Tags
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- "Armed Robbery"
- "Autopsy"
- "Card Reader"
- "Cause of Action”
- "Cheque"
- "Confession"
- "Conflict"
- "Consist of"
- "Coroner"
- "Detinue"
- "Dignity"
- "Examination"
- "Expressum Facit Cessare Tacitum"
- "Incompetency"
- "Judicial Bias"
- "Jurisdiction"
- "Medical Examiner"
- "Notwithstanding"
- "Obiter Dictum"
- "Occupy" "Occupier" "Premises"
- "Order"
- "Pathology" & "Pathologist"
- "Person"
- "Quorum"
- "Retraction"
A
- Abrogation of Treaty
- absence of evidence
- absence of jurisdiction
- Abuse of Court Process
- Abuse of Court Processes
- Abuse of Judicial Process
- Academic/Speculative/Hypothetical Suits
- Academic Issues
- academic or hypothetical issues
- Academic Question
- Academic Suits
- acceptance
- acceptance by conduct
- acceptance in contract
- acceptance of offer
- Accomplice
- accreditation
- acquisition of land
- action in limine
- Action over family land
- actions requiring a special majority
- Acts of Possession and Ownership
- address of counsel
- adducing fresh evidence at the Supreme court
- adjournment
- administration of justice
- administrative decisions
- administrative inquiry or decision
- Admiralty Jurisdiction
- Admissibility of a document
- admissibility of documentary evidence
- Admissibility of documents
- Admissibility of Electronic Documents
- admissibility of evidence
- Admissibility of evidence of bad character
- Admissibility of extra judicial statement
- Admissibility of Unregistered Registrable Instrument
- Admission
- Admission/Admitted Facts
- Admitted Facts
- Adultery
- affidavit evidence
- affidavit of service
- agency
- Agency commission
- aggravated damages
- Agreement
- Alibi
- Alienation/Transfer of Land
- allegation of crime
- Allegation of forgery
- Allegation of Non-Compliance
- Allegation of Non-Compliance with Electoral Act
- Allegation of Non-Compliance with the Electoral Act
- allotment and partitioning of family property/land
- Allowing appeal
- alter ego
- Amendment of Court Pleadings
- Amendment of Court Processes
- Amendment of Pleadings
- amendment of processes
- Amendment of statutes
- Amendment to Election Petition
- amnesty/pardon
- Ancillary Claims
- appeal
- appeal against interlocutory/final decision
- Appeal Arising from Election Petition
- appeal as of right
- appeal at national industrial court
- appeal from customary court of appeal
- Appeal from the trial court
- Appeal on facts
- appeals from a magistrate court
- Appeals on pre-election matters
- Appeal to the Supreme Court
- Appearance
- appearance of counsel
- appellate court
- appellate jurisdiction
- Applicable Law to a Suit
- Application for Extension of Time
- application for extension of time to appeal
- Application for Judicial Review
- application for leave to appeal
- appointment of directors
- appointment of directors of one company as directors of the other
- approaches to constitutional interpretation
- approach of courts to technicalities
- approach to constitutional interpretation
- approbating and reprobating
- Arbitration
- Arbitration Clause
- armed robbery
- Arraignment
- arraignment of accused persons
- Arrest of a Ship or Res
- Arrest of Judgment
- articles of association
- Ascription of Probative Value
- assault
- assessment of damages
- Attachment of money in an account other than that of the judgment debtor
- attempt
- Attempt to Commit an Offence
- attitude of court to unchallenged evidence
- attitude of the courts to the interpretation of the provisions of any statute purporting to oust the jurisdiction of the courts
- attributes of fair hearing
- auction sale
- audi alteram partem
- authority
- Award of Cost
- award of damages
- award of general damages
- award of interest
B
- Bail
- bias
- Bias of Court
- Bill of Lading
- binding contract
- Binding nature of a contract
- bindingness of the constitution of a political party on its members
- blasphemy
- Bona Fide Purchaser for Value
- Bonafide Purchaser for Value Without Notice
- breach of contract
- breach of fair hearing
- breach of fundamental rights
- Breach of Right to Fair Hearing
- breach of trust
- brief of argument
- brief writing
- burden/standard of proof
- Burden of Onus of Proof
- burden of proof
- Burden of Proof/Standard of Proof
- Burden of Proof and Standard of Proof
- Burden of proof in criminal trials
- Burden of Proof in Election Petition
- burden of proving facts
- business name
C
- calling of witnesses
