Principle Archive

The Edict provides for making chieftaincy declarations which require Executive Council approval and registration; after registration, the declaration is deemed to be the customary law regulating…

The law applicable to an action is the law existing at the time the cause of action arose and not the law existing when the jurisdiction…

These judgments constitute acts in recent times from which a court could decide which version of the traditional history was probable; though they do not constitute…

Section 4(8) of the Constitution provided that save as otherwise provided by the Constitution, the exercise of legislative powers shall be subject to the jurisdiction of…

The term 'cause of action' is defined as: the fact or facts which give a person a right to judicial redress or relief against another; the…

Only members of that family could validly be appointed to the office; the provision empowered the Executive Council to approve the appointment of a qualified person;…

Proof beyond reasonable doubt does not mean proof beyond the shadow of doubt.

In a murder case, proof that the deceased died and that it was in respect of their body that an autopsy was performed is a legal…

It is not all contradictions in the testimony of prosecution witnesses that are fatal to its case; for any conflict or contradiction to be fatal, it…

Where an appellate court finds additional reasons for affirming the decision of the court below, it will not hesitate to do so.

The evidence of one credible witness which is accepted and believed by the trial court is sufficient to justify a conviction unless such witness is an…

The prosecution is only enjoined by law to call witnesses sufficient to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt but need not make a case for the…