CHILDREN AND WOMEN LAW & POLICY CENTER WITH SUPPORT FROM AFRICAN MOTHERHOOD INITIATIVES
INDEX TO CASES CONNECTED WITH HOUSING AND NIGERIAN CHILDREN AND WOMEN
TITLE | MAIN ISSUES |
ARTHUR HANSEN HAMMOND V. UNITED AFRICA COMPANY LTD. AND OTHERS
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Women and Real Estate – Succession to property held under customary law by women – Relevance of mortgage citation signed by woman and her children alongside rival to the title towards the procurement of loan from the spouse of rival – How treated |
ASABA V THE QUEEN |
Women as direct/indirect victims of crime – Women and Housing/Health – Grandmother killed while asleep on a mat beside her daughter and grand-daughter in the same room with killer and his mother – Accused person dealt machete blows on sleeping grandmother for allegedly jeering at his skin condition – Effect of poor/inadequate housing or accommodation arrangements on security and dignity of the lives and wellbeing of women |
Women in Business – Illiterate user of banking services – Whether legal mortgage can arise via the execution of a memorandum of deposit of deeds – Legal status of document executed by illiterate without compliance with the illiterate Protection Law – Relevant considerations | |
CLEMENTINA M. OGUNNIYI v. HON. MINISTER OF FCT & ANOR |
Women in Employment – Public service – Housing/Home ownership – Acquisition of interests in property – Participation government divestiture of interest in properties – Relevant considerations |
Women and Real Estate – Housing – Assertion and proof of ownership over property by inheritance – Relevant considerations | |
HOGAN V. OGUNYEMI |
Women and Law Enforcement – Women and Housing – Damages caused to home/properties of woman tenant by escaped water damage from co-tenant’s home – Reliefs available – How pursued |
JOE BEST ESTATE DEVELOPMENT & PROPERTIES LIMITED v. MRS GRACE A. NZEGWU & ORS |
Human Rights- Security of Housing for Widow – Protection of interest in property of deceased spouse – Consent judgment obtained by pretext – How discharged – Relevant considerations |
LLOYDS BANK PLC V. RONALD GEORGE DOIDGE AND ANOTHER |
Women and Housing/Marriage/Justice Administration – Woman with equitable interest in property mortgaged by husband for business related reasons – Order for possession of property for breach of mortgage terms – Effect of action by woman asserting her equitable interests in the property |
MR. SUNDAY ADEGBITE TAIWO v. SERAH ADEGBORO & ORS
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Housing and security of family life – Widowhood and mortgage liabilities of deceased spouse – Locus standi of widow to challenge perceived wrongful auctioning of her family home arising from mortgage liabilities of deceased spouse – Effect of liabilities of deceased spouse or family business on housing security for widows and children |
ODUYE V. NIGERIA AIRWAYS LIMITED |
Women and Housing – Termination of Nursing sister’s appointment and claim of mesne profit over accommodation provided by her employer under the employment contract – How treated |
OGUNNIYI v. HON. MINISTER OF FCT & ANOR
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Women in public service/employment – Housing and home ownership – Acquisition of interests in property – Participation government divestiture of interest in properties – Relevant considerations |
TRIMSKAY NIGERIA LIMITED v. MRS. MUTIAT BANKOLE-OKI |
Security of Housing – Widow and children – Sale of home owned by deceased husband/father to third party – action to recover premises from widow – customary law marriage and relevance in establishing the existence of rights over property – how to prove Matrimonial property – relevant considerations |
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