Principle Archive

Unless a defendant in its supporting affidavit of intention to defend a suit on the undefended list states a good defence and the particulars of such…

By the provision of Rule 9(4) of Order 24, a plaintiff is not required to call witnesses to prove its case once the defendant fails to…

Under section 2(2)(a) of the Hire Purchase Act, parties to a hire purchase agreement are required to sign the agreement. Where only the appellant signed and…

The position in law is that it is possible for a tenant on or an occupier of a parcel of land to successfully claim damages for…

Courts do not make the habit of granting relief not claimed by a party.

In the absence of a counterclaim specifically set up after the last paragraph of the Statement of Defence, the facts averred in the Statement of Defence…

The respondents who have not filed any cross-appeal from which grounds of appeal these further issues could have arisen, nor filed a respondent's notice to affirm…

Where a party has adopted a procedure by consent, he will not be heard on appeal that the procedure he adopted is prejudicial to him or…

Being an appeal arising from concurrent findings of fact and appellants having not shown that the judgments are perverse, I see no reason at all to…

A notice of appeal filed within time but without any ground or valid ground of appeal is a worthless piece of paper being grossly incompetent and…

Contracts of employment are categorized into three types: (a) purely master and servant; (b) office held at the pleasure of the employer; and (c) employment regulated…

The Supreme Court will not interfere with a clear finding of fact made by the trial court and affirmed by the Court of Appeal, where such…