- cancellation of results
- Capacity of a foreign company to enforce an illegal contract
- capacity to sue and be sued
- Cardinal principle of construction of statutes
- Card Reader
- card readers
- case law
- causation
- Cause Action
- cause of action
- Cause of death
- Causes of action
- Caveat
- certificate of incorporation
- certificate of occupancy
- cessation of agency relationship
- challenge of jurisdiction
- Challenging The Conduct Of A Political Party
- Challenging The Conduct Of A Political Party's Primary Election
- change of position
- Character Evidence
- Charges
- Chieftaincy Disputes
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Citing judicial authorities
- civil action
- Claim for Damages
- Claim for interest
- claim for trespass
- claim of trespass and injunction
- Claims
- Claims/Reliefs
- claims for declaration of title to land
- Code of Conduct Bureau
- Code of Conduct Tribunal
- commencement of action
- common intention
- common law
- Communal Land
- company resident in united kingdom
- company shares
- compensation for accidents at workplace
- compensation or damages for detention
- competence of a suit
- Competence of court
- competent witness
- Competing Interests in Land
- compliance with statute
- Computation of Time
- concurrent findings of fact
- Concurrent findings of facts
- Condition Precedent
- condition precedent for court to validly assume jurisdiction
- condition precedent for including a competent cause of action
- conditions precedent for assumption of jurisdiction by court
- conditions precedent for the application of public officers protection law
- Conditions to be satisfied before the Court can grant a garnishee order nisi
- Confession
- confessional statement
- Conflict in Affidavit Evidence
- conflicting and contradictory evidence
- Conflicting evidence
- consequential order
- consideration
- Consistency in Presentation of a Case
- Consistency in Presentation of Case
- consistency in the presentation of a case
- consolidation of suits
- conspiracy
- constitutional interpretation
- Constitutional Validity of Legislation
- constitution of political parties
- Construction of Documents
- constructive fraud
- contempt of court
- contempt proceedings
- contract
- contract in restraint of trade
- contract of employment
- Contract of Guarantee
- Contract of Indemnity
- Contract of Sale of Land/Property
- contracts
- Contradiction and discrepancy in evidence
- contradiction in evidence
- contradictions and discrepancies in evidence
- Contradictions in evidence
- control
- conversion
- Convicition
- Conviction
- Conviction evidence of a single witness
- Conviction for Lesser Offence
- corporate capacity
- corporate criminal liability
- Corporate Personality
- Corroboration
- Corroboration Evidence
- Corroboration in the Offence of Rape
- corroborative evidence
- Counter-Claim
- counter claim
- Counterclaim
- counter offer
- court of appeal
- Court of Co-Ordinate Jurisdiction
- Court Pocess
- court proceedings
- court processes
- court raising issue suo motu
- court rules
- Courts of Co-ordinate jurisdiction
- Creation of an agency
- Criminal Breach of Trust
- criminal conspiracy
- Criminal Liability
- Criminal trial
- Cross-Appeal
- Cross-Examination
- cross appeal
- Cross Examination
- Cruelty in Marriage
- culpable homicide
- Custody of a Child
- customary arbitration
- customary pledge
- customary sale of land
D
- damages
- Damages for Detention
- damages for termination of appointment
- dangers inherent in disregard for rule of law by the government
- dangers inherent in disregard of rule of law by the government
- dangers of self help
- Decision of Court
- decisions of court
- declaration
- Declaration by a Returning Officer
- declaration of nullity
- declaration of title
- declaration of title to land
- declaratory reliefs
- deed
- defamation
- default judgment
- Defective notice of appeall
- Defence of Accident
- Defence of Accident/Self-Defence
- Defence of Alibi
- defence of provocation
- Defence of qualified privilege
- Defence of Self-Defence
- Defence of Self-Defence/Provocation
- Defence of self defence
- defence of self defense
- defence on the merit
- defences
- Defences of Accused Persons
- Defences of Laches and Acquiescence
- Defence to an action
- defense of accident/self defense
- definition of an appellant
- definition of jurisdiction
- definition of reschedule
- delay
- Delivery of Judgment
- demurrage
- demurrer proceedings
