The obvious implication of the mere endorsement of a Bill of Lading is that a court should be slow to reach a decision in limine as…

These 2 paragraphs have clearly shown the relationship between the appellants and the respondent in relation to the consignments involved i.e. pallets of paper which at…

In deciding whether the respondent has locus standi to sue the appellants in this case, it is necessary to examine the statement of claim of the…

Where a notice of appeal is defective in that there is no competent and valid ground of appeal in it, such defective notice of appeal cannot…

Fresh point will not ordinarily be entertained by the Supreme Court if it had not the benefit of the views of the Justices of the lower…

The issue he has raised in this ground is no doubt an issue of law and although he has not raised it in the Court of…

Where the ground of appeal is couched or framed in such a way as to incorporate or contain particulars of error or misdirection complained of and…

It is now argued that since the High Court of Lagos State had no jurisdiction and the ruling of the High Court had been set aside,…

I cannot see that the lower court has power to do that. Having found that the action was filed in a court which has no jurisdiction,…

The proceedings before the Lagos High Court having been set aside as a nullity, the order by the court below (Court of Appeal) transferring the matter…

The Court of Appeal having rightly found that the Lagos State High Court lacks the requisite jurisdiction to entertain the matter before it, has no right…

All the Court of Appeal ought to have done was to strike out the entire case.