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Veil of Incorporation Torn: When Courts Unmask Corporate Wrongdoing

CASE TITLE: DILLY MOTORS LTD V. NUJUUM VENTURES LTD & ORS LPELR-81603 (CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH JUNE, 2025JUSTICES: BALKISU BELLO ALIYU,…

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Validity of a Former Landlord’s Consent to Ongoing Construction by a Tenant Following Property Sale

CASE TITLE: J. I. T. LOGISTICS LTD V. MUHAMMED LPELR-80955 (CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND JANUARY, 2025JUSTICES: JOSEPH OLUBUNMI KAYODE OYEWOLE, J.C.A.DONATUS…

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Whether The Duty of the Police Includes the Settlement of Civil Disputes or Debt Collection

CASE TITLE: IGP & ORS v. OKO & ANOR (2025) LPELR-81412 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE:  11TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW…

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Whether the Issue of Payment of Demurrage for Overstay if Vessels Falls Under the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court

CASE TITLE:  CONOIL PLC v. NIMEX PETROCHEMICALS LTD. & ANOR (2025) LPELR-81349 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL…

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Effect of Failure of an Accused Person to Object to the Procedure used in Taking/Recording His Confessional Statement

CASE TITLE: ADEGBOYEGA v. PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE (2025) LPELR-81490(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND…

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You Owe? They Sell: Can a Mortgagee Sell a Mortgaged Property that is Subject of Litigation

CASE TITLE: SAVANNAH BANK PLC V. FAMAKINWA & ANOR LPELR-80721(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH JANUARY, 2025 JUSTICES: PAUL AHMED BASSI, J.C.A.                  …

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Whether Statement of Account Is Sufficient Proof of Debts and Lodgments

CASE TITLE: ACCESS BANK v. BALINWO (2025) LPELR-81219(CA) JUDGMENT DATE:  29TH APRIL, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: BANKING LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: LATEEF ADEBAYO…

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Principles Guiding the Court in Making an Order of Retrial in a Criminal Matter

CASE TITLE:  IBRAHIM v. STATE (2025) LPELR-81329(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 23RD MAY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: TIJJANI…

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Whether A Party that Alleges that An Election was Invalid Can at the Same Time Seek to  be Declared the Winner of that Election

CASE TITLE: ENABULELE & ANOR v. MONDAY & ORS (2025) LPELR-81266(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH MAY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITION…

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Whether The Defence of Provocation and Self-Defence are Mutually Exclusive

CASE TITLE: JACKSON v. STATE (2025) LPELR-80692(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 7TH MARCH, 2025PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURELEAD JUDGMENT: MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS,…

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