Courts do not act in vain but for a purpose, and the purpose must exist and be identifiable. Courts do not embark on academic exercise because…

Where an appeal has been overtaken by events and the event sought to be prevented has already occurred, the appeal is incompetent and will be dismissed…

Where the trial court based its exercise of discretion on matters extraneous to the issues before it, or failed to take relevant facts into consideration, the…

The Governor can revoke a right of occupancy only for overriding public interest. The holder must be notified in advance. Revocation does not include vesting it…

Section 5(2) may defeat existing rights to use and occupation but not vested rights unless such vested rights are first revoked under section 28 of the…

The right to use and occupation is one incident of a statutory right of occupancy, not the whole. The title holder has, apart from use and…

Upon the grant of a statutory right of occupancy under section 5(1), all existing rights to the use and occupation of the land which is the…

For a Certificate of Occupancy under the Land Use Act to be valid, there must not be in existence at the time the certificate was issued…

A party who seeks title to land and relies on traditional evidence must plead the root of his title and the names and history of his…

One of the recognised methods of proving title to land is by proof of possession of connected or adjacent land in circumstances rendering it probable that…

In a case of competing titles, once a plaintiff succeeds in tracing his title to a person whose title to ownership has been established, the onus…

Acquiescence is quiescence under circumstances where assent may reasonably be inferred. A high degree of acquiescence is required to obliterate the original owner's reversionary right. Acquiescence…