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Dr. Tunde Bamgboye V. University Of Ilorin & Anor (1999) LLJR-SC

Dr. Tunde Bamgboye V. University Of Ilorin & Anor (1999) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ONU, J.S.C. This appeal which emanates from the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division (Coram: Aikawa, Ogundere and Okunola, J.J.C.A.) revolves, in the main, around the interpretation of Section 15 of the University of Ilorin Act, 1979 (now Cap. 455, Laws […]

Gafaru, Akanni V. J. A. Sijuwade (1952) LJR-WACA

Gafaru, Akanni V. J. A. Sijuwade (1952) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Practice and Procedure—Claim on contract—Contract admitted—Document of contract unstamped. Facts In the Court below, the plaintiff, who had occupied two rooms belonging to the defendant, sued the latter for damages, alleging in regard to one room that he […]

Okonkwo Okonji (Alias Warder) & Ors. V. George Njokanma & Ors. (1999) LLJR-SC

Okonkwo Okonji (Alias Warder) & Ors. V. George Njokanma & Ors. (1999) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ACHIKE, J.S.C The plaintiffs/respondents filed suit No. A/10/73 at the High Court, Asaba in March 1973 and claimed against the defendants/appellants for declaration of title to land, damages for trespass and injunction. The defendants/appellants cross-claim, in similar terms, […]

Said Ajami V. The Comptroller Of Customs (1954) LJR-WACA

Said Ajami V. The Comptroller Of Customs (1954) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Evidence—Experts—Foreign law—Evidence on whether notes are legal tender— Competency of experienced bank manager—(Nigeria) Evidence Ordinance, sections 56 and 57. Facts “A principle which emerges from them (viz. the cases) considered together is that not only the general […]

Said Ajami V. The Comptroller Of Customs (1952) LJR-WACA

Said Ajami V. The Comptroller Of Customs (1952) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Evidence—”Expert”—Experience; duties of office—Evidence Ordinance, section 56. Facts Section 56 of the Evidence Ordinance reads as follows:—“56. (1) When the Court has to form an opinion upon a point of foreign law, native law or custom, or […]

Mubashiru Aiyepola V. COP (1952) LJR-WACA

Mubashiru Aiyepola V. Commissioner Of Police (1952) Appeals in Criminal Cases—Appeal to Supreme Court—Trial a nullity—Order of re-trial—Magistrates’ Courts (Appeals) Ordinance, section 43 (a) (i). LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Facts The appellant was charged before the Magistrate with an offence which could be tried with the appellant’s consent but […]

Akintola Aina V. The Queen (1953) LJR-WACA

Akintola Aina V. The Queen (1953) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Appeals in Criminal Cases—Judge suggesting manslaughter—Jury convicting of murder—Verdict warranted by evidence. Facts The applicant stabbed the deceased in the course of a fight. In summing up the judge explained the law on provocation and indicated that the jury […]

E. E. Agbeyegbe & Anor V. IGP (1955) LJR-WACA

E. E. Agbeyegbe & Anor V. Inspector-General Of Police (1955) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Forgery—liability for. Facts Both appellants, who were Prison Officials, were convicted on various charges, including a charge for forgery of a receipt appearing on a voucher. At the time the first appellant signed the voucher, […]

Chief Salami Agbaje V. Habib Suleiman And Anor (1954) LJR-WACA

Chief Salami Agbaje V. Habib Suleiman And Anor (1954) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Native Lands Acquisition Ordinance (Cap. 144), sections 3 (1) and (3), regulations 1 to 4—Approval of alien—Approval of instrument. Facts The parties made an agreement for a building lease of a plot in a Southern Province, […]