APPELLATE PRACTICE — Suo Motu Decision — Raising Issue Not Pleaded Without Hearing Parties May 7, 2026 Appellate Practice
APPELLATE PRACTICE — Issue Formulation — Issue Must Arise from Grounds of Appeal May 7, 2026 Appellate Practice
APPELLATE PRACTICE — Error in Judgment — Substantial Error Required to Interfere May 7, 2026 Appellate Practice
CIVIL PROCEDURE — Judgment and Orders — Nature of Orders — Certainty requirement for court orders May 7, 2026 Civil Procedure
BANKING LAW — Banker-Customer Relationship — Consolidation of Accounts — Whether a bank can consolidate its customers’ accounts May 7, 2026 Banking Law
APPELLATE PRACTICE — Findings of Fact — When Appellate Court may interfere with perverse findings May 7, 2026 Appellate Practice
APPELLATE PRACTICE — Findings of Fact — Attitude of Appellate Court to findings of fact by trial court May 7, 2026 Appellate Practice
LAND LAW — Possession — Long Enjoyment — Presumption That Long Enjoyment Indicates Legal Origin May 7, 2026 Land Law
CUSTOMARY LAW — Benin Customary Law — Powers of Eldest Son as Trustee — Sale of Family Land by Eldest Son Before Performance of Second Burial May 7, 2026 Customary Law
CUSTOMARY LAW — Benin Customary Law — Inheritance Rights — Second Burial Rites as Condition Precedent for Vesting of Igiogbe May 7, 2026 Customary Law