Judgements Categories: High Court

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ADAMO ALLI V. A.A. OKULAJA HIGH COURT OF LAGOS: 23RD FEBRUARY 1970 SUIT NO: IK/165/68 3PLR/1970/16 (HC-L) BEFORE: BECKLEY, J. REPRESENTATION Bentley, for the Defendant/Applicant Oduwole, for the Plaintiff/Respondent. MAIN ISSUES PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Courts-High Court—Jurisdiction-Whether Court has power in civil proceedings to order medical examination on Plaintiff at the instance of Defendant. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Courts—High Court-Whether High Court in Nigeria could be bound by decision of […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING,  LAW REPORTS – 3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com nd info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] IRIS WINIFRED HORN V. ROBERT RICKARD HIGH COURT 18TH OCTOBER, 1962 [JOS-SUIT NO. JD/3/1962] [1963] NNLR 67 3PLR/1962/74 (HC)   BEFORE: {Holden, J.)-   MAIN ISSUES ETHICS – Legal practitioners-counsel in the case giving evidence- generally undesirable-whether subject to objection-facts to be deposed to likely to be in dispute-counsel’s duty to withdraw and brief other counsel. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Evidence-affidavit-affidavit by counsel in the case- whether subject to […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING,  LAW REPORTS – 3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com nd info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ABUGHOR ABGYULUWA AND OTHERS V. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE HIGH COURT (WEST) W/36.CA/61 24TH NOVEMBER, 1961 3PLR/1961/1 (HC-W) OTHER CITATIONS   BEFORE: QUASHIE-IDUN, C.I.   MAIN ISSUES CRIMINAL LAW: Wilful and criminal destruction of property – defence of alibi – Need to consider the defence of accused person no matter how untenable it looks – PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – EVIDENCE: Trial Court – effect of not considering the defence […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING,  LAW REPORTS – 3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com nd info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] ALHAJI WADA V. CHIEF ALKALI OF BIRNIN KEBBI HIGH COURT (NORTH) 3RD JANUARY, 1962 3PLR/1962/30 (HC-N)   BEFORE: REED, J.   MAIN ISSUES Courts-Immunity of Judges-N.N. Native Courts-Alkali-Acts done within jurisdiction-Acts done in excess of Jurisdiction-Good Faith-N.N. Native Court- Law, 1956, (N.N. No. 6 of 1956) section 8- Magistrates Courts Act, Cap. 122 (1943 Ed.) section 61. Practice and Procedure—Pleading-Failure to plead Bad Faith-Pleading “without just cause” does not […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING,  LAW REPORTS – 3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com nd info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] E.I. ADEOYE V. T.A. ADEOYE HIGH COURT (NORTH) Z/24/1960 29TH DECEMBER, 1961 3PLR/1961/2  (HC-N) OTHER CITATIONS BEFORE:              SKINNER, J.   MAIN ISSUES FAMILY LAW: Husband and Wife-Divorce-Jurisdiction-Domicile- statutory exception to the ordinary rule that the court of the parties’ domicile has exclusive jurisdiction to dissolve their marriage – Need for the exception to be specifically pleaded STATUTE – INTERPRETATION: Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (England) (14 Geo. 6. c. 25) […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING,  LAW REPORTS – 3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com nd info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] PRINCE ADELEKE ADEDOYIN V. NIGERIAN NATIONAL PRESS LTD. AND ANOR, HIGH COURT, LAGOS 13TH JANUARY, 1964 SUIT NO. LD/553/62 3PLR/1964/2 (HC-L)   BEFORE: ONYEAMA, Ag. C.J.   REPRESENTATION Moore Q.C. (with his Ebube), for the Plaintiff. Shyngle, Q.C. (with him Atandare and Rhodes) for the Defendant.   MAIN ISSUES TORT AND PERSONAL INJURY – Libel and Slander – Innuendo – Pleading – Absence of particulars of extrinsic facts – […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING,  LAW REPORTS – 3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com nd info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] T. ACHI-KANU V F.N. ANNAH HIGH COURT OF CROSS RIVER, STATE (CALABAR) SUIT NO. C/65/74 5TH APRIL 1976 3PLR/1976/5  (HC)   BEFORE KOOFFREH, AG. C.J.   REPRESENTATION Chief Achi-Kanu in person Ekong Bassey – for the defendant   MAIN ISSUES PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE— Pleadings—Plaintiffs evidence on matters not anticipated from nature of Statement of Claim—Whether Statement of Defence should be amended before defendant’s evidence in rebuttal.   MAIN JUDGEMENT […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO V. KINGSWAY STORES (NIG.) LTD. AND ANOR HIGH COURT OF LAGOS 13TH AUGUST, 1968] SUIT NO. LD/61/68. 3PLR/1968/36 (HC-L)   BEFORE ADEFARASIN, C. .I.,   REPRESENTATION Akin-Olugbade (with him Somoye and Olusanya – for the Plaintiff Brian Neill (with him Nylander) – for the 1st Defendants Brian Neill (with him J. E. C. David) – for the 2nd Defendants   MAIN ISSUES LIBEL AND SLANDER-Libel-Whether distributors of […]

POLICY, PRACTICE AND PUBLISHING, LAW REPORTS  3PLR [PDF copy of this judgment can be sent to your email for N300 only. Just order through lawnigeria@gmail.com and info@lawnigeria.com or text 07067102097] J. OSUNTUYI V. COLLINS AKWUKWUOCHU HIGH COURT OF PLATEAU STATE (JOS) SUIT NO. JD/23/1975 27TH JULY 1976 3PLR/1975/52  (HC)   BEFORE: BELGORE, J.   REPRESENTATION Niyi Oyetunde – for plaintiff Ndefor – for defendant   MAIN ISSUES PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Res judicata—Previous suit undefended—Whether new suit on same matter by defendant constitutes abuse of process-Application to dismiss suit under Order 28 Supreme Court (Civil Procedure) Rules.   MAIN JUDGEMENT […]