Principle Archive

The jurisdiction vested in the court shall, so far as practice and procedure are concerned, be exercised in the manner provided by this Act or any…

Juristic persons who may sue or be sued eo nomine have been recognised to include:- (i) Natural persons, that is to say, human beings; (ii) Companies…

It could happen that a person may carry on business in a name other than his name but may fail to register it as required under…

If it happens that the business name had not in fact been registered, that would be a contravention of s.667 of the Act and there are…

In English law a firm as such has no existence. The firm name is a mere expression, not a legal entity, although for convenience under Order…

Any two or more persons claiming or alleged to be liable as partners may sue or be sued in the name of the firm in which…

Where, therefore, it is established that a person is carrying on business within jurisdiction in a name or style other than his own name, such a…

Any person carrying on business within the jurisdiction in a name or style other than his own name may be sued in such name or style…

The fact that the learned trial Judge disbelieved part of that witness's evidence did not render the whole of his evidence unacceptable.

Where an eye-witness omits to mention at the earliest opportunity the names of persons she saw committing an offence, a trial court must be careful and…

It was open to the trial Judge to disbelieve that portion of the witness' testimony without that fact prejudicing the rest of PW2's evidence that was…

Circumstantial evidence may sometimes be conclusive, but it must always be narrowly examined, if only because evidence of this kind may be fabricated to cast suspicion…