Principle Archive

Since the employee was 45 years old when prematurely retired and that act of termination was rightly declared null and void, the effect is that the…

Where the contract of service is protected by statute and the removal is predicated upon compliance with statutory provisions, non-compliance with the statutory provisions rendered the…

The word 'shall' as used in statutory provisions is mandatory and does not permit of any discretion, variation or circumvention of the clear procedure to be…

It is no answer in any case in which a person is entitled to a hearing to say that their offense was so obvious that any…

Where a public body fails to comply with certain procedural safeguards in an enabling Act or Regulations, there is a breach of duty imposed on it…

When a statute directs that certain procedure be followed before a person can be deprived of their right, whether in respect of their person, property or…

The appearance of a person before an administrative body as a witness and not as an accused when summoned over an allegation of misconduct, that act…

This is a case where concurrent findings of the trial court and Court of Appeal should not be interfered with as they are fully supported by…

The filing of a survey plan pursuant to an undertaking in the pleading alone is not conclusive on the question of there being sufficient evidence before…

If parties enter into an agreement they are bound by its terms; one cannot legally or properly read into the agreement the terms on which the…

Properly construed and in light of the recitals and habendum, when a parcel of land is conveyed to a person as Secretary or agent of the…

Once it can be shown that a person is in exclusive possession of land, they can bring an action for damages for trespass against any other…