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EVIDENCE LAW — Presumptions — Documents Over Twenty Years Old — Presumption of Genuineness Under Section 123 of the Evidence Act
Ayanwale v. Odusami (2011) NLC-123-90-2004(SC)
5761
Principles
53
Areas of Law
26
Years Covered
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Confessional Statement — Effect of Retraction on Already Admitted Statement
FRN v. Iweka (2011) NLC-123-454-2010(SC)
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — Prosecution — Duty to Call Witnesses — Not Required to Call Every Witness
FRN v. Iweka (2011) NLC-123-454-2010(SC)
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EVIDENCE LAW — Confessional Statement — Trial-within-Trial — When Not Required
FRN v. Iweka (2011) NLC-123-454-2010(SC)
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EVIDENCE LAW — Confessional Statement — Sufficiency for Conviction — Direct, Positive and Unequivocal Admission
FRN v. Iweka (2011) NLC-123-454-2010(SC)
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EVIDENCE LAW — Confessional Statement — Admissibility — When Objection to Voluntariness Must Be Raised
FRN v. Iweka (2011) NLC-123-454-2010(SC)
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EVIDENCE LAW — Certified Public Documents — Non-Certification of Record of Appeal — Effect
FAAN v. Wamal Express Services [Nig] Ltd (2011) NLC-123-239-2003(SC)
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APPELLATE PRACTICE — Preliminary Objection — Duty of Court to Consider Pending Processes
FAAN v. Wamal Express Services [Nig] Ltd (2011) NLC-123-239-2003(SC)
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CIVIL PROCEDURE — Undefended List Procedure — Triable Issue — Conflicting Affidavit Evidence Necessitates Transfer to General Cause List
FAAN v. Wamal Express Services [Nig] Ltd (2011) NLC-123-239-2003(SC)
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CIVIL PROCEDURE — Undefended List Procedure — Debt or Liquidated Money Demand — Claim Rooted in Negligence Not Suitable for Undefended List
FAAN v. Wamal Express Services [Nig] Ltd (2011) NLC-123-239-2003(SC)
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EVIDENCE LAW — Prosecution — Duty to Call Witnesses — Not Obliged to Call Host of Witnesses
Ochib v. State (2011) NLC-123-270-2010(SC)
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EVIDENCE LAW — Proof to the Hilt Not Required — Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt Sufficient
Ochib v. State (2011) NLC-123-270-2010(SC)