Where a public authority through its statutory agent represents to a former lessee by written instrument that it has released the property to them, it cannot…

Negligence is not an ingredient of the offense of stealing; Section 383 of the Criminal Code sets out six intents which must be proved to sustain…

It is a general principle of law that an accused person cannot be convicted of conspiracy where they have been acquitted of committing the substantive offense.

The issue of the voluntariness of a statement is tested at the point the statement is being tendered.

Circumstantial evidence, to support conviction, must be unequivocal and positive and irresistibly point at the guilt of the accused person; there must be no other co-existing…

Contradictions in evidence for the prosecution must be material and substantial enough to create doubt, the benefit of which must be given to the accused person;…

The prosecution is not obliged to call all witnesses so long as their case can be proved; on the evidence before the trial court, if the…

The cause of action generally accrues on the date on which the incident giving rise to the cause of action occurs; under section 11(1) of the…

Negotiation by the parties does not prevent or stop time from running.

The jurisdiction of the High Court was ousted by the proviso to Section 9(1) of the High Court Law only where the issue of family status…

A party who is aware of an order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, whether valid or null, regular or irregular, cannot be permitted…

A grant or sale of family property by the principal members of the family without the consent of the head of the family is void ab…