Principle Archive

It is not necessary that the words of the statutory provision must be strictly followed word by word before secondary evidence of bank ledger entries is…

Admissions per se do not constitute conclusive evidence of the matter admitted; the court must consider the circumstances under which they were made and the weight…

Special damages must be strictly proved; the court cannot award them on mere assertion or speculation.

In a claim for detinue, the plaintiff must prove: (i) entitlement to immediate possession by virtue of ownership; (ii) wrongful detention by the defendant; and (iii)…

If the bailee commits an act inconsistent with the bailment which terminates the bailment or entitles the bailor to do so, the bailor has the necessary…

A conditional refusal that requires the plaintiff to satisfy a debt she did not owe or authorise to be incurred does not make the refusal a…

Where goods have been wrongly pawned, the true owner may maintain an action for conversion against the pawnor and the pawnee; as an alternative to damages,…

If the agent lacked authority to pledge the Land Certificate, the purported pledge was legally an exercise in futility because he had nothing to pledge, and…

Where there are two competing equitable interests, the general rule of equity is that the person whose equity attached to the property first will be entitled…

If the bailee commits an act inconsistent with the bailment which terminates the bailment or entitles the bailor to do so, the bailor has the necessary…

Any unauthorised tortious or contractual acts of an agent cannot bind the principal.

Under Order 22 rule 4, where a pleading discloses no reasonable cause of action, the proper order is striking out; the action can only be dismissed…