Principle Archive

Where there is a valid and enforceable contract for land sale, and the purchaser has paid the purchase price, been put in possession, and taken steps…

The existence of a legal or equitable mortgage is a question of fact which must be proved by production of the properly executed mortgage deed or…

The burden of proving illiteracy rests on the party who asserts it; where a person signs a document, the presumption is that they are literate and…

In wrongful dismissal claims, damages are prima facie the amount the plaintiff would have earned had employment continued according to contract; however, where the defendant has…

When an employer's disciplinary committee denies an employee the opportunity to listen to evidence given against them and to cross-examine witnesses, it breaches required procedures and…

Disciplinary proceedings conducted in breach of contractual staff manual provisions and in violation of natural justice principles are null and void.

Not every contradiction in prosecution witnesses' evidence is fatal to the case; only contradictions that are material and go to the root of the charge will…

Where the prosecution adduces credible evidence that the accused and deceased were sole occupants of a locked or secured room at the material time and the…

A conviction for murder can be sustained solely on circumstantial evidence where such evidence is cogent, compelling, unequivocal, and points irresistibly to the guilt of the…

Where a specific question of law is submitted to the arbitrator for decision and they decide it, the fact that the decision is erroneous does not…

An error of law on the face of the award means a legal proposition that is the basis of the award, found in the award or…

It is misconduct on the arbitrator's part where there is an error of law appearing on the face of the award on a point not specifically…