If a preliminary objection was upheld, the implication is that the application was incompetent. The court below, having upheld the preliminary objection, was justified in striking…

A careful perusal of the judgment of the court below leaves no one in doubt that the subject-matter adjudicated upon was the judgment of the High…

The court below, having upheld the defendant's preliminary objection, was right to have struck out the plaintiffs' application. By so doing, the appeal dated 7/5/99 had…

Before invoking Order 1 rule 20(7) of the Court of Appeal Rules, there must first be a valid notice of appeal on the final judgment. It…

Grounds of appeal, to be valid, must complain about the judgment of the court. Where grounds do not complain about the judgment, they merely gallivant in…

A valid notice of appeal can be likened to a key by which entry is gained into a house; without the right key, the door remains…

All suits for specific performance or upon breach of any contract may be commenced and determined in the judicial division in which such a contract ought…

The determination of where a state has its business place ought to be determined by the provisions of section 3(3) of the Constitution, which states that…

Service on the liaison office of the 1st appellant, if there is service at all, is proper personal service on the appellants.

A court is competent to exercise jurisdiction where: (1) the court is properly constituted; (2) the subject-matter is within its jurisdiction; and (3) the case comes…

The question of jurisdiction, being radically fundamental, can be raised at any stage of the proceedings and even for the first time in the Supreme Court.

For a statement of claim to disclose a reasonable cause of action, it must set out the legal rights of the plaintiffs and the obligations of…