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Medical Misconduct: You Don’t Have to Be Named to Be Investigated

CASE TITLE: RALU V. MEDICAL & DENTAL PRACTITIONERS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL LPELR-81420(CAJUDGMENT DATE: 9TH MAY, 2025JUSTICES: HAMMA AKAWU BARKA, J.C.AABBA BELLO…

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Whether Naming a Non-Juristic Person as a Party is a Misnomer; Can Amendment of Same Be Allowed?

CASE TITLE: ORHUE v. OSAGHAE (2025) LPELR-82606(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 3RD DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: LATEEF…

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How is Jurisdiction of Court Determined in Criminal Cases?

CASE TITLE:  OLALEKAN v. FRN (2025) LPELR-82652(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 15TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: UWABUNKEONYE…

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Whether Differences Between a Person’s Signatures on Two Documents Mean That the Signatures Were Not Made by the Same Person

CASE TITLE: AMOBI v. NZEOWU & ORS (2025) LPELR-82651(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 15TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: EVIDENCE LEAD JUDGMENT: UWABUNKEONYE ONWOSI,…

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Revisiting the Supreme Court Case of Sifax v. Migfo: Judicial Legislation in Plain Sight

By:  Kola’ Awodein SAN, FCTI, FICIArb & Misbau Alamu Lateef, Ph.D., SFHEA I. Introduction 1. The Supreme Court's case of Sifax Nigeria…

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Can a Court Order an Employer’s 10% Pension Contribution Without a Specific Claim?

CASE TITLE: RICHROCK MARITIME SECURITY & LOGISTICS LIMITED V. GAFAR LPELR-81805(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH MAY, 2025 JUSTICES: JOSEPH OLUBUNMI KAYODE…

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Whether The Mere Filing of a Counter Affidavit Automatically Makes a Suit Contentious

CASE TITLE: NIGERIAN NAVY & ORS v. OYEGHE (2025) LPELR-82068(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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Will Conviction for Conspiracy be Appropriate Where the Substantive Offence has Not Been Proved?

CASE TITLE:  UCHE v. STATE (2025) LPELR-82590(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 1ST DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: MUSLIM…

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Effect of a Written Statement on Oath Not Signed and Sworn to Before a Commissioner for Oaths

CASE TITLE: SUMAYE & ANOR v. MAITARKO & ANOR (2025) LPELR-82596(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: EVIDENCE LEAD…

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Price Control in Nigeria: Insights into the Price Control Act, 1977 and It’s Implications for Businesses and Consumers.

By Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi, SAN FCIArb. (U.K) Introduction Given the rising inflation and decreasing consumers’ purchasing power, governments often adopt…

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