Principle Archive

In the compensation case although the cause of action was entitlement to compensation, as has been seen, title was an essential element of that cause of…

A party is precluded from contending the contrary of any precise point which, having once been distinctly put in issue, has been solemnly and with certainty…

For cause of action estoppel to arise the cause of action in the latter proceedings must be identical with the cause of action in the earlier…

Where a question before the court is entirely academic, speculative or hypothetical, the appellate court in accordance with well established principles must decline to decide such…

In order to be substantial, the issue must be such that there may be some doubt or difference of opinion as to what the law is.…

The Court of Appeal is as much a judge of whether a question as to interpretation or application has arisen in the proceedings as the High…

A question arises in any proceeding where the question must necessarily be decided in the proceeding. The power given to refer any question arising in any…

It is wrong to construe the expression, 'shall give its decision upon the question' under section 295(2) to mean shall answer the question. What the express…

The provision of the Constitution under Section 295(2) is very clear. From the wordings of this provision it is not just every question requiring constitutional interpretation…

Before circumstantial evidence can form the basis for conviction the circumstances must clearly and forcibly suggest that the accused was the person who committed the offence…

(2)(b) If that act or omission occurs elsewhere than in the Lagos State and the person who does that act or makes that omission afterwards comes…

The requirement that the charge must be read and explained to the accused in the language he understands, in my opinion, presupposes that the accused does…