Order 6 Rule 10 of the Rules of the Court of Appeal relied upon by the respondent is only a rule of court, while section 36…

Failure to serve a process where service of process is required to be served renders any order made against the party not served with process null…

Where, however, a decision has been reached by a court and which decision, for some reasons (like in this appeal) is without jurisdiction and a nullity…

Where a court proceeds to determine the matter before it without a proper service, the proceeding would amount to a nullity. It is not only null…

The issue of jurisdiction can be raised for the first time in any court and at any stage of the proceedings and in the Supreme Court…

Consequently before a court can claim jurisdiction in any matter it must — (a) Be properly constituted as regards members and qualifications of the members of…

A ground of appeal and its particulars go together. Where the particulars in support of the ground are not related to the ground the ground is…

The option to appeal against the judgment delivered on 19/3/98 was very much open to the applicant as at 27/4/98 when he elected instead to bring…

Order 2 Rule 31 of the Supreme Court Rules provides for enlargement of time to appeal or/and to seek leave to appeal. The important factors to…

For this court to have jurisdiction to hear and determine an appeal before it, no leave is required where the grounds of appeal involves question of…

The law is therefore trite… that where the condition precedent to the exercise of the right of appeal is necessary but has not been fulfilled, there…

The court is required to examine thoroughly the grounds of appeal together with their particulars in order to see whether any of the grounds reveal a…