land law

Purpose of a Power of Attorney

CASE TITLE: GIDADO v. LAWAN (2024) LPELR-62724(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 6TH AUGUST, 2024PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: ITA GEORGE MBABA, J.C.A. SUMMARY…

3 months ago

Whether a Piece of Evidence Previously Acceptable under the Evidence Act be Declared Inadmissible by a Bill Passed by the State House of Assembly

CASE TITLE: ADERETI & ORS v. OKE (2024) LPELR-61523(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH JANUARY, 2024PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: YUSUF ALHAJI BASHIR, J.C.A.…

10 months ago

How to Prove Communal Ownership of Land

CASE TITLE:  OBI & ORS v. OBELE & ORS (2023) LPELR-60804(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 31ST JULY, 2023 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD…

12 months ago

What A Claimant Relying on Inheritance as His Root of Title Must Prove

CASE TITLE: EKHAGUERE & ORS v. IZIBIRI & ANOR (2023) LPELR-60996(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: JUNE 13, 2023PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: SYBIL…

1 year ago

Whether A Third Party Can Challenge the Appointment of An Agent by The Master

CASE TITLE: MUBECO PETROLEUM CO. LTD. v. FBN PLC & ORS (2023) LPELR-61113(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURELEAD…

1 year ago

Nature Of Traditional Evidence In Relation To Proof Of Title To Land

CASE TITLE: AKPA V. OMO-OKENYI & ANOR (2023) LPELR-61079 (CA)JUDGMENT DATE: JULY 25, 2023PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAWLEAD JUDGMENT: ABDUL-AZEEZ WAZIRI,…

1 year ago

WHETHER A COUNTER CLAIMANT IN AN ACTION FOR DECLARATION OF TITLE TO LAND CAN DISPUTE THE IDENTITY OF LAND

CASE TITLE: MUSA v. BAPPAH & ORS (2021) LPELR-55223(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 22ND JULY, 2021 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: JUMMAI HANNATU…

3 years ago

WHETHER IT IS DESIRABLE THAT A PARTY CLAIMING TITLE TO LAND VIA TRADITIONAL EVIDENCE BE CALLED AS A WITNESS

CASE TITLE: NGARA & ANOR v. OTAJI (2021) LPELR-54778(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 17TH JUNE, 2021 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: MOHAMMED BABA…

3 years ago

HOW TO ESTABLISH VALID SALE OF LAND UNDER NATIVE LAW AND CUSTOM

CASE TITLE: YUSUF v. OGUNLANA (2021) LPELR-54522(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 2 JUNE, 2020 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW. LEAD JUDGMENT: FOLASADE AYODEJI OJO, J.C.A. SUMMARY…

3 years ago

WHETHER A PERSON IS AT LIBERTY TO GIVE OUT HIS PROPERTIES AS HE PLEASES

CASE TITLE: ULEGEDE v. MBAPUUN (2021) LPELR-54205(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 18TH MAY, 2021 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW. LEAD JUDGMENT: YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR, J.C.A. SUMMARY…

3 years ago