | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Plea of Non Est Factum - Whether the plea of non est factum requires clear and positive evidence before it can be established | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Judicial Immunity - Essential prerequistes for judicial immunity | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Judicial Immunity - Purpose of judges' immunity for acts done in their judicial capacity | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Judicial Immunity - Purpose of judges' immunity for acts done in their judicial capacity | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Judicial Immunity - Whether an action is maintainable against a judge for anything said or done in the exercise of a jurisdiction which belongs to him | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 88(1) of The High Court Law - Interpretation of Section 88(1) of the High Court Law as regards immunity of judges from civil liability for anything done in their judicial capacity | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Pleadings - Whether parties as well as the courts are bound by the pleadings | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Root of Title - Whether a party while proving his title can base his possession on another root of title which he never admitted in his pleadings | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Issue(s) For Determination - Whether an Appellate Court can decide an appeal on issue(s) not considered by the Lower Court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Issue(s) for Determination - Whether appeal to the Supreme Court deals with issues of law only | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods or Property - At what point will the question of a receiver with guilty knowledge be an issue | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Doctrine of Recent Possession - Essential elements that must be present before the doctrine of recent possession can operate | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Doctrine of Recent Possession - The nature of possession envisaged by Section 148(a) of the Evidence Act | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Doctrine of Recent Possession - The nature of possession envisaged by Section 148(a) of the Evidence Act | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Doctrine of Recent Possession - The presumption of the law where a stolen property is found in possession of a person immediately after a theft | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Doctrine of Recent Possession - Whether the presumption in section 148(a) of the Evidence Act is a presumption of fact or law | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PLEADINGS | Statement of Claim - What a plaintiff must disclose in his statement of claim in a case of slander | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Issue of Jurisdiction - When an objection to the jurisdiction of Court can be raised | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Waiver of Right - Meaning and elements of the concept of waiver | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Counter-Claim - Whether a party in his counter-claim can claim a relief which is inconsistent with the relief specifically claimed | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Circumstances in which an appellate court will interfere with the findings of facts made by a lower court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EQUITABLE REMEDY | Interlocutory or Interim Injunctions - Meaning, nature and types of injunctions and conditions for granting same | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Boundaries - What a plan tendered by either a plaintiff or the opposing side must show on the boundaries | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title to Land - Whether a declaration of title to land is made at the discretion of the Court | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title To Land - Whether the court can make declaration of title to land on admission of the parties | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Identity of Land - Duty of a plaintiff/claimant to establish the area of land in dispute | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing - Meaning and nature of the doctrine of fair hearing | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Right(S) of an Accused Person - Right of an accused person to have his defence conducted by a legal practitioner | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Right(S) of An Accused Person - Rights of an accused person in a trial | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - | Section 287(1) (A) (I)-(Iii) of The Criminal Procedure Law - Interpretation of the provisions of Section 287(1) (a)(i)-(iii) of the Criminal Procedure Law as regards the function of the provisions | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Record of Court Proceedings - What the court record must contain | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CONVEYANCY LAW | Conveyance by A Beneficial Owner - Implication of conveying as a beneficial owner | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Delusion or Insane Delusion - Under what circumstances will an accused person affected by delusions be relieved of criminal responsibility | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Insanity - Categories of defect of reason which will constitute a defence on the ground of insanity | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Insanity - Effect of proving and failure to prove the defence of insanity | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence of Insanity - What the accused person as well as the court is required to do where a defence of insanity has been raised | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Motive - Whether mere absence of motive for the commission of a crime is a sufficient ground on which to infer mania | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Admissibility of Evidence - Whether an accused was insane at the time the act was committed is a question of fact; is evidence of insanity of blood relation admissible | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evaluation of Evidence - When an Appellate Court can evaluate evidence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Presumption of Ownership - Circumstance where presumption of ownership of land cannot stand | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof of Custom or Customary Law - Ways by which customary law can or may be proved | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Traditional Evidence or History - What is required of a person relying on evidence of traditional history in an action for declaration of title to land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Family Property or Land - Effect of sale of family land without the consent of the family head and/or