- denial of fair hearing
- derivative action
- derogation of rights
- determination of an action in limine
- determination of appeal
- determination of jurisdiction
- Detinue
- difference between locus standi and estoppel
- difference between public service commission and civil service commission
- difference between statement on oath and affidavit evidence
- differences between an interlocutory order and a final order
- Direct evidence
- directors
- discharge and acquittal of an accused person
- discharge of contract
- disclosed principal
- discretionary power
- discretion of court
- dishonour of cheque
- dismissal from employment
- dismissal of a petition
- Dismissal of Appeal
- display of goods for sale
- dissolution of company
- Dissolution of Marriage
- Distinction between a progressive law and a retrospective law
- Distinction between termination and suspension
- distinguishing between a final judgement and an interlocutory judgement
- Dividend
- doctrine of covering the field
- doctrine of extinction of cause of action
- Doctrine of Last Seen
- Doctrine of Lis Pendens
- Doctrine of Severance
- doctrine of ubi jus ibi remedium
- doctrine of ultra vires
- documentary evidence
- document of title
- domestic affairs of a company
- Double Compensation
- Double jeopardy
- Doubt
- doubt in prosecution's case
- dual capacity
- dual capacity as servant and shareholder
- duties of directors
- duties of inec
- duties of the employer
- duty and power of the court
- duty of a bank
- Duty of a Respondent
- duty of candour by legal practitioner in citing legal authorities
- duty of care
- Duty of Counsel
- duty of court
- duty of court to commence trial once pleadings have been settled and issues joined
- duty of directors
- duty of inec
- duty of parties
- duty of police
- duty of prosecution
- duty of the prosecution
- Duty of witnesses to a crime
- Dying Declaration
E
- Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
- economic tort
- effect and application of section 53(2) electoral act
- effect of absence of jurisdiction
- Effect of a court process not signed by counsel
- Effect of an amended statute
- Effect of an order made by a court without jurisdiction
- Effect of a plea of guilt
- Effect of document not before the court
- Effect of evidence standing at variance with a party's pleading
- Effect of Failure to Obtain Prior Consent of the Attorney General before the commencement of and attachment of public funds in a Garnishee Proceeding
- Effect of failure to seek Leave to Appeal
- effect of final judgement
- Effect of non-service of an originating process
- effect of statutes
- Effect of undisputed/uncontroverted facts
- election petition
- Election Petition Proceedings
- Election PEtition Tribunal
- Election Result
- Electoral Act
- electoral matters as sui generis
- Electoral Officers
- Elements of the offence of armed robbery
- Embezzlement
- employment with statutory flavour
- Enactment of Laws
- Endorsement of Court Processes
- enforceability of contract
- Enforcement of Contract
- enforcement of fundamental human rights
- enforcement of legal right arising out of contract
- Enlargement of Time to Appeal
- Entering Appearance
- equitable defence
- equitable interest
- equitable interest in land
- equitable remedies
- Error/Mistake in Judgment
- error in judgment
- error in proceedings
- Estate of a Muslim
- estimation of damages
- estoppel
- estoppel by conduct
- Estoppel Per Rem Judicatam
- Estoppel per Rem Judicatam/Res Judicata
- evaluation of documentary evidence
- evaluation of evidence
- Evaluation of evidence by an appellate court
- Evidence
- evidence in previous proceedings
- Evidence of a Blood Relation
- Evidence of an Eye Witness
- evidence of a single witness
- Evidence of Co-Accused Person
- Evidence of witness
- Evidence on Unpleaded Facts
- Examination of Witness
- exception clauses
- exclusive jurisdiction
- execution of document
- execution of judgment
- executory and declaratory judgments
- Exemplary Damages
- exemption clause
- exercise of discretion
- exercise of jurisdiction
- ex parte injunction
- Expert Evidence
- Expert Opinion
- Extension of Time to Appeal
- extension to appeal
- Extra-Judicial Confession
- Extra Judicial Statement
F
- Facilities to be made available to an accused
- fact in issue
- factors acts
- failure to call evidence on a material and essential issue
- Failure to produce document pleaded
- fair hearing
- false imprisonment
- family land
