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Circumstance(s) Where the Need to Prove the Identity of a Disputed Land Will be Dispensed With

CASE TITLE: AUDU v. DOKTA & ORS (2024) LPELR-63012(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 6TH NOVEMBER, 2024PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU,…

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Can a Party Who Had an Opportunity to be Heard but Did Not Utilize It Bring an Action for Breach of Fair Hearing?

CASE TITLE: GLOBAL 2i LTD v. FEGMATECH COMMUNICATIONS LTD (2024) LPELR-62902(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 18TH SEPTEMBER, 2024PRACTICE AREA: CONSTITUTIONAL LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: JOSEPH…

9 months ago

Effect of an Audit Report Given Without Proper Input from The Affected Party

CASE TITLE: MATRIX ENERGY LTD v. ISA & ORS (2024) LPELR-62150(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 24TH APRIL, 2024 JUSTICES: ALI ABUBAKAR BABANDI…

9 months ago

Whether A Right of Appeal Takes Away the Right to Utilize the Prerogative Writ of Certiorari

CASE TITLE: NSUDE & ORS v. NICHODEMUS & ORS (2024) LPELR-62986(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 3RD MAY, 2024PRACTICE AREA: ADMINISTRATIVE LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: ADAMU…

9 months ago

Position of the Law Where the Extra Judicial Statement of A Witness In a Criminal Trial Contradicts His Evidence on Oath

CASE TITLE: AUWALU v. KANO STATE (2024) LPELR-63004(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 26TH APRIL, 2024PRACTICE AREA: EVIDENCELEAD JUDGMENT: HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, J.S.C. SUMMARY…

9 months ago

Can a Process With Multiple Legal Practitioners Be Sealed by One?

CASE TITLE: AUDU v. FRN (2024) LPELR-62977(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 19TH JULY, 2024PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL PROCEDURELEAD JUDGMENT: JUMMAI HANNATU SANKEY, J.S.C. SUMMARY…

9 months ago

What Amounts to Double Compensation, and When Does It Arise?

CASE TITLE: ADEOGUN-PHILLIPS v. GATEWAY PORTLAND CEMENT LTD & ANOR (2024) LPELR-62107(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 8TH APRIL, 2024 JUSTICES: YARGATA BYENCHIT…

9 months ago

Can the Court Impose a Willing Employee on an Unwilling Employer?

CASE TITLE: UNITY BANK PLC v. ALONGE (2024) LPELR-61898(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH APRIL, 2024 JUSTICES: MOHAMMED MUSTAPHAABDULLAHI MAHMUD BAYEROMUHAMMAD IBRAHIM…

10 months ago

Whether it is Necessary to Have Corroboration in A Rape Trial

CASE TITLE: ODIONYE v. FRN (2024) LPELR-62923(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: CORDELIA…

10 months ago

Whether The Law on Limitation of Action Applies to Cases of Continuous Damage/Injury

CASE TITLE: EFFIONG v. MOBIL PRODUCING (NIG.) UNLTD (2024) LPELR-62930(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH SEPTEMBER, 2024PRACTICE AREA: LIMITATION LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: BALKISU BELLO…

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