The plaintiff pleaded that he was in possession of the land in dispute at the time when the defendant entered thereon to excavate laterite. The plaintiff…

It is trite law that trespass to land is actionable at the suit of the person in possession of the land. That person can sue for…

In the absence of a direct pronouncement by the Supreme Court on the point therefore, I am inclined to the view of the learned trial judge…

It is settled law that where a respondent filed neither cross appeal nor respondent's notice, he does not have an unrestrained or unbridled freedom to raising…

Any issue not based on any ground of appeal is incompetent and is liable to be struck out. Issues for determination must be distilled from grounds…

It is settled law that where the party offers no evidence in defence of the case of the plaintiff, the burden placed on the plaintiff is…

It is settled law that where a person personally guarantees the liability of a third party by entering into a contract of guarantee or suretyship, a…

The trite position of the law of pleading is that where an averment has not been supported by evidence, that averment is deemed abandoned and must…

The trite position of the law here, too, is that any evidence that is unchallenged or uncontroverted, the trial court has a duty to act on…

The duty of appraising evidence given at a trial court is pre-eminently that of the court that saw and heard the witnesses, and it is also…

The agreement allowed the plaintiff/appellant two weeks from the date of signing the contract within which to commence work on the site. That period of two…

It is trite law that in matters of contract in which the terms and conditions of the contract were embodied in a written document, the parties…