It cannot amount to anything else than a gross abuse and breach of the rules of natural justice for a writ of execution or attachment to…

All rules of court are made in aid of justice. The interest of justice must be given paramountcy over any rule compliance with which will lead…

Courts have insisted that parties should not be punished for the ignorance or mistake of their counsel. The injustice resulting to the litigant from such ignorance…

An order of retrial will be made where the trial court failed to determine vital issues by appraising and evaluating the evidence before it. The evidence…

An estoppel is an admission, or something which the law treats as equivalent to an admission, of an extremely high and conclusive nature—so high and conclusive…

If a man by words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in a false state of things, and the second believes and acts upon it,…

Where an objection is on locus standi, and not lack of reasonable cause of action, the preliminary objection should have come by way of order 23…

In the determination of locus standi, the plaintiff's statement of claim should be the only process that receives the attention of the court. A defendant who…

The defendants/appellants can only effectively challenge the plaintiff's claims by filing their own pleadings, i.e., the statement of defence, and joining issues. They cannot be permitted…

The appellant ignored the ruling of the court and the stay in place and proceeded to initiate processes at the High Court for execution and attachment…

If the door were left open for everyone who has fought and lost a case at the court of trial to bring new evidence on appeal,…

The three conditions stated in Asaboro v. Aruwaji must co-exist before a court would consider exercising its power to call fresh evidence on appeal.