The mortgagee selling under a power of sale must act in good faith and observe reasonable precautions to obtain not the "best price" but "a proper…

Undervalue alone is not enough to vitiate a mortgagee's exercise of power of sale. It must be shown that the sale was made at a fraudulent…

A Medical Officer in the service of a state undertaking a post-mortem examination is a pathologist, and his report is the certificate envisaged by section 41(1)(a)…

Medical evidence as to the cause of death is not an invariable essential requirement in all homicide cases. In the absence of medical evidence, the court…

A subsidiary legislation has the force of law. Under sections 72 and 73 of the Evidence Act, the court is obliged to take judicial notice of…

In road traffic offences, the slightest negligence on the part of the accused is sufficient to sustain a conviction.

Leaving one's lane for another when a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction, thereby causing a collision, is dangerous driving.

To prove dangerous driving causing death under sections 4 and 5(1) of the Federal Highways Act 1971, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt: (i) that…

The Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact by the two lower courts where they are not perverse or erroneous in substantive or…

Where one prosecution witness contradicts another on a material point, the prosecution must lay a foundation, such as showing the witness is hostile, before asking the…

For an inconsistency between an extra-judicial statement and testimony in court to discredit a witness, the inconsistency must be on a material issue. A mere discrepancy…

It has long been judicially recognised that conviction for murder can be sustained in the absence of corpus delicti where there is strong direct evidence.