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Whether Any Other Police Officer Other Than the Recorder of the Confessional Statement Can Tender It at Trial

CASE TITLE: ALI v. STATE (2024) LPELR-62370(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH JUNE, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: ITA…

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

CASE TITLE: OGBEBOR v. IHASEE (2024) LPELR-62380 (SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 7TH JUNE, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: STEPHEN JONAH…

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Can a Court Overrule Its Own Ruling on a Preliminary Objection?

CASE TITLE: FEMENE & ORS v. FRN & ANOR (2024) LPELR-61874(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 21ST MARCH, 2024 JUSTICES: JOSEPH OLUBUNMI KAYODE…

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Is an Employer Obligated to Provide Reasons for Terminating an Employee’s Contract of Employment?

CASE TITLE:  SKYE BANK PLC v. ADEGUN (2024) LPELR-62219(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH FEBRUARY, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: LABOUR LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: EMMANUEL…

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Can a Landlord Resort to Self-Help to Recover Possession of Premises?

CASE TITLE: BAWA v. ALI (2024) LPELR-62314(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 7TH JUNE, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: LANDLORD AND TENANT LEAD JUDGMENT: UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY…

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Whether ‘Power Holding Company of Nigeria (Benin Electricity Distribution Company)’ Is a Juristic Personality That Can Sue and Be Sued

CASE TITLE: OKHILUA v. PHCN (2024) LPELR-62331(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH JUNE, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: LATEEF ADEBAYO GANIYU,…

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Whether an Acknowledgment of Debt Must Explicitly Recognize the Debt or the Creditor’s Rights to Circumvent Limitation Laws

CASE TITLE: ONYEMA v. EDE & ANOR (2024) LPELR-61758(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 12TH MARCH, 2024 JUSTICES: ONYEKACHI AJA OTISI, JCAJAMES GAMBO…

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Circumstances That Warrant the Grant of an Order of Forfeiture Against a Customary Tenant

CASE TITLE:  UDALE v. AGBONIKA & ANOR (2024) LPELR-62187(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 2ND FEBRUARY, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: ADAMU…

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Concurrent Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court and State High Court as It Relates to Banker-Customer Relationship

CASE TITLE: IDI v. A-G. KANO STATE & ANOR (2024) LPELR-62158(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 26TH APRIL, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE LEAD…

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Position of the Law on the Capacity of Personal Representatives to Sue in Respect of the Estate of a Deceased

CASE TITLE: DIMKA v. KUPTONG & ANOR (2024) LPELR-62207(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 16TH MAY, 2024 PRACTICE AREA: WILLS AND PROBATE LEAD…

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