Principle Archive

Oral evidence is admissible where it will throw light upon or assist the court in determining the probative value to be attached to a document. A.-G.,…

In consideration of conflict of evidence of witness of parties it is material contradiction that matters not minor contradictions especially where the evidence is based on…

Under the Kalabari custom, when the founder of a stool dies, and his children are there one of them will succeed to the stool. But where…

Under our custom a successor to a stool cannot change the Trade name of the stool. ... On a closer examination of the pleadings and evidence…

The interpretation given by the respondents is correct that it is a Kalabari custom that chieftaincy house continues as long as people loyal to it exist.…

The burden of proof in civil cases rests upon the party, whether plaintiff or defendant, who substantially asserts the affirmative of the issue. It is an…

Where a representative order would have been granted had it been asked for failure to obtain it will not vitiate the action. See Bulai v. Omoyajowo…

The contest revolved around the paramount stool of Iju/Jack House or Standfast Jack House. In the contest both the plaintiffs/appellants and the defendants/respondents will be affected…

An error is perverse when the gravity necessitates the reversal of the decision of the lower court. The decision of the trial Judge substantially affected the…

With the enactment and coming into force of the 1979 Constitution on 1st October 1979 ... any law enacted by the Bendel State Government before the…

It is not the business of the courts to make declarations of customary law relating to the selection of Chiefs under the Chiefs' Law. But it…

It is the claim of the plaintiff that determines the jurisdiction of the court to entertain a suit before it.