Principle Archive

With the above finding, the only option open to the learned trial Judge was to have rejected the respondent's defences of laches and acquiescence which lacked…

There is no duty on a person having estate or interest in land or other property for that matter to raise protest against a trespass or…

Laches is not delay alone; some other factor must exist, or at least the delay must be such that the existence of some other factors may…

A man is not to be deprived of his legal rights unless he has acted in such a way as would make it fraudulent for him…

It follows that as the respondent is not in possession of any legal or equitable interest in the property, the respondent cannot be the beneficiary of…

With the rejection of that offer by the 1st appellant, it cannot be said that a valid contract came into existence between the 1st appellant and…

This is a very bad way of showing discourtesy to a lady Judge or infact any Judge at all by referring to him or her in…

Standing by a previous decision which has not been proved to be perverse, or to have been decided per incuriam or proved to be faulty legally…

This doctrine lays down the golden rule that decisions of higher courts of the land are binding on the lower courts in the land. And decisions…

The obvious implication of the mere endorsement of a Bill of Lading is that a court should be slow to reach a decision in limine as…

These 2 paragraphs have clearly shown the relationship between the appellants and the respondent in relation to the consignments involved i.e. pallets of paper which at…

In deciding whether the respondent has locus standi to sue the appellants in this case, it is necessary to examine the statement of claim of the…