Principle Archive

An artificial legal entity (such as a university) can only enter into contracts through its agents, namely its officers and servants; this established principle is given…

The only reason which makes it necessary to make a person a party to an action is that they should be bound by the result of…

It is trite that issues for determination formulated in a brief must arise out of and be related to the grounds of appeal relied upon in…

Local Governments have power to grant customary rights of occupancy only over land not in urban areas; Governors have power to grant statutory rights of occupancy…

The court will be strict in requiring that statutory powers should be exercised by the person or authority on whom it is conferred and by no…

Waiting until a late stage to raise an objection is a tactic employed to delay trial conclusion and constitutes abuse of court process; parties should not…

Whether a quasi-corporation has the right to sue or be sued eo nomine depends on whether the statute creating it expressly or by implication gives it…

Issues of jurisdiction must be addressed at the earliest opportunity, for any hearing proceeded upon without jurisdiction is a wasteful exercise.

The Constitution (Suspension and Modification) Decree (No.1 of 1984) section 5 provides that no question as to the validity of any Decree or Edict shall be…

Payment of filing fee is only for access to the court to be heard; once access is procured, it is a different matter whether the court…

No fact of which the court must take judicial notice needs to be proved; courts must take judicial notice of all laws, enactments and subsidiary legislation…

In all murder cases, it is incumbent on trial courts to consider all defences put up by the accused, expressed or implied in the evidence, including…