Mar
22
2023
SUPREME COURT HAS OVERRULED THE DECISION IN ODEY V ALAGA
Written by Carrington Omokaro, Esq The Supreme Court in the case of Odey v. Alaga (2021) 13 NWLR (Part 1792) 1 delivered on 25th of February, 2021 in a split...
Mar
15
2023
Delta State High Court Civil Procedure Rules 2009
In 2009, the Chief Judge of Delta State (as he then was); Hon Justice Rosaline Bozimo made the High Court Rules for the State. Download a copy of the Rules...
Mar
15
2023
The Nigerian Electoral Act 2022 (Download PDF)
On the 25th of February 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Electoral Amendment Bill into Law. Now popularly known as the Electoral Act 2022, a copy of the legislation as...
Mar
15
2023
Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (DOWNLOAD PDF)
The Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (the “Act”) became law when, on 14 February 2023, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, signed the bill passed by...
Mar
09
2023
Nigerian Cases on Jurisdiction.
What is Jurisdiction? UKUT & ORS v. APC & ORS (2019) LPELR-47203(CA) “By way of prefatory remarks, jurisdiction, a mantra in adjudication, connotes the authority/power of a Court to determine...
Mar
07
2023
Cases and Principles on Criminal Trials in Nigeria Vol. 2
Proving the Ingredients of an Offence Ingredients of the Offence of Armed Robbery UTTO v. STATE (2021) LPELR-56230(SC) “Now the essential ingredients for the offence of armed robbery have been...
Mar
07
2023
Cases and Principles on Criminal Trials in Nigeria
Standard of Proof in Criminal Cases Relevant Sections of the Evidence Act – Section 135 of the Evidence Act 2011 Synopsis – The standard of proof in criminal cases is...
Mar
06
2023
SHOULD BEING A GREEN WIG ALWAYS EQUAL CATASTROPHE?
For many of us, being called to the Nigerian bar was a crowning moment. The cheers, the high necks of our proud fathers and the floating shoulder pads of our...
Mar
06
2023
INSUFFICIENT DENIAL IN PLEADINGS
Written by Carrington Omokaro, Esq An averment in a statement of defence which states “The defendant denies paragraph _ and puts l NJ the plaintiff to the strictest proof” or...
Mar
06
2023
RES JUDICATA V ISSUE ESTOPPEL
Written by Carrington Omokaro, Esq Making reference to a land dispute, Mr. A sues Mr. B in 2012 asking the court to declare him the owner of the land in...
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