State lands held in trust for public purposes cannot be sold as fee simple absolute without express statutory authorisation. Without such authorisation, the purported sale is…

Only a party to a contract can sue for its cancellation. A non-party to a contract cannot ask for its cancellation or abrogation.

Any provision of law that gives extraordinary powers of compulsory acquisition of citizens' properties must be construed strictly against the proferens (the party invoking it).

The court has jurisdiction to pronounce not on the power of a Military Governor to make an Edict, but on whether an Edict is inconsistent with…

Section 6(6)(d) ousted jurisdiction only to determine issues of legislative competence of any authority to promulgate any law. It did not prohibit determining the validity of…

No property shall be compulsorily acquired except under a law that requires payment of adequate compensation and gives the claimant a right of access to the…

Customary law is the organic or living law of the indigenous people. It is a question of fact to be proved by evidence or judicial notice…

If a nomination or selection is void (not in accordance with custom), nothing can stand on it, including any subsequent installation.

A declaratory relief is a discretionary remedy which will be refused where the plaintiff fails to establish his alleged entitlement to the satisfaction of the court.

Where a trial court fails to make findings on specific issues of fact and consequently fails to resolve issues that arise in the pleadings, the proper…

An order of retrial should not be made where it only serves the purpose of giving the losing party an opportunity to prove afresh what it…

If the original suit and the counter-claim arose out of the same set of facts or transactions, it is desirable to hear them together. If the…