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APPELLATE PRACTICE — Leave to Appeal — Interlocutory Appeal on Mixed Law and Facts — Requirement of Leave
Garuba & Ors v. Omokhodion & Ors (2011) NLC-123-3-2011(SC)
5761
Principles
53
Areas of Law
26
Years Covered
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APPELLATE PRACTICE — Issues for Determination — Requirement to Arise from Grounds of Appeal and Ratio Decidendi
Garuba & Ors v. Omokhodion & Ors (2011) NLC-123-3-2011(SC)
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APPELLATE PRACTICE — Grounds of Appeal — Distinction Between Law and Mixed Law and Facts — Determining Nature of Ground
Garuba & Ors v. Omokhodion & Ors (2011) NLC-123-3-2011(SC)
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APPELLATE PRACTICE — Grounds of Appeal — Attacking Ratio Decidendi — Necessity for Ground to Arise from Judgment
Garuba & Ors v. Omokhodion & Ors (2011) NLC-123-3-2011(SC)
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ELECTORAL LAW — Substitution of Candidates — Cogent and Verifiable Reasons — Reason “without enough information” is not cogent or verifiable
Bwacha v. Ikenya & Ors (2011) NLC-123-39-2010(SC)
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CIVIL PROCEDURE — Issue Estoppel — Necessary Parties — Requirement that parties must be same in previous and current proceedings for issue estoppel to apply
Bwacha v. Ikenya & Ors (2011) NLC-123-39-2010(SC)
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LAND LAW — Traditional Evidence — Conflicting Traditional Histories — Resolution by Reference to Recent Acts of Possession
Momoh & Ors v. Umoru & Ors (2011) NLC-123-63-2004(SC)
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LAND LAW — Declaration of Title to Land — Burden of Proof — Plaintiff Must Succeed on Strength of Own Case
Momoh & Ors v. Umoru & Ors (2011) NLC-123-63-2004(SC)
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EVIDENCE LAW — Survey Plan — Court’s Power to Examine — Non-Surveyor May Criticise
Momoh & Ors v. Umoru & Ors (2011) NLC-123-63-2004(SC)
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EVIDENCE LAW — Findings of Fact — Perversity — Definition
Momoh & Ors v. Umoru & Ors (2011) NLC-123-63-2004(SC)
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APPELLATE PRACTICE — Concurrent Findings — Interference by Supreme Court — When Justified
Momoh & Ors v. Umoru & Ors (2011) NLC-123-63-2004(SC)