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Whether Judgment Can Be Given in Favour or against a Dead Person

CASE TITLE: MAINSTREET BANK REGISTRARS LTD v. OGUNDIMU (2022) LPELR-57273(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 6TH APRIL, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL LAW. LEAD JUDGMENT: MUHAMMAD…

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Ingredient(s) of the Offence of Child Destruction

CASE TITLE: IBRAHIM v. C.O.P (2022) LPELR-57112(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 23RD FEBRUARY, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: MUDASHIRU NASIRU…

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Whether a Property Incorporated into a Will By a Residuary Clause Can Be Said to Have Fallen into Intestacy

CASE TITLE: OMONUWA v. EDEGBE & ORS (2022) LPELR-57135(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 15TH MARCH, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: WILLS AND PROBATE LEAD JUDGMENT: JAMES…

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When a Person Will Be Charged, Tried, Convicted and Sentenced for the Offences of Armed Robbery and Brigandage

CASE TITLE: BELLO v. STATE (2022) LPELR-57195(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 1ST APRIL, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE. LEAD JUDGMENT: EBIOWEI TOBI,…

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Whether Defection of a Governor/Deputy Governor from the Political Party on the Platform of Which They Were Elected Can Be a Ground for Removal from Office

CASE TITLE:                         SENATOR SONI OGBUOJI & ORS v. ENGR DAVID NWEZE UMAHI & ORS (2022) LPELR-57166(CA) JUDGMENT DATE:          …

3 years ago

Which Court Has Jurisdiction to Entertain a Garnishee Proceeding against the Central Bank Of Nigeria

CASE TITLE:                         CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA v. ACCESS BANK PLC & ORS (2022) LPELR-57017(CA) JUDGMENT DATE:           10TH MARCH,…

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Effect of Failure to Exhaust the Internal Remedies of a Party before Instituting an Action in Court

CASE TITLE: PDP & ORS v. NWEBONYI & ORS (2022) LPELR-57144(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 17TH FEBRUARY, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: ELECTORAL MATTERS LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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Whether an Adulterer Must be Joined in an Action for Dissolution of Marriage on the Grounds of Adultery

CASE TITLE: UMAR v. UMAR (2022) LPELR-57114(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND FEBRUARY, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: MATRIMONIAL CAUSES LEAD JUDGMENT: YUSUF ALHAJI BASHIR, J.C.A.…

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Nature of an Order of Certiorari

CASE TITLE: JAMAARE v. JAMAARE & ORS (2022) LPELR-57113(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND MARCH, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. LEAD JUDGMENT: MUDASHIRU NASIRU…

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Power of the Legislature to Make/Amend Laws; Power of the Courts where a Statute is Enacted in Breach of the Constitution

CASE TITLE: NWOKEDI v. ANAMBRA STATE GOVT & ANOR (2022) LPELR-57033(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH FEBRUARY, 2022 PRACTICE AREA: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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