Where an act is willed and deliberate, the defence of accident is unavailable; the accused would be rightly convicted of manslaughter.

It has always been the law that if a man strikes another without their consent intending to harm or hurt them, although not to kill them,…

Where the act which a person is engaged in performing is unlawful, then if at the same time it is a dangerous act (an act likely…

To secure a conviction for murder, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the death of the deceased was caused directly or indirectly by the…

Where there are contradictions in the evidence of prosecution witnesses on material facts, such contradictions ought to be explained to the satisfaction of the court by…

An arbitrator may proceed with a reference in the absence of one of the parties if they do not choose to attend; the party ought to…

There must be grounds for supposing bias; materials before the court must be such that could debar the arbitrator from acting; to hold otherwise would open…

A statutory provision not having been modified by the Governor pursuant to section 274 of the Constitution is void for inconsistency; the provision is therefore inconsistent…

Where the conflicts are not material to the case or where the facts are inadmissible in evidence, the court should not be saddled with the responsibility…

When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act…

A confession is an admission made at any time by a person charged with a crime, stating or suggesting the inference that he committed that crime.

Evidence of a statement made to a witness by a person who is not himself called as a witness may or may not be hearsay; it…