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Abating a Nuisance Doesn’t Wipe out Your Liability

CASE TITLE: BIASE PLANTATION LTD v. IVERE LPELR-81076(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 23RD JANUARY, 2025 JUSTICES: AMINA AUDI WAMBAI, J.C.A.ADEMOLA SAMUEL BOLA,…

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Position of the Law on Fraudulent Conversion in the Offence of Stealing

CASE TITLE: BALOGUN v. C.O.P (2025) LPELR-82520(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH NOVEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: MUHAMMED…

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Whether The Court Can Make Declarations of Customary Law Relating to The Selection and Appointment of Chiefs

CASE TITLE:  OBANOBI & ORS v. OLUSI & ORS (2025) LPELR-81999(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH JULY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CHIEFTAINCY LAW LEAD…

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Position of the Law Regarding the Offence of Accusation of Witchcraft

CASE TITLE: MUSA v. STATE (2025) LPELR-81818(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 13TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: MOHAMMED…

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Whether an Accused Person Aiding and Abetting or Found in The Company of others Armed will Be Guilty of the Offence of Armed Robbery

CASE TITLE:  ORI v. STATE (2025) LPELR-82011(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: EVIDENCE LEAD JUDGMENT: MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, J.S.C.…

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Whether the Court Must First Convict an Accused Based on His Plea Before Requesting for Allocutus

CASE TITLE: RASAKI v. STATE (2025) LPELR-82157(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 16TH OCTOBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: BIOBELE…

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Whether the Assessment of Credibility of Witnesses Is Within the Exclusive Preserve of the Trial Court

CASE TITLE: BABAYO v. PEOPLE OF GOMBE STATE (2025) LPELR-82510(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH NOVEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND…

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Board Chairmanship: Do the Articles of Association Trump CAMA?

CASE TITLE: GEOFF OHEN LTD & ANOR v. EKOCORP PLC & ANOR LPELR-81902(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 13TH JUNE, 2025JUSTICES: MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA, J.C.A.PAUL…

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The Legal Test for When a Company Is “Unable to Pay Its Debts

CASE TITLE: AURECON AMEI LTD & ANOR v. ZUMA ENERGY (NIG) LTD (2025) LPELR-81425(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND APRIL, 2025 JUSTICES:…

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Court May Enforce, Not Set Aside, Foreign Award

CASE TITLE: OIL & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LTD v. HEMPEL PAINTS (SOUTH AFRICA) PTY LTD (2025) LPELR-81602(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 24TH JANUARY, 2025JUSTICES:…

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