principal members | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Family Property or Land - Effect of sale of family land by a member of the family as his own property or without the consent of principal members of the family | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Family Property or Land - Heads under which contentious sale of family land may be classified | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Family Property or Land - Whether a sale of the family land will be deemed void if the family head sold it as his own | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - Who can claim damages/maintain an action for trespass to land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| ADMINISTRATIVE LAW | Judicial or Quasi-Judicial Function - Duty of bodies exercising judicial function to observe requirements of the rules of natural justice | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Right of Appeal - Whether a legal practitioner has a right to appeal against the decision of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing - Attributes of the principle of fair hearing | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Bias of Court - Circumstances which may give rise to bias/ real likelihood of bias | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LEGAL PRACTITIONER | Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee - Duty of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Quasi-Judicial" - Meaning of "quasi-judicial | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Fresh Point(s) on Appeal - Circumstance(s) in which an appellate court will/may entertain fresh point/issues on appeal | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Fresh Point(s) On Appeal - Circumstance(s) in which an appellate court will/may entertain fresh point/issues on appeal | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Instances where the Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact(s) made by Lower Courts | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CUSTOMARY LAW | Acquisition of Land - How is property acquired under customary law | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - Whether a plaintiff can rely on the weakness of the case of the defendant to prove his own case in an action for declaration of title | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Presumption of Ownership - Circumstance where presumption of ownership of land cannot stand | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof of Ownership of Land - Whether proof of ownership is prima facie proof of possession | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof of Title to Land - Ways of proving title/ownership of land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Traditional Evidence or History - Effect of adducing two competing traditional histories; when the test in Kojo II v. Bonsie would be resorted too | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title to Land - When a claim for declaration of title to land will be refused/dismissed | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Declaration of Title to Land - Whether long possession of a land can found a claim of declaration of title to such land against the true owner of the land | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Ownership of Land - Whether long possession and acts of ownership can ripen into ownership | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Ownership of Land - Whether long possession and acts of ownership can ripen into ownership | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Ownership of Land - Whether occupation of land entitles a party to ownership of same | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| LAND LAW | Trespass to Land - Whether long possession can ground a claim for declaration of title, damages for trespass and injunction; who can a trespasser in possession sue | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference With Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of the appellate Court to concurrent findings of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| COMMERCIAL LAW | Duty of The Seller - Duty of the seller under the Sale of Goods Law | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Presumption of Innocence - Whether an accused person is presumed innocent until proven guilty | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence or Plea of Alibi - Effect of failure of prosecution to investigate and disprove the defence of alibi once raised | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence or Plea of Alibi - Meaning and nature of the defence of alibi | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence or Plea of Alibi - On whom lies the evidential burden of adducing evidence to support a defence of alibi | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence(s) of Accused Person(s) - Duty of court to consider all defences available to an accused person | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Identification Parade - Guiding principles for proper identification parade | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Armed Robbery - Ingredients that must exist to prove the offence of armed robbery | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - Onus of proof on the prosecution and accused person when a defence of alibi is raised | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence of An Eye Witness - Position of the law where an eye witness omits to mention at the earliest opportunity the name(s) of the person(s) seen committing an offence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Standard of Proof - Standard of proof required to establish the defence of alibi | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence or Plea of Alibi - Whether an accused person who puts forward the plea of alibi has the burden of proving same | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence of An Eye Witness - Position of the law where an eye witness omits to mention at the earliest opportunity the name(s) of the person(s) seen committing an offence | 1985(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Finding(s) of Fact(s) - Attitude of the Supreme Court towards interference with concurrent finding(s) of fact(s) by Lower Courts | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi – Factors considered by the Court in determining whether a plaintiff has locus standi | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Locus Standi – Factors considered by the Court in determining whether a plaintiff has locus standi | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Misjoinder/Non-Joinder of Party(ies) – Whether a cause or matter can be defeated due to non-joinder or misjoinder of parties | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Necessary Party(ies) – Effect of Failure to Join a Necessary Party in an Action | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Necessary