The Principle of Margin of Lead in an Election

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CASE TITLE: YABO & ANOR v. INEC & ORS (2023) LPELR-61429 (CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 16TH DECEMBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITIONLEAD JUDGMENT: PETER…

How Court Determines the Competence of a Ground of Appeal

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CASE TITLE: ADEYEMI v. APC & ORS (2023) LPELR-61492(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 23RD OCTOBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE (APPEAL ARISING FROM ELECTION PETITION)LEAD…

Whether a Piece of Evidence Previously Acceptable under the Evidence Act be Declared Inadmissible by a Bill Passed by the State House of Assembly

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CASE TITLE: ADERETI & ORS v. OKE (2024) LPELR-61523(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH JANUARY, 2024PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: YUSUF ALHAJI BASHIR, J.C.A.…

Liability of a Bank for Unauthorized Access to a Customer’s ATM Card

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CASE TITLE: NWACHUKWU v. U.B.A (2023) LPELR-60847 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 21ST JUNE, 2023 JUSTICES: OBIETONBARA OWUPELE DANIEL-KALIO, JCAPATRICIA AJUMA MAHMOUD,…

Required Number Of Pages For Brief Of Argument In Election Petition Appeal To The Supreme Court

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CASE TITLE: NNAJI & ANOR v. NDUBUISI & ORS (2023) LPELR-61131(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE (APPEAL ARISING…

Position of the Law on Amendment of Charge

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CASE TITLE: IBRAHIM v. FRN (2023) LPELR-61362(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 30TH NOVEMBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURELEAD JUDGMENT: UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU,…

Whether a non-contractual third party can be held accountable for damages resulting from a party’s contract breach.

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CASE TITLE: TKM MAESTRO (NIG) LTD v. VERITAS KAPITAL ASSURANCE PLC (2023) LPELR-61411(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 13TH DECEMBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: CONTRACTLEAD JUDGMENT:…

Whether Registration Creates Interest in Land Where There is None

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CASE TITLE: FBN LTD v. STANBIC IBTC BANK PLC (2023) LPELR-60773(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH JULY, 2023 JUSTICES: ONYEKACHI AJA OTISI,…

The Nigerian Supreme Court now has a Specialist in Conflict of Laws

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The authors of this post are Chukwuma Okoli, Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws at the University of Birmingham…

Top 10 Tips to Set Your Law Firm on the Path of Productivity in the New Year

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Introduction The new year is a time for reflection, goal-setting, and planning for the future. For law firms, it’s also…