Where competing interests claim title from a common grantor, the interests rank in order of their creation based on the maxim qui prior est tempore potior…

A certificate of occupancy is prima facie evidence of title, but it will give way to a better title.

Non-payment of tribute or rent may not necessarily constitute misconduct or misbehaviour to result in forfeiture, but combined with other acts, such non-payment becomes a clear…

Forfeiture is the usual mode of determining a customary tenancy. The real basis of misconduct rendering the tenancy liable to forfeiture is the challenge to the…

The proper procedure for seeking relief against forfeiture is not by merely asking for relief in pleadings. The tenant may initiate a claim by writ or…

A case does not lose its value as a judicial precedent on the ground of age. The older a case, the maturer it is. Lower courts…

Under common law, an employer is entitled to bring the appointment of his employee to an end for any reason or no reason at all. So…

Two vital ingredients must co-exist for employment to have statutory flavour: (1) the employer must be a body set up by statute; (2) the stabilising statute…

Before employment can have statutory flavour, the statute must expressly make it so. A regulation with statutory flavour must be enacted by Parliament as a schedule…

For employment to have statutory flavour, the rules and regulations relied upon must: (1) have statutory reinforcement or be mandatory; (2) be directly applicable to the…

Conditions of service drawn up and approved by a statutory corporation are not statutory regulations nor are they given any statutory authentication. They do not have…

The issue of jurisdiction can be raised at any time without leave of court. It can be taken even on appeal and before judgment. The court…