Party(ies) – Relevant Considerations in Determining Who is a Necessary Party in a Suit | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Necessary Party(ies) – Who is a Necessary Party and Effect of Failure to Join a Necessary Party in an Action | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Necessary Party(ies) – Who is a necessary party and the effect of failure to join a necessary party in an action | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Proper Parties – Whether Proper Parties Must Be Before the Court for It to Be Competent to Adjudicate on a Matter | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ACTION | Proper, Desirable, or Necessary Party(ies) – Who is a Necessary Party in Legal Proceedings | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Ground(s) of Appeal – How to determine whether a ground of appeal is one of law, fact, or mixed law and fact; Whether leave of Court is required where an appeal is on ground(s) of law alone | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact – Attitude of the Supreme Court Towards Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact by Lower Courts | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact – Attitude of the Supreme Court to Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact Made by Lower Courts | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact – Attitude of the Supreme Court to Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact Made by Lower Courts | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact – Instances Where the Supreme Court Will Not Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Fact Made by Lower Courts | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact – Instances Where the Supreme Court Will Not Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Fact Made by Lower Courts | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact – Instances Where the Supreme Court Will Not Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Fact Made by Lower Courts | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Interference with Concurrent Findings of Fact – Instances Where the Supreme Court Will Not Interfere with Concurrent Findings of Fact Made by Lower Courts | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Issue(s) for Determination – Effect of an Issue for Determination Not Arising or Relating to Any Ground of Appeal | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Issue(s) for Determination – Whether Argument on Appeal Must Be Based on Issue(s) for Determination Which Must Relate to the Ground(s) of Appeal | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Leave of Court or Leave to Appeal – Requirement for leave of Court to appeal on grounds of fact or mixed law and fact; effect of failure to obtain leave | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Unappealed Finding(s)/Decision(s) – Effect of Unappealed Finding(s) or Decision(s) of Court | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| APPEAL | Unappealed Findings or Decisions - Effect of failure to appeal against the finding(s) of a Court | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Breach of Right to Fair Hearing – Principles of Fair Hearing; Instances Where It Can Be Said That the Right to Fair Hearing Has Been Breached | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Breach of Right to Fair Hearing – Whether a Party Who Had the Opportunity to Be Heard but Failed to Utilize It Can Claim a Breach of Fair Hearing | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing – Fundamental Nature of the Right to Fair Hearing and the Duty of the Party Alleging Breach or Denial of the Right to Prove It | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Fair Hearing – Principles Governing the Right to Fair Hearing | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Freedom of Movement - Scope of the right to freedom of movement under the Constitution | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW | Right to Freedom of Movement - Scope of the right to freedom of movement under the Constitution | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction – Importance of Jurisdiction and Effect of Lack of Jurisdiction Over a Matter; Duty of Court When an Issue of Jurisdiction is Raised | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction – Necessity of Jurisdiction for a Court of Record to Exercise Judicial Powers | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Jurisdiction – Whether Jurisdiction Can Be Conferred on the Court by Parties | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Power of the Court – Circumstances in Which the Supreme Court Will Decline to Invoke Its Powers Under Section 22 of the Supreme Court Act | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| COURT | Raising Issue(s) Suo Motu – Whether an Appellate Court Can Raise the Issue of Jurisdiction Suo Motu and Determine Same Without Hearing the Parties | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence/Plea of Alibi – Circumstances in Which the Prosecution Need Not Investigate a Defence of Alibi Raised by the Accused | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Defence/Plea of Alibi – Requirements for a Party Setting Up the Defence of Alibi | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Identification Parade – Circumstances Where an Identification Parade Will Be Useful and Necessary | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Mandatory Provision of an Interpreter – Circumstances Requiring the Use of an Interpreter During Criminal Trial | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Armed Robbery – Essential Ingredients Required to Prove the Offence of Armed Robbery | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Armed Robbery – Meaning and Essential Ingredients of the Offence of Armed Robbery | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Armed Robbery – Meaning and Essential Ingredients of the Offence of Armed Robbery | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Conspiracy – Definition and Nature of the Offence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Conspiracy – Essential Ingredients and Methods of Inferring the Offence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Conspiracy – Legal Position Where Conspiracy Involves an Accused and Unknown or Unavailable Persons or persons at large | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Conspiracy – Nature of the Offence of Conspiracy and How Conspiracy is Established or Inferred | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Conspiracy – Nature of the Offence of Conspiracy | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Conspiracy – Principles Guiding the Offence of Conspiracy | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Kidnapping – Ingredients of the Offence of Kidnapping | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Kidnapping – Statutory