NIGERIAN WOMEN IN BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT AND POLITICS CONNECTED CASES – 2

AWOGBAMI V. ALLEN

Women in Business – Women entrepreneurs and relationship with bankers – Dispute management – Spouses of professional service providers for women entrepreneurs – Wife of bank manager fighting female customer of bank for quarrelling with bank manager in the office

B. LIGGETT (LIVERPOOL) LIMITED v. BARCLAYS BANK, LIMITED

Women in Business – Appointment as Director of Company with powers to sign check – Where appointment improperly made by husband without authority as prescribed by Articles of Company – Effect

BALOGUN V. NATIONAL BANK OF NIGERIA LTD

Women in Business – Protection of reputation – Reliefs against wrongful dishonor of check by bank

BARCLAYS BANK D.C.O. V MEMUNATU HASSAN

CHIEF BRIGHT ONYEMEH & ANOR v. MRS. GRACE IWUEZE & ANOR

Women in Business – Women and Property rights – Protection of property interests in market stalls/shops – Relevant considerations

CLEMENTINA M. OGUNNIYI v. HON. MINISTER OF FCT & ANOR

Women in Employment – Public service – Women and Housing/home ownership – Acquisition of interests in property – Participation government divestiture of interest in properties – Relevant considerations

D.W. LEWIS & ORS V. BANKOLE & ORS

Women and Customary law/Leadership and Justice administration – Right of a woman to be Head of a family under customary law –Attitude of court to customs limiting the rights of women vis a vis their male counterparts

DOHERTY v. OGBARA

Women in Business – Debt repayment and transaction management – Need to maintain proper documentations – Relevant considerations

EKAETE V. UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC

Women in Business – Contract of Guaranty for bank loan – Acting as guarantor – Implications thereof when primary debtor defaults

ELABANJO V. ALHAJA A. O TIJANI

Women and Justice administration – Illiterate women using Illiterate Protection rules to subvert justice – Attitude of court thereto – Women in Business – Dealings in land – Need to respect agreement as to conveyances

EROMA V QUEEN

Wife-killing – Women in family business – Nursing mothers and family/workplace demands – Man who went farming with mother, wife and children (including baby) – Wife delegated by Husband to harvest-barn a mile away from the rest of family – Baby’s cry forcing husband to go fetch wife only to be found later by his daughter and mother cleaning out his matchete with dead wife nearby – Effect of accused husband’s mother’s refusal to give positively indicting evidence against her son over the killing of wife – Testimony of young daughter against her father – How treated by Court

F.B.I.R. V ADENUBI

Women and Justice Administration –Wife and children deserted by husband/father – Appropriate court proceedings and orders/reliefs – Women in Employment – Wage earning wives –Relevance for quantum of maintenance orders courts are prepared to make against their spouses

Children and Security of Education/Wellbeing – Use of court orders to secure the education and wellbeing of young persons

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA & ORS v. DR. (MRS) ADAEZE G.N.C. OKOLI

Women in Employment – Termination of employment by a statutory employee – Need to observe statutory stipulations applicable to suits against statutory employees – Limitation periods outside of which a suit may not be competently brought against a statutory body – Need to observe same – Effect of failure thereof

FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC V MRS DIBO ABOKO

Women in Business – Creative services segment and successful female players – Popular female actress – contract of service – “Want of mutuality” and restraint of trade – How determined – Relevant considerations

HUTCHINSON V.  HARRIS

Women in business – Claim of damages for architect’s professional negligence – How treated

IGBO V. THE STATE

Women in Business – Mother of 10 year old carrying on business into the late night to support family upkeep

Children and Security/Murder/Healthcare –An unattended 10 year old boy grievously assaulted at a Cinema after seeing a late night movie ending at 11.00pm – Seriously injured boy refused admission and intensive care at a private hospital – Death from internal injury – Implications for justice administration

IMANA V. ROBINSON

Women and Defence of Interest in Land – Woman vendor – Sale of land without legal title – Risks – Women and Business – Sale of land/Real Estate – Breach of covenants as to title contained in and quiet enjoyment implied in a Deed of Conveyance – Where vendor’s misrepresentation leads buyer to incur expenses in developing the land – Calculation of liability and damages – How treated

JARMAN v. LAMBERT & COOKE CONTRACTORS LD.

Widow claims – Compensation for death of husband from injury arising in the course of employment –Right of widow of deceased worker to be substituted as plaintiff in action for damages on the ground that the accident was due to negligence of employers – How treated by courts

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