Prima facie, an Act deals with future and not with past events. If this were not so, the Act might annul rights already acquired, while the…

Where an enactment empowers a person to exercise certain powers when he is satisfied that such exercise of power is necessary, it is not right to…

Where the words of a document or an enactment are clear and not ambiguous, they should be given effect to. Where there is no conflict in…

When a party exercises his undoubted and constitutional right of appeal, that another and separate party to the proceedings in which the decision appealed against has…

It is manifest that section 9 confers power on the Governor to suspend or withdraw recognition of a Chief having regard to being satisfied of the…

Under the Chieftaincy Law, the appointment or selection of the chief is a matter for the Community whilst recognition is a matter for the State Governor.

It cannot be disputed, on the law, that the Military Governor under section 18(4) of the said law No. 11 of 1981 is fully entitled to…

I do not see any difficulty or ambiguity in construing the meaning of Sections 9 and 14 of the Chief's Law. It is plain that Section…

A judgment on the merits is a decision that was rendered on the basis of the evidence and facts introduced. It must be a decision made…

It is therefore clear that from the wording of the Act nobody acquires the status of the 'proprietor' unless that person, in relation to the trade…

No person shall be entitled to institute any proceeding to prevent, or to recover damages for, the infringement of an unregistered trade mark; but nothing in…

The record shows that the plaintiff did not specifically ask in its prayer for an injunction against passing off. And it is trite law that our…