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Validity of a Contract Entered into by Joint Administrators of an Estate without the Concurrence of all the Representatives

CASE TITLE: HON. ESEME SUNDAY EYIBOH v. DAHIRU SHEIKH MUJADDADI & ORS (2021) LPELR-57110(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: FRIDAY, 10TH DECEMBER, 2021…

3 years ago

Whether the Creation of the National Industrial Court is Constitutional

CASE TITLE: YENGE v. PRESIDENT FRN & ANOR (2022) LPELR-57510(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH APRIL, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: STEPHEN…

3 years ago

Whether a Principal Can Be Bound by Unauthorized Acts of the Agent

CASE TITLE: SALBODI GROUP LTD & ANOR v. DOYIN INVESTMENT (NIG) LTD & ORS (2022) LPELR-57458(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 28TH APRIL,…

3 years ago

Whether a Body Such as the Hisbah Can Arrest and Investigate a Person Caught Committing an Offence

CASE TITLE: BALA v. STATE (2022) LPELR-57475(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 6TH MAY, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: ITA GEORGE…

3 years ago

Must an Application for the Enforcement of Fundamental Rights of an Applicant who Has Been Charged for a Criminal Offence Be Filed at the Same Court He was Charged In

CASE TITLE: PAUL ITEH v. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) (2022) LPELR-57438(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 12TH APRIL, 2022 JUSTICES: HAMMA…

3 years ago

Whether a Citizen or a Voter Has the Locus Standi to Institute an Action to Have His Preferred Candidate Participate in an Election

CASE TITLE: PDP v. EDEDE & ANOR (2022) LPELR-57480(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH MAY, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: ELECTORAL MATTERS LEAD JUDGMENT: HAMMA AKAWU…

3 years ago

Position of the Law on Termination of Employment with Statutory Flavour

CASE TITLE: EKSU & ORS v. FAJEMBOLA & ORS (2022) LPELR-57501(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH APRIL, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: LABOUR LAW LEAD JUDGMENT:…

3 years ago

Effect of Failure of a Plaintiff and a Defendant to Prove their Root of Title to Land

CASE TITLE: NJIMOGU v. OKPE (2022) LPELR-57425(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 28TH APRIL, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, J.C.A.…

3 years ago

Right to Legal Representation in a Trial for a Capital Offence

This appeal borders on the constitutional right to legal representation of an accused in a trial for a capital offence.…

3 years ago

Whether Local Government Elections Are Appealable to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court

CASE TITLE: BARR ILIYA IBN ALIYU v. ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS & ORS (2022) LPELR-57345(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 18TH FEBRUARY, 2022 JUSTICES:…

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