Principle Archive

It makes no difference whether the bill of charges is in respect of completed or uncompleted acts of a legal practitioner, as section 17(3) of the…

Section 17(3) of the Act did not exempt disputed bills from its operation; considerations about whether bills are disputed are completely irrelevant to applications for taxation…

Any statute ousting the jurisdiction of the court must be construed strictly as clear words are required to oust the jurisdiction of a court, more so…

Where a plaintiff's contract of employment is not one of ordinary master and servant relationship but is tinged with a statutory flavour, and termination is held…

The underlying considerations for departing from a previous Supreme Court decision are, inter alia, that the decision is impeding the proper development of the law or…

Once the provisions of Sections 18(3) and (4) and Section 31(1) of the Land Instruments Registration Law are complied with, a duly certified copy of an…

Where the commission of a crime is alleged in any proceedings (civil or criminal), it must be proved beyond reasonable doubt and the onus of such…

A purchase receipt being an unregistered instrument is not admissible to prove title but is admissible as acknowledgment of payment of money; coupled with the plaintiff…

The crime of conspiracy is completely committed the moment two or more persons have agreed that they will do certain things at once or at some…

Proof of conspiracy is generally a matter of inference and the inference of involvement of the appellant can be inferred from all the collateral circumstances.

If counts for conspiracy and for substantive offences alleged to have been committed in carrying out that conspiracy are tried together, there is no general principle…

Where title is derived by grant or inheritance, the traditional history or evidence of acts of continuous exclusive possession should be given to justify the grant;…