"A successful plea of res judicata requires identity of parties or their privies. Where one suit is a representative action and the other is a personal action involving different individuals,...
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"It is well known that before this doctrine (of estoppel per rem judicatam) can operate, it must be shown that the parties, issues and subject matter were the same in...
"A party is bound by the case he sets up in his pleadings. It is for the plaintiff to prove the case set up by him. It is not for...
"In a claim for special damages, such as loss of specific future commissions, the claimant must plead with particularity and lead credible evidence to substantiate the claimed amounts. Belief or...
"There is no doubt that in an application for an interlocutory injunction, an applicant should inter alia satisfy the court that there is a serious question to be tried at...
"Undoubtedly the object of an interlocutory injunction is to protect an applicant against injury by violation of his right for which he cannot be adequately compensated in damages if the...
"It has been held in a number of cases ... that a court would be acting beyond its jurisdiction to grant reliefs not asked for by the claimant."
"The obligation (to repay) is imposed by the court simply under the circumstances of the case and on what the court decides is just and reasonable having regard to the...
"To grant the prayer (1) sought is to allow the applicant to use the judicial process to frustrate the respondent, a successful party, in the enjoyment of its victory achieved...
"Prayer (1) prays, in effect, that the judgment of this Court in Appeal No. SC. 186/1990 between the parties be stayed until the applicant's action (Suit No. E/125/92) filed in...