The Supreme Court does not interfere with concurrent findings of fact made by the two courts below unless they are not justified by the evidence and…

Entries not subject to oral evidence or examined in court cannot be real evidence. The defect cannot be cured by the judge's examination of documents outside…

The record of proceedings not having been formally impeached, it is not open to this court to speculate that other things happened in the court of…

Once a statement of claim is filed, the writ of summons is no longer relevant. What was omitted from the writ can be inserted into the…

Stating that he is a native of a village is not enough, and that he has direct personal interest as a candidate for the stool. He…

Even where the evidence is unchallenged and uncontradicted, the trial court has a duty to evaluate it and be satisfied that it is credible and sufficient…

A claim for special damages to succeed must be proved strictly; the court is not entitled to make its own estimate. Strict proof means the claimant…

In an action for breach of contract, the measure of damages is the loss flowing naturally from the breach and incurred in direct consequence of the…

The court and the parties are bound by the record of appeal as certified and is presumed correct unless the contrary is proved. A party challenging…

The plaintiffs' grouse was that their land was acquired ostensibly for a public purpose but the defendants were using it for a private purpose by allocating…

A motion on demurrer should be brought before issue is joined on matters alleged in the statement of claim. However, if the parties have joined issue,…

By its nature, demurrer if successful can lead to the action being stopped in its tracks whatever the merits of claim. It is a peremptory defence…