The judgment of the trial court was perverse for being contrary to evidence on the identity of the land in dispute. The court below applied the…

Though it is desirable to tie issues formulated to grounds of appeal, failure to do so may not necessarily result in the issues being struck out,…

The plaintiffs failed to prove the essential ingredients of their claim, particularly the customary law governing the chieftaincy title, which is the pivot on which the…

Unless there are special circumstances shown, the Supreme Court will not disturb concurrent findings of fact made by the trial court and the Court of Appeal.

The appraisal of oral evidence and ascription of probative values is the primary duty of a trial court. An appellate court will interfere only if the…

An appeal dismissed under Order 6 Rule 10 of the Court of Appeal Rules cannot be re-listed. Its life terminates and it is removed from the…

An appeal dismissed on the ground of failure to file appellant's brief of argument is final. The appeal so dismissed cannot be revived.

Once the Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal for want of prosecution due to appellant's failure to file a brief of argument, that court is…

This is a proper case for substitution to protect the interest of the family or ruling house that presented the original appellant for the Obaship, particularly…

For a claim to qualify as fundamental rights enforcement, the principal relief sought must be for the enforcement of a fundamental right. It must not be…

Where the judgment on appeal affects the rights of the family and the interest of justice demands that a family member be substituted for a deceased…

Where fundamental rights are invaded not by government agencies but by ordinary individuals, such victims have rights against the individual perpetrators as they would have against…