December 3, 2024

1 thought on “Comparative Analysis of Statutory Intervention on Vicarious Liability Under Nigerian and English Laws

  1. Well written article. However the case of Ransome Kuti vs the AG Federation [1985] 2 NWLR (Pt 6) SC 211 which was suggested to be bad law may not be so. Some features in he case suggest this. First, the facts of the case occurred in 1977 before the 1979 Constitution came into force. Therefore the laws applicable to the case were the laws in force at the time, including the 1963 Constitution. See the opinion of Eso JSC at page 230 paragraph A-C of the NWLR report. Secondly also the cause of action in the case was in tort and at the time there was no equivalent provision to S.6 of the 1979 Constitution in the 1963 Constitution which was the one applicable.

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