A party claiming family ownership of property must identify the origin and status of the property and lead credible evidence as to how it is owned…

A contract for the sale of land under customary law does not require writing as a prerequisite for a valid disposition. Payment of purchase price and…

Where a trial court properly evaluates evidence and makes findings fully supported by the evidence and not perverse, the appellate court cannot substitute its own views.…

Where the evaluation of evidence leading to a trial judge's finding is perverse (not borne out by the evidence), an appellate judge may reverse that evaluation…

Failure to cross-examine a witness on a material point amounts to tacit acceptance of the truth of that evidence. It is improper for a defendant not…

Under section 224 of the 1979 Constitution, an appeal lies as of right from the Customary Court of Appeal to the Court of Appeal only on…

A decision is on a question of customary law when it involves determining what the relevant customary law is and applying it. Where parties agree on…

Section 224(1) of the 1979 Constitution confers a right of appeal as of right on questions of customary law. It does not provide for appeal with…

An omnibus ground dealing purely with facts and weight of evidence is not a question of customary law. There cannot be an appeal as of right…

The conditions in section 222 are not exhaustive. The National Assembly may enact laws that add to or edify the conditions, as long as they are…

Recognition, registration, and eligibility are distinct concepts. Registration is the process of recording existence and providing evidence of compliance with section 222. The power to register…

Where the Constitution exhaustively enacts conditions for doing a thing, no legislation can alter those conditions unless the Constitution itself expressly authorises it. The National Assembly…