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What is required in a land dispute when one party submits a survey plan?

July 25, 2022• Category: Practice & Procedure

 BOLANTA & ANOR v. TOSIN NOVEL FIRMS LTD (2020) LPELR-52507(CA) “From the foregoing, it is clear that the parties, that is the 1st appellant,...

What is required for a deponent in an affidavit who derives information from another source?

July 21, 2022• Category: Practice & Procedure

 “A deponent of an affidavit in any proceeding before a Court of law is a witness in the matter. Section 115 (1) of the Evidence Act, 2011 enjoins...

Joinder of Issues and the Determination of Objection on Cause of Action.

March 6, 2022• Category: Practice & Procedure

One of the common feature of preliminary objections to civil cases is the complaint of non- disclosure of reasonable cause of action. Like many objections...

Whether a joint application can be filed by more than one person to enforce a right under the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules

October 18, 2021• Category: Practice & Procedure

FINAMEDIA GLOBAL SERVICES LTD v. ONWERO (NIG) LTD & ORS(2020) LPELR-51149(CA) “On the propriety of two or more persons filing a joint application for...

JUDGMENT AND ORDER – STAY OF EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT – Whether a party can apply for stay of execution of a judgment in the absence of a pending competent appeal

October 16, 2021• Category: Practice & Procedure

    IN RE: THE SHERIFF, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE RIVERS STATE, PORT HARCOURT & ANOR (2017) LPELR-42509(CA)  “The second limb of the...

Arguing against grant of cost for Litigation Fees? This might be your line…

September 17, 2021• Category: Practice & Procedure

The Claim for Litigation cost is quite a recurring fact in most court processes. I do not intend to bring the argument here. In certain circumstances, courts...

The sanctity of Terms of Employment and Requirement of Proof for Claims

September 17, 2021• Category: Labour & Employment

Cases are won and lost on proof. The position of evidence cannot be underestimated, particularly in claims for declarations. This same proposition works with...

The Ground of Appeal that Needs not Arise from the Decision of the Lower Court

March 22, 2021• Category: Practice & Procedure

 Most times when we are confronted with this rather knotty area of law, the conclusion is quite straight forward. It goes thus: “The Ground of...

Life Chairman of the Board of Directors or Managing Director? Give it a second thought!

November 11, 2020• Category: Corporate / Commercial

 The decision in U.O.O. NIG PLC V. OKAFOR & ORS (2020) LPELR – 49570 (SC) has handed down another perspective to the way we see corporate...

NOTES ON REMOTE COURT HEARINGS, PRACTICE DIRECTIONS AND GUIDELINES

May 20, 2020• Category: Practice & Procedure

All practice Directions mentioned in the post can be downloaded at the end of the post. Please all opinions are those of the writer of the post Welcome to my...

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