Inordinate delay in asserting rights can defeat equity, especially where innocent third parties have acquired substantial interests for value in reliance on the delay.

A court of equity requires diligence; a 16-year delay in challenging a settlement is unreasonable and fatal to the case, as equity aids the vigilant, not…

A party is bound by a settlement agreement; attempting to reopen the matter after 16 years, having acquiesced in the settlement for an extended period, ought…

Parties to any action are bound by their pleadings, and anything outside the pleadings cannot be considered; a judgment that depends completely on matters not pleaded…

The mere registration of an instrument that does not have the necessary consent endorsed on it does not raise a presumption that the registrar was satisfied…

Under section 12(4) of the Nigerian Coal Corporation Act, prior ministerial approval is a condition precedent for any valid alienation of land by the Corporation; a…

Valuation of landed property based on pure investment portfolio calculation in a commercial bank is not proper evidence of value; the law does not permit evidence…

Registration of an instrument does not cure the defect arising from the absence of ministerial approval or consent; the party relying on the transaction has the…

General damages cannot stem from a loss that readily lends itself to quantification or assessment, such as the cost of repairs or replacement; such loss must…

When an issue not raised in the court below is sought to be raised as a fresh point in the Supreme Court, leave to do so…

There is no inhibition against bringing a substantive claim in foreign currency; it does not matter that a consequential order for execution is expressed in foreign…

The onus is on the party confronted with self-created contradictions to fully and properly explain them to the satisfaction of the court; failure to do so…