Amusa Alli Owe V J. O. Oshinbajo (1965) LLJR-SC
Amusa Alli Owe V J. O. Oshinbajo (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C. This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court of Western Nigeria dismissing the case of the plaintiffs with costs. At the time of this appeal, both the original plaintiff and the original defendant had died and were substituted […]
Okeke V Obadife & Ors (1965) LLJR-SC
Okeke V Obadife & Ors (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. This is an appeal by the second defendant against the judgment of Somolu J., in the High Court of Western Nigeria awarding damages for negligence both at common law and under the Fatal Accidents Law of the Region. The case for the plaintiffs […]
Sunday Okoro Vs Attorney-general, Western Nigeria (1965) LLJR-SC
Sunday Okoro Vs Attorney-general, Western Nigeria (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The appellant and two others were charged in the High Court of Western Nigeria with conspiracy to defraud and obtaining by false pretences. On the count for conspiracy they were all acquitted, and on the count for obtaining by false pretences the […]
Umaru Sangara V The State (1965) LLJR-SC
Umaru Sangara V The State (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. The appellant was convicted by Reed J. of culpable homicide punishable with death contra section 221 (a) of the Penal Code. The victim was a child barely 9 months old whom, it was alleged, appellant hit on the head with the Intention of […]
Usen V Bank Of West Africa Ltd (1965) LLJR-SC
Usen V Bank Of West Africa Ltd (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The appellant was first employed by the respondent Bank on the 1st June, 1948, and remained in its employment until the 12th January, 1962, when he received a letter saying that his employment was terminated as a result of his serious […]
Ferris George & Sons Ltd V Kalim Khoury (1965) LLJR-SC
Ferris George & Sons Ltd V Kalim Khoury (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. Ferris George & Sons Limited is a private limited company incorporated in Nigeria under the Companies Act, and one of the members of the company is George who is registered as the holder of 30,500 fully paid £1 shares. On […]
Etim Edet V Board Of Customs And Excise (1965) LLJR-SC
Etim Edet V Board Of Customs And Excise (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The appellant, who will be referred to as the defendant, was tried for an Exchange Control offence before J. C. Phil-Ebosie, Esq., Chief Magistrate, Calabar,-who acquitted him; on appeal by the Board of Customs and Excise he was convicted in […]
The Role Of The Nigerian Lawyer In The Metaverse – Ani Freedolyn Chinechere
Role Of The Nigerian Lawyer In The Metaverse ABSTRACT Technology, instead of diminishing the legal profession, actually reinforces it and makes lawyers more germane amid expeditiously changing times. The impact of technology on the legal world is indisputable, especially given the context of the Metaverse. The metaverse which is considered the next horizon of a […]
Onayemi V Okunubi (1965) LLJR-SC
Onayemi V Okunubi (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The late Emmanuel Musuru Okunubi left a will, in which he made various specific dispositions with a final bequest and devise to all his children in equal shares of the residue both real and personal, and he appointed three executors, of whom the remaining two […]
Kerewi (Substituted For John Reimu) V Odegbesan (1965) LLJR-SC
Kerewi (Substituted For John Reimu) V Odegbesan (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONYEAMA, J.S.C. The plaintiff who is the respondent on this appeal was the owner of a taxi-cab registered as No. WS.440. On the 19th of July, 1960, this vehicle was being driven from Warri to Sapele when, about seven miles from Sapele, it […]