Principle Archive

Where a person is accused of any offense, the burden of proving the existence of circumstances bringing the case within any exception or exemption from, or…

Where a person admitted they were not recognized by the Governor at the time they held themselves out as traditional ruler, and court found they so…

It is not in the interest of justice for decisions to be based on recollections of judges not recorded anywhere during the trial; it will be…

Looking through the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules but cannot find any rule that relaxes the well-known practice of taking down minutes of important and relevant…

Although it is not in all cases that where a party is not heard before a ruling is made against them that constitutional fair hearing should…

Subject to any rules of court for the taking of minutes of proceedings, the presiding judge shall in every cause or matter take down in writing…

When any judgment of any court or any other judicial or official proceedings has been reduced to the form of a document or series of documents,…

The lower court did not hold that the trustees became absolute owners of the land but that the land became vested in the trustees as recipients…

An unincorporated association does not legally exist and must of necessity act through its appointed representatives; the provisions of the Land (Perpetual Succession) Act are clear…

The deed of gift is quite plain as to the persons the gift was made and for what purpose; the intention is clear; that intention cannot…

A gift inter vivos is an act whereby something is voluntarily transferred from the true possessor to another person, with full intention that the thing shall…

Had donor been able to establish fraud, mistake, misrepresentation, or perhaps total failure of the object of the gift, then upon such evidence, the gift may…