Principle Archive

"...no man should be allowed to institute proceedings in any court if the circumstances are such that to do so would really be vexatious. In my…

In applying the principle in Nnama v. Nwanebe (supra) much circumspection is required so as to ensure first, that there is no real ploy to simply…

Where a later action raises more issues in a matter than those in an earlier action in the same matter between the same parties, both in…

Absence of jurat in a document signed by an illiterate does not render the document null and void. A jurat is for the protection of the…

By conduct and express approval the status of the Abenimota family as a Ruling House was recognised... Exhibit 20 was jointly signed by the representatives of…

Not considering one of the many contentions of a party in a case cannot by itself constitute a denial of fair hearing. A denial of fair…

The wide powers of Section 25(1) cannot be so restrictively construed. The purposes and objects of sections 10 and 25 are distinct and different. Whereas section…

A right can be said to be vested when all the investitive facts which are necessary to create it have occurred. It is said to be…

Learned counsel to the appellants has not shown that these findings of facts are perverse or unreasonable, or that they are not consistent with the justice…

The law is well settled that when the issue is as to which of two claimants has a better right to the possession or occupation of…

For a certificate of occupancy under the Land Use Act, 1978 to be valid, there must not be in existence at the time the certificate was…

Where a certificate of occupancy has been granted to one of two claimants who has not proved a better title, it must be deemed to be…