Provisions on the Offence of Kidnapping and Essential Ingredients of the Offence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Murder – Ingredients of the Offence of Murder and Ways of Proving the Offence of Murder | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Murder – Whether the Court Can Convict for Murder in the Absence of Corpus Delicti (Dead Body) | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Murder – Whether the Court Can Convict for Murder in the Absence of Corpus Delicti (Dead Body) | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Provision of an Interpreter – When the Need for an Interpreter May Be Dispensed with During a Criminal Trial | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Right to an Interpreter – Whether an Accused Person Represented by Counsel at Trial Can Invoke the Right to an Interpreter on Appeal as a Ground to Set Aside a Conviction | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Conspiracy - Ingredients of the offence of conspiracy; how the offence of conspiracy can be inferred | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Grievous Hurt - Ingredients that must be proved to establish the offence of grievous hurt | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offences - Essential ingredient(s) of the offence of possession of firearms in a public place; whether an uncompleted building is a public place | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offences - Essential ingredient(s) of the offence of possession of firearms in a public place; whether an uncompleted building is a public place | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offences - Position of the law on the offence of wandering | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| 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 | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Allegation of Non-Compliance with the Electoral Act – Whether a Petitioner Who Alleges Non-Compliance with the Provisions of the Electoral Act Must Show How It Substantially Affected the Result of the Election | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Allegation of Non-Compliance with the Electoral Act – Instance(s) Where an Allegation of Non-Compliance Will Be Held Not to Have Been Proven | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Burden of Proof – Burden of Proof in an Election Petition; Effect of Failure to Discharge Same | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Disqualification of Candidate – Whether Disqualification on Grounds of False Information is a Pre-Election Matter; Time Limit and Jurisdiction | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Disqualification of Candidate – Whether the Issue of Disqualification Based on False Information is a Pre-Election Matter; Time Limit and Court with Jurisdiction to Challenge Same | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Election Petition Proceedings – Effect of Written Statement on Oath of Witnesses Not Frontloaded or Filed Within the Time Prescribed for Filing a Petition; Whether Subpoenaed Witnesses Are an Exception | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Frontloading of Documents – Whether Documents or Written Statements on Oath Not Frontloaded or Filed within the Prescribed Time Are Admissible in Election Petition Proceedings | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Jurisdiction of Election Petition Tribunal – Whether Election Tribunals Have Jurisdiction to Hear and Determine Claims Based on Pre-Election Matters and Internal Affairs of Political Parties Filed by Another Party or Candidate | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Jurisdiction of Election Petition Tribunal – Whether Election Tribunals Have Jurisdiction to Hear and Determine Claims Based on Pre-Election Matters | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Academic or Hypothetical Question(s) Issues, Suit or Exercise – Instance(s) in Which an Appeal/Suit/Relief(s) Will Be Rendered Academic; Effect of Same | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Academic or Hypothetical Issues in Appeals or Suits – Criteria for Determining When an Appeal or Suit Becomes Academic and the Court's Approach to Academic or Hypothetical Matters | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| MORTGAGE | Legal Mortgage – Conditions that Must Be Met Before a Mortgagee Can Pass a Good Title to a Purchaser Free from the Equity of Redemption | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE | Section 73(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022 – Interpretation of Section 73(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022 Regarding the Effect of Election Conducted Without Filling of Requisite Forms | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| JUDGMENT AND ORDER | Order of Court – Proper Order a Court Would Make Where It Lacks Jurisdiction to Entertain a Matter | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Appellate Jurisdiction – Whether an appellate court can exercise jurisdiction over a matter where the lower court(s) lacks jurisdiction | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Purpose of Identification Evidence in Legal Proceedings | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Position of the Law on Recognition and Identification Evidence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Originating Process – Importance of an Originating Process; Effect of a Defective Originating Process | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – Facts Upon Which an Inference of Guilty Knowledge Can Be Drawn to Prove the Offence of Receiving Stolen Property | Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – Facts Upon Which an Inference of Guilty Knowledge Can Be Drawn to Prove the Offence of Receiving Stolen Property | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – What the Prosecution Must Prove to Establish the Offence of Receiving Stolen Property | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – Whether an Explanation by an Accused of the Way in Which Stolen Property Came into His Possession Can Rebut the Presumption Against Him | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – Facts upon Which an Inference of Guilty Knowledge Can Be Drawn to Prove Offence of Receiving Stolen Property | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – What the Prosecution Must Prove to Establish the Offence of Receiving Stolen Property | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – Facts upon Which an Inference of Guilty Knowledge Can Be Drawn to Prove the Offence of Receiving Stolen Property | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Receiving Stolen Goods/Property – What the Prosecution Must Prove to Establish the Offence of Receiving Stolen Property | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Undefended List Procedure – Whether Motion Ex Parte for Issuance of Writ is the Originating Process under the