Category: Caselaw Digest

ATTORNEY GENERAL – STATUS OF IN CIVIL SUITS AGAINST GOVT – In such suits, the Attorney General is a nominal...

ATTEMPT – Constituent elements of – Definition – Attempted Rape – Merely undressing a prosecutrix does not amount to rape...

ARBITRATION – AWARD ABOVE CLAIM – JURISDICTION OF COURT IN MATTER SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION – The Arbitrator cannot award over...

APPELLATE COURTS – Need not to pronounce on merits of substantive case during interlocutory appeal – UNITED SPINNERS NIG. LTD...

APPEAL – Findings made by court not backed by evidence – whether challengeable on appeal under omnibus ground SPARKLING BREWERIES...

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

ALIBI – HOW DESTROYED – Once the trial court accepts credible evidence of prosecution witnesses, fixing the Accused at the...

AGENCY – AGENT ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN PRINCIPAL _ There is a presumption that he is incurring a personal liability...