Marriage is regarded as a very sacred institution both in our jurisprudence and in our sociology. Accordingly an agreement to enter into a marriage should leave…

It is trite law that pleadings simpliciter not supported by evidence cannot be accepted as evidence and is deemed abandoned.

A party who has judgment in his favour and who has not cross-appealed or who has not taken out a respondent's notice is not entitled to…

It is trite law that where the findings of trial court and indeed the concurrent findings of the Judge and the Court of Appeal are perverse,…

It is a fundamental requirement of the law that before the plea of estoppel per rem judicatam can succeed, it must be clearly shown that the…

I have carefully read through the record myself and my irresistible conclusion is that the lower courts were right in their rejection of the plea of…

To sustain a plea of 'res judicata', the party pleading it must satisfy the following conditions: (1) The parties (or their privies) are the same in…

An order or decision is final when it finally disposes of the rights of the parties, that is to say, the decision or order given by…

Where a hearing of any action is taken in parts under a rule of court permitting such procedure, a decision reached in such hearing is regarded…

No witness who has given on oath material inconsistent evidence is entitled to the honour of credibility. Such a witness does not deserve to be treated…

It is quite settled that section 149(d) of the Evidence Act is concerned with the withholding of evidence and not with the failure of a party…

The mere fact that a transaction is reduced into writing does not exclude oral evidence of that transaction in proof thereof subject to section 132(1) of…