Undefended List Procedure | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Undefended List Procedure – The Procedure under the Undefended List | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Signing of Court Process(es) – Proper Person/Manner to Sign a Court Process; Effect of a Court Process Signed by an Unknown Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Signing of Court Process(es) – Effect of an Originating Process Signed by an Unidentifiable Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Signing of Court Process(es) – Effect of an Originating Process Signed by an Unidentifiable Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Preliminary Objection – Whether a Party Can Argue a Preliminary Objection in His Brief Without Filing a Separate Notice | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Originating Process – Effect of an Incompetent Originating Process | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| JURISDICTION | Issue of Jurisdiction – When the Issue of Jurisdiction Can Be Raised and Whether the Court Can Raise It Suo Motu | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application(s)/Motion(s) – Effect of a Motion Not Moved in Legal Proceedings | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Academic or Hypothetical Questions, Issues, Suits, or Exercises – Judicial Attitude Toward Academic or Hypothetical Matters | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Academic or Hypothetical Questions, Issues, Suits, or Exercises – Legal Effect and the Court's Treatment of Academic or Hypothetical Matters | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Admissibility And Weight Of Evidence/Probative Value - Whether there is a difference between admissibility of evidence and probative value to be attached to it | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Signing of Court Process(es) – Proper Person/Manner to Sign a Court Process; Effect of a Court Process Signed by an Unknown Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Signing of Court Process(es) – Effect of an Originating Process Signed by an Unidentifiable Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Signing of Court Process(es) – Effect of an Originating Process Signed by an Unidentifiable Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Signing of Court Process(es) – Position of the Law with Regard to the Signing of Legal Processes by a Legal Practitioner | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application(s)/Motion(s) – Effect of a Motion Not Moved in Legal Proceedings | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Originating Process – Importance of an Originating Process; Effect of a Defective Originating Process | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Originating Process – Effect of an Incompetent Originating Process | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Issue of Jurisdiction – When the Issue of Jurisdiction Can Be Raised and Whether the Court Can Raise It Suo Motu | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – What Constitutes Satisfactory Proof and Evidence of Identification | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | EVIDENCE – Identification of Deceased Body – Circumstances Where a Separate Witness May Not Be Necessary for the Identification of a Deceased’s Body | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt – Meaning and Nature of Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt in Criminal Cases | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement - Nature of a statement that will constitute confessional statement | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Presumption of Regularity – Presumption of Regularity of Official/Judicial Acts and Instances Where Same Will Apply | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt – Meaning and Nature of Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt in Criminal Cases | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | EVIDENCE - Confessional Statement - Proper time to raise objection to the voluntariness of a confessional statement; duty of Court in the circumstances | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Contradiction in Evidence - Difference between contradiction and discrepancy in evidence; whether a minor discrepancy in the evidence of the prosecution is fatal to its case | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Contradiction in Evidence - Whether minor contradiction in the evidence of witnesses can be fatal to a case | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Academic or Hypothetical Questions, Issues, Suits, or Exercises – Legal Effect and the Court's Treatment of Academic or Hypothetical Matters | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| WORDS AND PHRASES | "Wander" - Meaning of the word "wander | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Standard of Proof – Burden and Standard of Proof in Criminal Cases; Whether Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt Means Proof Beyond a Shadow of Doubt | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE | Academic or Hypothetical Questions, Issues, Suits, or Exercises – Judicial Attitude Toward Academic or Hypothetical Matters | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Unchallenged or Uncontroverted Evidence – Effect of Unchallenged or Uncontroverted Evidence in Legal Proceedings | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Jurisdiction of Election Petition Tribunal – Whether Election Tribunals Have Jurisdiction to Hear and Determine Claims Based on Pre-Election Matters | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Over-Voting – Documents Needed to Prove Overvoting; Effect of Failure to Tender Same | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Over-Voting – Instance(s) in which over-voting will be said not to have been proved | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Qualification of a Candidate – Whether the Inclusion of a Candidate's Name in the Voter's Register of the Political Party Sponsoring Him, Submitted to INEC at Least 30 Days Before the Party's Primary Election, is a Requirement for Qualification for Election | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Qualification of a Candidate – Whether the Inclusion of a Candidate's Name in the Voter's Register of the Political Party Sponsoring Him, Submitted to INEC at Least 30 Days Before the Party's Primary Election, Is a Requirement for Qualification for Election | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Qualification of a Candidate – Whether the Inclusion of a Candidate's Name in the Voter's Register of the Political Party Sponsoring Him, Submitted to INEC at Least 30 Days Before the Party's Primary Election, Is a Requirement for Qualification for Election | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Standard of Proof – Standard of Proof Required to Prove Allegation of Forgery in an Election Petition | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Substantial Compliance – When the Issue of Substantial Compliance Will Be Considered in an Election Petition | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Time Frame – Statutory Time Limit for Hearing and Determination of Election Petitions and Whether Courts Have Power to Extend Such Time | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Independent National Electoral Commission – Duty of INEC to Ensure Total Compliance with the Provisions of Section 73(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022 | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Membership of a Political Party – Whether Membership of a Political Party Is an Internal Affair of the Party and Not Justiciable | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Nomination and Sponsorship of Candidate – Whether a Political Party or Its Candidate Can Challenge the Nomination or Sponsorship Process of Another Party or Its Candidate | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Nomination and Sponsorship of Candidate – Whether a Political Party or Its Candidate Can Challenge the Nomination or Sponsorship Process of Another Party or Its Candidate | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Nomination and Sponsorship of Candidate – Who Can Challenge the Nomination of a Candidate | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Political Party Primary – Whether a Person Is Precluded from Participating in More Than One Political Party Primary Election | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Pre-Election Matters – Time Within Which to File a Pre-Election Matter | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Qualification or Disqualification of Candidates – Whether Disqualification Constitutes a Pre-Election Matter and the Effect of Failing to Challenge a Candidate's Qualification Within 14 Days of the Event, Decision, or Action Complained Of | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Qualification/Disqualification of Candidates – Burden and Standard of Proof in Allegations of False Information or Presentation of False, Foraged Documents or Educational Certificates to INEC | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTORAL MATTERS | Qualification/Disqualification – Requirements for Qualification for Election into the Office of a Governor | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Affidavit Evidence – Usefulness of affidavit evidence in support of an originating motion | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof – On Whom Lies the Onus of Rebutting a Presumption of Literacy | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof – Burden on a Defendant or Accused Person to Prove Their Defence to a Criminal Allegation | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Standard of Proof – Burden and Standard of Proof in Criminal Cases | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Burden of Proof or Standard of Proof – Burden and Standard of Proving the Guilt of an Accused Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Calling of Witnesses – Whether a Party is Bound to Call a Particular Number of Witnesses in Legal Proceedings | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Character Evidence – Position of the Law on Character Evidence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Circumstantial Evidence – Meaning and Nature of Circumstantial Evidence; Whether the Court Can Convict an Accused Based on Circumstantial Evidence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Cross-Examination – Duty of a Party to Cross-Examine the Witness of an Adversary and the Effect of Failure to Cross-Examine | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Doctrine of Last Seen – Nature of the Doctrine of Last Seen | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Doctrine of Last Seen – Position of the Law Regarding the Doctrine of Last Seen and Its Application | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Evidence of an Eyewitness – Whether Eyewitness Testimony is the Best Form of Evidence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Definition of Recognition and the Effect of Recognizing an Accused Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Effect of Unshaken Evidence of Visual Identification Under Cross-Examination | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Forms of Identification of an Accused Person | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Legal Position on Recognition and Identification Evidence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Legal Position on Recognition and Identification Evidence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Meaning and Nature of Identification in a Criminal Trial and Forms of Identification Evidence | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Identification Evidence – Methods of Establishing the Identity of the Offender in a Criminal Trial | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| ELECTION PETITION | Allegation of Non-Compliance with Electoral Act – Position of the Law on Petitions Based on Non-Compliance Grounds | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Charges – Appropriate Time to Object to a Formal Defect in a Charge; Consequence of Failure to Do So | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Charges – Whether Failure to State the Precise Date of Commission of a Crime in a Charge is Fatal to the Case of the Prosecution | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Offence of Rape – Ingredients the Prosecution Must Prove to Succeed in a Charge of Rape | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement – Whether a Court Can Convict Solely on the Confessional Statement of an Accused Person; Whether Retraction of a Voluntary Confessional Statement Renders the Confessional Statement Inadmissible | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Charge(s) – Appropriate Time to Object to a Formal Defect in a Charge; Consequence of Failure to Do So | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Medical Evidence – Duty of an Accused Person to Demand the Appearance of the Maker of a Medical Report; Effect of Failure | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| EVIDENCE | Confessional Statement – Proper Time to Raise an Objection to the Admissibility of a Confessional Statement | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | Charges – Instance(s) in Which an Accused Person Will Be Held Not to Have Been Misled by an Error or Omission to State the Particulars Required to Be Stated in a Charge | 2024(SC) | Read More |
| CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE | CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE – Charges – Importance of a Charge; When a Defect or Error in a Charge Will Not Be a Ground for Quashing the Conviction on the Charge | 2024(SC) | Read More |
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