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Effect of an Appeal That Has Been Rendered Academic

CASE TITLE: IDAMINABO & ORS v. OLUNWA & ORS (2025) LPELR-81796(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH AUGUST, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: PRACTICE AND…

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Whether the Collection of Terminal Benefits Would be a Bar to the Challenge of the Wrongful Termination

CASE TITLE: MBAGWU v. MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIERS (2025) LPELR-81686 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE:  18TH JULY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: LABOUR LAW LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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Position of the Law Where a Person Personally Guarantees the Liability of a Third Party By Entering Into a Contract of Guarantee or Suretyship

CASE TITLE:  OKPALAOKA v. GTBANK PLC & ANOR (2025) LPELR-81679 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CONTRACT LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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Nature of Exemplary Damages and When the Same Would Be Awarded

CASE TITLE: Q Oil & Gas Services Ltd V. Ge Int'l Operations (Nig) Ltd. & Anor (2025) LPELR-81785(CA) JUDGMENT DATE:…

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Position of the Law on the Unsworn Evidence of a Child to Warrant a Conviction

CASE TITLE: BALA v. STATE (2025) LPELR-81112 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE:  17TH APRIL, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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Effect of Failure of an Adversary to Cross-Examine a Witness

CASE TITLE:  AKWA IBOM STATE GOVT v. UMANAH (2025) LPELR-81232(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 26TH MAY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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When is an Appeal or a Suit Academic?

CASE TITLE: OSAKPAMWAN v. RTEAN & ORS (2025) LPELR-81731(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JULY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: LABOUR LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: ABBA…

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Effect of Failure to Satisfactorily Trace Line of Succession in an Action for Declaration of Title to Land

CASE TITLE: ADESINA & ANOR v. OLADIPO & ORS (2025) LPELR-81560(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW…

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Conditions for a Successful Plea of Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam

CASE TITLE: GAJIBO v. MOHAMMED & ANOR (2025) LPELR-81540(CA) JUDGMENT DATE:  2ND JULY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: EVIDENCE LEAD JUDGMENT: UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY…

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Does an Administrator/Administratrix have Power to Administer the Property of a Deceased Person not Covered by a Letter of Administration

CASE TITLE:  ODUTOLA v. AJAO & ORS (2025) LPELR-81680(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND JULY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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