Principle Archive

The Civil Service Commission is a creation of statute. For its dismissal to be intra vires, it must comply strictly with all the Rules governing dismissal…

If any witnesses are called to give evidence, the officer shall be entitled to be present and to put questions to the witnesses. There is nothing…

Employment with statutory backing must be terminated in the way and manner prescribed by the relevant statute. Any other manner of termination inconsistent therewith is null…

Rule 04107 provides that a public servant may only be dismissed in accordance with the Rules. A query must precede the setting up of an investigation…

It was not the Commission that investigated the respondent. It was his accuser – the Ministry of External Affairs. The question of the commission applying rules…

The plaintiff filed a motion for leave to amend her statement of claim. That motion was never argued or moved up to when the ruling was…

The right approach is for the trial Judge to first consider the application to amend the statement of claim, and grant it if so disposed, before…

As a matter of general principle, a court should deal with and determine all issues placed before it. There are recognised exceptions. Where the court considers…

A cause of action is the bundle of facts which the law recognises as giving the plaintiff a substantive right to make the claim. The factual…

A party cannot rely on facts justifying setting aside a grant as defence in trespass while the grant subsists and has not been set aside. The…

The reference in the certificate to "Rigachikun" which is not in Kaduna Local Government was demonstrably established by witnesses on both sides and accepted by the…

An exercise of statutory power cannot be held to be invalid unless it is shown that the exercise is contrary to the statute. Mere administrative procedures…