Principle Archive

A ground of appeal is vague when it is couched in a manner that does not provide an explicit standard for being understood, when the complaint…

The restriction on issuing and serving judicial process out of jurisdiction enables the court to decide whether it is a fitting case to exercise judicial power…

When leave to serve out of jurisdiction is granted after issue but before service, the court should ask whether leave would have been granted if sought…

The current judicial trend de-emphasises the distinction between nullity and mere irregularity in cases of non-compliance with rules of procedure, except where non-compliance is of a…

Suspicion, however strong, cannot constitute a crime or ground a conviction.

A conviction for conspiracy does not fail merely because the conviction for the substantive offence failed; the actual commission of the offence is not necessary for…

Conspiracy is rarely proved by direct evidence but by circumstantial evidence and inference from proved acts; care must be taken to keep the issues clear when…

Circumstantial evidence must lead to one and only one conclusion—the guilt of the accused; the facts must be consistent, cogent, and irresistibly lead to guilt.

It is for the plaintiff who bases his claim on exclusive right to land to aver and prove such exclusive right.

A judgment is not bad because the judge did not set out seriatim his reasons on each specific complaint; a judgment is flawed only if a…

A plaintiff must show a prima facie case before the need to consider the defendant's case arises; this is a pre-test, and the case is then…

The Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact unless exceptional circumstances are shown; it is not exceptional that another court might have reached…