A respondent's notice under Order 3 rule 14 applies only where the respondent intends to retain the judgment but wants it varied. It is not available…

Under Regulation 52, where an opponent fails to file a statutory declaration, he is deemed to have abandoned his opposition unless the Registrar otherwise directs. The…

The exercise of discretion by the trial court may be reviewed on appeal, but an appellate court must not interfere unless the discretion was not exercised…

The court has inherent jurisdiction to dismiss an action for want of prosecution where there is default in compliance with an order of court or where…

Where there are concurrent findings of fact by the lower courts, the Supreme Court will not review the evidence a third time unless it has been…

If a party relies on and pleads a grant as his root of title, he must prove such grant. Where the radical title pleaded is not…

Once a party pleads and traces his root of title to a particular person or family, he must establish how that person also came to have…

Evidence contrary to pleadings should never be admitted. Even if admitted without objection, it is the court's duty to treat it as if it had never…

A statement to the police by a witness who does not testify at trial is inadmissible hearsay. It cannot be admitted to prove the truth of…

Where the record shows that the charge was read, interpreted, and explained to the accused in a language he understood, and the judge was satisfied before…

Where inadmissible evidence is admitted, the appellate court must consider whether the trial judge would have reached the same decision without it. If it is impossible…

The death penalty and its method of execution is lawful and valid as sanctioned by sections 30(1) and 31(1)(a) of the 1979 Constitution.