Principle Archive

Ownership of land may be proved by production of documents of title which must, of course be duly authenticated in the sense that their due execution…

It is beyond dispute that once a party pleads and traces the root of his title to a particular person or family, that party must establish…

In a claim for declaration of title the onus is on the plaintiff to prove his case. He must rely on the strength of his own…

Where in a claim for declaration of title, the plaintiff relies on derivative title, he must not only plead and prove how he derived his title…

In land matters, as in other civil matters, proof is on the balance of probabilities. It is the law that once plaintiff in a civil matter…

Assuming that there was a previous grant by customary law which the 1951 agreement was evidencing, the said customary law together with its incident should have…

The general principle of law on this issue is that a court can rely on a medical report emanating from a medical expert to prove cause…

By virtue of section 179 of the Criminal Procedure Law applicable in Imo State, where the evidence proves a lesser offence than the one charged, the…

It is trite law that in a criminal trial, any defence raised by an accused person must be considered however slight. It is also settled law…

Where the court relies on the medical evidence to prove the cause of death of the deceased, such medical evidence must go to show clearly that…

An appeal court will not ordinarily entertain issues that are fresh and not brought and decided before a lower court. And in this court no such…

The general principle which is founded on public policy, is that any transaction that is tainted by illegality in which both parties are equally involved is…