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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…

4 months ago

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…

4 months ago

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. …

4 months ago

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…

4 months ago

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…

4 months ago

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,…

5 months ago

Can the Court Make an Order Against or in Favour of a Person Who is Not a Party to a Suit?

CASE TITLE: FIDELITY BANK PLC v. SAGECOM CONCEPTS LTD. & ANOR (2025) LPELR-81172(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH APRIL, 2025PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURELEAD…

5 months ago

Whether The Law Permits the Filing of a Joint Notice of Appeal in Criminal Matters

CASE TITLE: AUWAL & ORS v. FRN (2025) LPELR-81274(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 16TH MAY, 2025PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURELEAD JUDGMENT: MOHAMMED…

5 months ago

Whether Banks can Unilaterally Place a Restriction on the Account of a Customer Without a Court Order

CASE TITLE: FBN PLC & ANOR V. DKN INVESTMENT LTD. & ANOR LPELR-80878(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 9TH APRIL, 2025JUSTICES: MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM SIRAJO,…

5 months ago

Quarantine and Liberties: Were Rights Sacrificed in the Name of Safety?

CASE TITLE: OKORO v. NCDC & ORS (2025) LPELR-80676(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 19TH MARCH, 2025 JUSTICES: MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM SIRAJO, J.C.A.LATEEF ADEBAYO…

5 months ago