Principle Archive

The aspect of the plaintiff's evidence that the alleged grant of the land in dispute by his family to the defendant's family was an 'out and…

It is settled law that on no account should a court of law raise a point suo motu, no matter how clear it may appear to…

Now just as an appellant is bound by his grounds of appeal so at the earlier stage of the action both parties are bound by their…

It is not every mistake or error in a judgment that will result in the appeal being allowed. It is only when the error is substantial…

Where there are concurrent findings of both the trial court and the Court of Appeal and there is sufficient evidence in support thereof, then unless those…

Fraud is proved when it is shown that a false representation has been made by the representor (1) knowing, or (2) without belief in its truth,…

The basic error made by the trial Judge on a rather elementary issue of law is that he was unable to distinguish between the tort of…

In detinue, the cause of action does not accrue until there has been a demand for the return of the goods in question and a definite…

In an action of detinue as in other actions of tort, limitation law runs from the time when the cause of action arose. Consequently, if nothing…

A cause of action is a bundle of aggregate of facts which the law recognises as giving the Plaintiff a substantive right to make a claim…

A point of distinction is, however, worthy of note from the above Rules. This is the fact that whereas a partnership may sue or be sued…

In a matter like this, it is enough to effect service on a partner (in the case of partnership firm) or, which is quite appropriate, service…