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Whether ‘Power Holding Company of Nigeria (Benin Electricity Distribution Company)’ Is a Juristic Personality That Can Sue and Be Sued

CASE TITLE: OKHILUA v. PHCN (2024) LPELR-62331(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH JUNE, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: LATEEF ADEBAYO GANIYU,…

8 months ago

Whether an Acknowledgment of Debt Must Explicitly Recognize the Debt or the Creditor’s Rights to Circumvent Limitation Laws

CASE TITLE: ONYEMA v. EDE & ANOR (2024) LPELR-61758(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 12TH MARCH, 2024 JUSTICES: ONYEKACHI AJA OTISI, JCAJAMES GAMBO…

9 months ago

Circumstances That Warrant the Grant of an Order of Forfeiture Against a Customary Tenant

CASE TITLE: UDALE v. AGBONIKA & ANOR (2024) LPELR-62187(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 2ND FEBRUARY, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: ADAMU…

9 months ago

Concurrent Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court and State High Court as It Relates to Banker-Customer Relationship

CASE TITLE: IDI v. A-G. KANO STATE & ANOR (2024) LPELR-62158(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 26TH APRIL, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE LEAD…

9 months ago

Position of the Law on the Capacity of Personal Representatives to Sue in Respect of the Estate of a Deceased

CASE TITLE: DIMKA v. KUPTONG & ANOR (2024) LPELR-62207(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 16TH MAY, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: WILLS AND PROBATE LEAD…

9 months ago

Whether Regulations 126 and 127 of the Nigeria Police Regulations Are Inconsistent with Sections 37 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution

CASE TITLE: INCORPORATED TRUSTEES NBA v. A.G. OF THE FEDERATION & ORS (2024) LPELR-62208(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 3RD MAY, 2024 PRACTICE…

9 months ago

Can the Court Convict for Murder in the Absence of a Corpus Delicti (Dead Body)?

CASE TITLE: AHUCHAOGU v. STATE (2024) LPELR-62194(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 8TH MARCH, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: ADAMU…

9 months ago

Does the Exclusive Legislative List of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Encompass Navigable Waterways Across Nigeria?

CASE TITLE: NIWA & ORS v. LASWA & ORS (2024) LPELR-62198(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 5TH JANUARY, 2024PRACTICE AREA: LEGISLATIONLEAD JUDGMENT: JOHN INYANG…

9 months ago

Whether An Adopted Child Is Entitled To Inherit The Estate Of A Deceased Adoptive Parent

CASE TITLE: BASSEY v. EKPIKEN & ORS (2024) LPELR-61778 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND MARCH, 2024 JUSTICES: UCHECHUKWU ONYEMENAM, JCABALKISU BELLO…

9 months ago

Does an Invitation by the Police for the Purpose of Investigating an Allegation Amount to a Breach of Fundamental Right?

CASE TITLE: DIDEN v. C.O.P STATE COMMAND, ASABA & ORS (2024) LPELR-61926(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 25TH MARCH, 2024PRACTICE AREA: ENFORCEMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL…

9 months ago