A statute should always be looked at as a whole. When section 4(2) is read along with section 51(1), the appellant's argument becomes flat and unsustainable.

Principle Statement: Where a contributory brings a petition for winding up on just and equitable grounds and the trial court is of the opinion that the…

The practice of granting diplomatic immunity to States has been extended to government naval ships, properties, and government servants acting in their official capacities. However, such…

 A petition for winding up on just and equitable grounds must show: (1) that as a contributory, the Petitioner has no other remedy apart from winding…

It is the adjudicatory function of an appellate court to correct errors of the trial court, and as long as such errors emanate from the Record,…

A contributory has been defined as every person liable to contribute to the assets of a company in the event of its being wound up, for…

The Court of Appeal has been vested with ample powers such that it can hear an appeal before it by way of a re-hearing and can…

By virtue of Section 16 of the Court of Appeal Act, the Court of Appeal has all the powers of the High Court in any appeal…

Where there is a contract regulating any arrangement between the parties, the main duty of the court is to interpret that contract to give effect to…

Parties, as owners of their cases, are in the best position to know their claims or reliefs, and courts cannot go outside the claims or reliefs…

If from the intentional act of injury committed the probability of death resulting is high, the finding should be that the accused intended to cause death…

Where a plaintiff exercises his right to discontinue an action under the first limb of Order 23 Rule 1—where leave is not required—the court has no…