NIGERIAN WOMEN IN BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT AND POLITICS CONNECTED CASES – 3

JOHN IBEAKANMA V THE QUEEN

Sexual offences – Security of women in business – Rural cottage industries – Woman raped by palm wine supplier while taking delivery of supplies in the bush – Failure of police and prosecution to prove requisite corroboration – Effect thereof

JOSEPH FAWAZ V. J. F. NABBAN

Women in business – Education – Effect on transactions and judicial proceedings

KUFORIJI  V. V. Y. B. (NIGERIA) LIMITED

Women and Real Estate/Employment/Justice Administration – Woman offered house to buy at discounted rate and flexible payment structure by employers as incentive towards greater job performance – Woman’s insertion of husband as co-buyer – Claim for rescission of agreement for joint-purchase of property with husband – Effect – Proof of existing monogamous marriage with third party – Whether nullifies subsequent customary law marriage  

KUTI V. BALOGUN

Women in Business – Damage to woman’s shop caused by negligent driving

LOVELL AND CHRISTMAS vs GILBERT

Children – Minors in business – Partnership with an infant partner – Enforcement of judgment against firm – Whether infant in business is afforded protection against liability to attaching to firm where infant is partner – Relevant considerations

LUCY ONOWAN & ANOR V. J. J. ISERHIEN

Women in Business – Access to business loan guaranteed by way of title deeds of property – Risks – Women and Real Estate ­– Dealings in real estate which equate to transfer of ownership to another

MADDISON V ALDERSON

Women in Employment – Woman House-keeper – Verbal/Parole Promise as to Life estate in land in lieu of remuneration for services – validity of contract – Whether remaining in service without payment was evidence of a contract over land – Attitude of courts thereto

MARGARET AKUNG EPHRAIM NENE EYU (MRS) V. THE STATE

Women in Business and Justice Administration ­– Issuance of dud checks – Woman alleged to have issued checks for sums not standing to her credit in her account – Allegation of fraud for receiving money based on misrepresentation of having goods that could not be supplied on demand – Requirement for fair hearing and right to bail – Proper treatment of

MBONU V. MBONU

Young Women in Employment and Justice Administration – Petition for nullity of marriage – Need to hire diligent counsels – Effect of failure thereof – Effect of out-of-wedlock pregnancy on key life choices

MORGAN V SMALLY

Women and Justice Administration/Divorce/Healthcare – Women in Business – Award of damages against woman for fraudulently taking money from the business accounts of a company she had run with divorced husband as partner – Failure to attend trial due to post-divorce depression affliction and arson on her home – Application to set aside – Request for adjournment to seek further legal advice and/or representation  which she could not afford having been denied legal aid – Attitude of court thereto

MUTUAL AIDS SOCIETY LTD V AKERELE

Women in Business – Loan secured by deed of mortgage over land – Attempt of creditor to auction home of woman debtor instead of the property covered by the deed of mortgage she executed – Whether defamatory of husband – Proper relief thereto – How treated

MYERS V ELMAN

Women in Business Leadership – Damaging accusations and protection of reputation – Relevant legal challenges and considerations

NEW AGE BEVERAGE COMPANY LIMITED v. MRS ABIOLA ARAMIDE

Women in business and Justice Administration – Security of highway and neighbourhood – Business woman brutally strangulated to death and robbed by co-passengers of money and valuables – How treated by prosecution and trial judge – Effect

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