Where plaintiffs were not authorised to sue by the persons they purport to represent, or where their competency to sue in a representative capacity is successfully…

Where a plaintiff claiming a declaration of title succeeds in proving the boundaries and title to a smaller parcel of such land, he is entitled to…

Acts of possession and enjoyment of land may be evidence of ownership not only of the particular land but also of other land so situated or…

A court is without power to grant to a party a relief or remedy which he has not claimed or which is more than he has…

To establish negligence, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant owed him a duty of care, and that he suffered damage as a consequence of the…

The Electricity (Supply) Regulations 1958 apply to high tension cables carrying electric current above 6,600 volts. The provisions of sections 2, 126(1), and 127 of the…

The Supreme Court has no duty to interfere with concurrent findings of fact by the two lower courts unless they are shown to be perverse.

A contradiction between shoe and slippers is not fundamental so as to affect the identity of the appellant based on the totality of the evidence. What…

When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act…

The jurisdiction to entertain any suit alleging violation of fundamental rights can only be exercised by a High Court in accordance with the provisions of section…

There is nothing in the 1979 Constitution that renders the death penalty under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code of Lagos State unconstitutional. Sections 30(1), 213(2)(d),…

For a valid arraignment, the accused must be placed before the court unfettered, the charge must be read and explained to his satisfaction by the registrar,…