Principle Archive

The principle which the much cited case of Kojo II v. Bonsie (1957) 1 WLR 1223 is authority for, in the final analysis, is one of…

The result of the cases is that no inference favourable to the title which the defendants claim in the land by their cross-action can be drawn…

The finding that the defendants are customary tenants of the plaintiffs makes the question of possession of the land in dispute inconsequential. The law is clear…

Where, however, as in this case, the notice of appeal in the court below indicated that the part of the decision appealed from is that which…

The simple reason justifying the order for striking out is that respondents' suit is incompetent being wrongly constituted. See Ukatta v. Ndinaeze (1997) 4 NWLR (Pt.499)…

It is my view following the above case, that the plaintiffs have not jointly together a ground for instituting a suit for declaration or forfeiture of…

My understanding of the principle of 'slip rule' is that the court has always had jurisdiction to amend its order which by mistake does not correctly…

Needless to say that those concurrent findings and inference of grant made by the two lower courts which have not been dented by the appellants in…

Circumstantial evidence has been defined as any fact (sometimes called an 'evidentiary fact' 'factum probans' or fact relevant to the issue) from the existence of which…

Where strong circumstantial evidence is led against an accused person in a criminal trial and this gives rise to the drawing of a presumption or inference…

The law is firmly settled that a free and voluntary confession which is direct and positive and properly proved is sufficient to sustain a conviction without…

The following considerations have been laid down for the weight to be attached to a retracted confession: (i) Is there anything outside the confession which shows…