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Application of the Doctrine of Stare Decisis

CASE TITLE: SUIMING ELECTRICAL LTD v. FRN & ORS (2025) LPELR-80179(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CASE LAW LEAD…

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Whether a Bank is Bound to obey the Mandate of a Customer

CASE TITLE: ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES v. POLARIS BANK LTD & ANOR (2025) LPELR-80188(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 17TH JANUARY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: LIMITATION…

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Is an Employer Bound to Give Reasons for Dismissing an Employee?

CASE TITLE: DAMISA v. UBA (2025) LPELR-80096(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 17TH JANUARY, 2025 JUSTICES: UWANI MUSA ABBA AJIADAMU JAUROCHIOMA EGONDU NWOSU-IHEMEOBANDE…

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Order of Priority Where Two Contending Parties Lay Claim to a Land Allegedly Allocated to Them by a Common Grantor

CASE TITLE: EDOH v. OMOROGIEVA & ANOR (2025) LPELR-80012(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 21ST JANUARY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: MUHAMMAD…

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Does The Failure to Deliver a Judgment Within the Time Limit Stipulated Automatically Render it a Nullity?

CASE TITLE: KADUNA & ORS v. ATOSHI & ORS (2025) LPELR-80100(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND JANUARY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE…

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Right of a Defendant to be Allowed to Recall Witnesses who have Testified Before the Amendment of a Charge

CASE TITLE: MOHAMMED v. FRN (2025) LPELR-80091(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2025PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURELEAD JUDGMENT: UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU,…

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When does a Legislator become Entitled to Salaries, Allowance, and Emoluments?

CASE TITLE: UZONWANNE v. SPEAKER, IMO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY & ORS (2024) LPELR-61934(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH MARCH, 2024 JUSTICES:…

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Principles Governing the Acquisition of Valid Title to Land in Accordance with Bini Customary Law

CASE TITLE: OSAIGBOVO v. EKHATOR (2024) LPELR-73237(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 15TH NOVEMBER, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM SIRAJO,…

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Does the Federal High Court Have Jurisdiction to Hear Chieftaincy Matters?

CASE TITLE: KANO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY & ANOR v. AGUNDI & ORS (2025) LPELR-80007(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH JANUARY, 2025…

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Can a Conviction for Culpable Homicide be Secured in the Absence of the Body of the Deceased?

CASE TITLE: LAWAL v. STATE (2025) LPELR-80000(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH JANUARY, 2025PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURELEAD JUDGMENT: MUSLIM SULE HASSAN,…

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