AMENDMENT – TAKES EFFECT from the date of the original document sought to be amended – ADEWUMI V A.G. EKITI STATE 2002 93 LRCN 43

AMENDMENT – POWER TO – Must be exercised judicially and judiciously – Power to amend SUO MOTU must be used sparingly – MAERSK V ADDIDE supra.

AMENDMENT – OBJECT – To decide the real controversy between the parties once and for all. If the error is not fraudulent or intended to overreach, court will grant it – SHOKUNKE V AWONIYI 1962 I ANLR 260;
ALSTHOM S.A. V SARAKI 2000 80 LRCN 2950.

AMENDMENT – WHEN AND HOW MADE – PRINCIPLES – Enables a party to correct slips, blunders, errors and inadvertence of counsel in the interest of justice – S.G. BANK V SARAKI 2000 81 LRCN 3015.

AMENDMENT – WHEN ALLOWED – KODE V YUSSUF 2001 84 LRCN 521

AMENDMENT – TAKES EFFECT FROM DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF SUIT – GRACE AMANANBU V ALEXANDER OKAFOR 1966 1 ANLR 205; ROTIMI V MC GREGOR 1974 11 S.C. 133 at 152; NWOSU V IMO STATE ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION AUTHORITY 1990 2 NWLR Pt. 135 688;

VULCAN GESELLSCHAFT 2001 87 LRCN 1577
AMENDMENT – WHEN CAN BE REFUSED - NWABUEZE V N.I.P.O.S.T 20006 8NWLR Pt.983, p.480 at 497.