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Must hearing notices be served on each date of adjournment?

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It is perhaps one of the core aspects of litigation for hearing notices to be served on the other party. It is indeed rooted in the principle of fair hearing...

oniguguru.com: A Few Burning Questions on Enforcement of Fundamen…

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oniguguru.com: A Few Burning Questions on Enforcement of Fundamen…: Just like previous posts, I don’t intend to bore the reader. Just...

A Few Burning Questions on Enforcement of Fundamental Rights in National Industrial Court

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Just like previous posts, I don’t intend to bore the reader. Just straightforward discourse. We are all aware that with the amendments to the...

Judges? Third Person Pronoun?

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“I noted earlier in the judgement that learned Counsel for the appellant referred to the learned Justice of the Court below who wrote the leading...

Declaratory Reliefs: The Duck Test & Reality Check

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The certainty in settled principles of law is perhaps one of the cardinal tools that make us determine the course of litigation most times. It infuses a sort...

Choice of Counsel vs. Jurisdiction… What should the Court determine first?

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One of the basic principles in our procedural law over the years is to always treat the issue of jurisdiction first whenever it is raised. It is quite...

COURT OF APPEAL RULES 2016 (PART 3): APPLICATIONS TO COURT – A TIME CONSCIOUS COURT?

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This is the third part of the series on a comparative analysis of the new Court of Appeal Rules, 2016 with the 2011 Rules. As with previous posts, reference to...

Documents Listed but not Front-loaded with Pleadings (Update)

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My attention was called to an authority a few days ago about the topic. I instantly recalled making an argument for the position taken by the Court in an...

THE COURT OF APPEAL RULES, 2016: SERVICE (PART 2)

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I wish to continue the series by bringing Order 2 into limelight. The first post of the series dealt with the introductory part of the New Rules, particularly...

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