A court is not bound by the evidence of a medical doctor, particularly when the evidence is contradictory in some material particular. A witness who lied…

To sustain a conviction for manslaughter, it must be established beyond reasonable doubt that it was the act of the accused that caused the death of…

Alibi is a defence seeking to persuade the court that the accused could not possibly be at the scene as he was somewhere else where people…

Where an accused person is unequivocally pinned to the locus in quo as one committing the offence, the defence of alibi no more avails the accused.…

One condition giving a court jurisdiction is that the action is initiated by due process of law. Where leave was not obtained before filing a cross-appeal,…

When a witness's evidence is of obvious exaggerated proportions entering the realm of fantasy or affront to intelligence or reckless, it should be ignored, consigned to…

Where an accused acted under an honest and reasonable belief in a state of situation which if true would have justified the act, he may set…

The test of honest belief for defence of mistake rests on whether the accused honestly and in good faith made a mistake without fault or negligence.…

The Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact of the two courts below, unless there is some miscarriage of justice or a violation…

Section 3 raises certain presumptions and ensures the writer is identified or traced where doubt or denial exists about statements made by the illiterate. The protection…

The requirement that the writer of a document signed or thumb-printed by an illiterate person must write his name in the jurat has been held to…

It is elementary and settled law that a court will not normally grant any relief to a party which has not been specifically claimed.