Principle Archive

A court can and is entitled to act on the evidence of one single witness if the witness is believed given all the circumstances of the…

Proof beyond reasonable doubt, is not attained by the number of witnesses fielded by the prosecution. It depends on the quality of the evidence tendered by…

The general inhibition of this Court from interfering with concurrent findings of fact by the two lower courts is now firmly settled. Unless the findings are…

It is not the case of the appellant that the respondents have no authority to compulsorily retire him. That being the case the next question is…

The respondents pleaded that appellant was paid his retirement benefits but produced no evidence, documentary or otherwise, to prove same — no voucher evidencing the payments…

The holding by the lower court that appellant was paid his retirement benefit is clearly not supported by the evidence on record and I consequently hold…

The usual method of proving a public document is by the production of a certified copy of it. Once it is certified as such copy, it…

There are five ways of proving ownership of land: (1) by traditional evidence; (2) by production of documents of title; (3) by acts of ownership extending…

It is extremely important that custom should be strictly proved. Though such proof is not by the number of witnesses called, it is not enough that…

It is now settled that in civil matters, a plaintiff has the burden of proof to establish his claim. It does not shift to the defendant.…

This court will not interfere unless for compelling reasons clearly depicted. I cannot see my way clear in interfering with the concurrent finding of fact able…

A Statement of Defence filed out of time and in contravention of the rules of court was not a void document and remains 'a valid document…