Principle Archive

The arbitral award shall exclude punitive damages and attorney's fees (except as expressly provided otherwise elsewhere in this contract) and shall contain written reasons upon which…

Where a court adjourns a case beyond a date when litigants have notice of the hearing, the court has a duty to notify the parties of…

A party cannot claim breach of fair hearing where he has wilfully absented himself from the hearing or failed to give evidence when called upon. The…

It is a matter within the court's discretion whether to grant an adjournment, but it must be exercised judicially and judiciously. Where defendants never appeared in…

The issue of jurisdiction is very fundamental as it goes to the competence of the court. If a court is not competent to entertain a matter,…

A dispute over money lent to a customer by a financial house is not within section 251(1)(d) of the 1999 Constitution over which the Federal High…

The law is settled that jurisdiction of a court is determined by the plaintiff's claim before the court.

Section 22(3) of the Federal High Court Act provides that no cause or matter shall be struck out by a State High Court on the ground…

Although the trial Federal High Court heard the appellant's application on the merits, it lacked jurisdiction. The proceedings, including the ruling, are a complete nullity leaving…

The law which supports a cause of action is not necessarily co-extensive with the law which confers jurisdiction. Substantive law for cause of action is the…

Once the court correctly held that the trial Judge failed to make any finding of fact on a material issue that cannot be determined without depending…

When an issue of fact is joined, the duty on the trial court is to consider the evidence called by parties on the issue joined.