- family property/land
- Federal High Court
- fiduciary duty of promoters
- filing an appeal
- Filing of Petition
- Filing of Processes
- final/interlocutory judgment
- Final Decision
- final judgement
- Final Judgment
- findings of fact
- fire caused by unseaworthiness
- fire insurance
- foreign authorities
- Forfeiture and Disposition of Property
- formation of agency
- formation of contract
- Formulation of Issues
- Formulation of Issues for Determination
- forum shopping
- foss v harbottle rule
- fraud
- freedom of association
- fresh causes on appeal
- fresh issues on appeal
- fresh points on appeal
- Fresh points onAppeal
- frustration
- frustration in contract
- frustration of contract
- Functus Officio
- fundamental breach
- fundamental human right
- fundamental human rights
- Fundamental Right (Enforcement Procedure) Rules
- further evidence on appeal
G
- garnishee proceedings
- General Court Martial
- general damages
- Golden rule of interpretation
- government agency
- grant of land
- Ground of Appeal
- ground of appeal not incorporated in the Notice of Appeal
- Ground of appeal on law
- grounds for appeal
- Grounds of Appeal
- Grounds of Mixed Law and Facts
- Guilt of an Accused Person
H
I
- Identification Evidence
- Identification of Deceased Body
- identification of land in dispute
- Identification Parade
- identity of land
- illegal/void contract
- Illegal Contract
- illegality of contract
- illiterate
- illiterate protection law
- immunity
- immunity clause
- immunity of the state
- importance of jurisdiction
- Incompetent action
- Inconsistencies in the extra judicial statement and evidence on oath of a witness
- Inconsistencies in the extra judicial statement and oral testimony of a witness
- Inconsistency rule
- Incorporation
- Independent National Electoral Commission
- indictment
- Inelegantly drafted issues for determination
- Infamous Conduct
- inference of malice in malicious prosecution
- Ingredients of a valid contract
- Ingredients of the offence of armed robbery
- Inherent Jurisdiction
- initial offer
- injunction
- injury in workplace
- insolvency
- insurable interest
- Inteference with Findings of Facts
- Interested party
- Interference with Award of Cost
- interference with award of damages
- interference with concurrent findings of fact
- Interference with Concurrent Findings of Facts
- interference with evaluation of evidence
- interference with exercise of discretion
- interference with findings of fact
- interference with findings of facts
- Interference with the Evaluation of evidence
- Interference with the Exercise of Discretion
- interim injunction
- Interlocutory and Final Orders
- interlocutory appeal
- Interlocutory Application
- interlocutory applications
- Interlocutory Applications/Matters
- interlocutory injunction
- Interlocutory Matters
- Interpleader Proceedings
- Interpretation Act
- interpretation of electoral act
- interpretation of oaths act
- interpretation of otherwise in section 308 of the constitution
- interpretation of section 2 national security agencies act
- interpretation of section 2(a) of the public officers protection law
- interpretation of section 5(1) passport (miscellaneous provisions) act
- interpretation of section 34(1) wills act 1837
- interpretation of section 83(1) National Railway Corporation Act
- interpretation of section 308(1)
- interpretation of statute
- interpretation of statutes
- interpretation of the provisions of statutes
- Intestacy
- intestate succession
- Intra-Party Disputes
- Investments and Securities Tribunal
- invitation to treat
- Islamic Law
- issuance of dud cheques
- issuance of originating processes
- issuance of writ of summons
- issue estoppel
- issue for determination
- Issue of Jurisdiction
- issues for determination
- Issues of Jurisdiction
- Issues raised in Pleadings
J
- joinder of parties
- Joining of issues
- Judge
- judgement in open court
- judgement of court
- judgment in rem
- Judgment of court
- judicial act
- judicial functions
- judicial inquiry
- judicial notice
- judicial officer
- judicial precedent
- judicial precedents
- judicial review
- jurat
- jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction of Arbitration Tribunal
- Jurisdiction of Court
- jurisdiction of supreme court
- jurisdiction of the appellate court where the lower court lacks jurisdiction
- jurisdiction of the court of appeal
- jurisdiction of the court of appeal over appeals from the national industrial court
- Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court
- Jurisdiction of the High Court of the FCT Abuja
- Jurisdiction of the National Industrial Court
- Jurisdiction of the Sharia Court of Appeal
- Jurisdiction of the State High Court
- Jurisprudence
- juristic personality
- Justification Defence
- justification under the penal code
L
- laches
- Laches And Acquiescence
- Lack of Jurisdiction
- Lagos State Environmental Protection Law 1997
- landlord
- landlord and tenant act
- language used at trial
- last seen doctrine
- lease
- lease executed by landlord company
- Leave of Court
- leave to appeal
- leave to prefer a charge
- legal capacity
- legal capacity to institute an action
- legal maxims
- legal personality
- Legal practitioner as an commission agent
- lending a servant
- Liability of a Company
- Libel
- lifting the veil
- limitation law
- limitation of action
- Limitation period
- limitations in the application of public officers protection law
- limited liability of shareholders
- Liquidator
- Lis Pendens
- Literal Rule of Interpretation
- local government
- locus standi
M
- Magistrate Court Jurisdiction
- main and ancillary claims
- Maintenance
- malicious prosecution
- mandamus
- mandatory provisions of a statute
- marginal notes
- master and servant
- master and servant relationship
- master servant relationship
- Matrimonial Proceedings
- Meaning and nature of allocutus
- meaning of "miscarriage of justice"
- meaning of "shall"
- meaning of action
- meaning of appeal
- Meaning of a testimonial
- meaning of bias
- meaning of cause of action
- meaning of conspiracy
- meaning of contract of employment
- meaning of demurrage
- meaning of dismissal
- meaning of employee
- meaning of final decision
- Meaning of Hearsay evidence
- meaning of instigate
- meaning of likelihood of bias
- meaning of muslim personal law
- meaning of naturalisation
- meaning of negligence
- meaning of non-suit
- meaning of notice
- meaning of notwithstanding
- meaning of passport
- meaning of penalty
- meaning of person in trade
- meaning of pledge
- meaning of pre-emption in islamic law
- meaning of public service
- meaning of real likelihood
- meaning of retirement and dismissal
- meaning of statutory corporation
- meaning of substance
- meaning of termination
- meaning of waiver
- meaning of wrongful
- measurement of damages
- measure of damages
- Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
- medical evidence
- Medical Officer
- memorandum and articles of association
- memorandum of association
- mens rea
- mere puff
- Mesne Profit
- military takeover 1966
- Miscarriage of Justice
- mischief rule
- mistake
- mistake in contract
- Mistake in Judgement
- Mistake of Counsel
- mistake of counsel/court/registry
- Mitigation of Damages
- Mode of Commencing Action
- Mortgaged Property
- motion on notice
- Motions
- motive
- multiplicity of suits
- Murder
N
- national industrial court
- Nature and effect of jurisdiction in a suit
- Nature and elements of the defence of provocation
- nature of agency
- Nature of An Appeal
- Nature of a notice of appeal
- nature of appeal
- nature of claims under workmen compensation act
- nature of common law
- Nature of contract
- Nature of Damages
- Nature of Election Petition
- nature of islamic law
- nature of jurisdiction
- Nature of the defence of alibi
- Nature of the defence of self-defence
- necessary parties
- negligence
- neighbour principle
- Nigerian Customs Service Board Act
- no case submission
- nolle prosequi
- Nomination and Sponsorship of Candidate
- Non-Compliance with Electoral Act
- Non-Compliance with Rules of Court
- Non-compliance with Section 85 (1) of the Electoral Act
- Non-Compliance with Statute
- Non-Compliance with Statutory Provision
- Non-interference by the court in the internal affairs of a political party
- noncompliance
- noncompliance with electoral act
- nonjoinder of parties
- notable pronouncement
- Notable Pronouncements
- notice of appeal
- notice of preliminary objection
- Notice Required under Section 85 (1) of the Electoral Act (Amended)
- Notices of Appeal
- notice to INEC
- novus actus
- Null and Void Judgement
- Nullification of Election
- Nullity of a judgment
- Number of witnesses to be called by the prosecution
O
- oath of office
- oaths act
- objection
- objectivity
- objects clause
- obligations of counsel
- Offence for which the accused is not charged
- offence of abetment
- offence of armed robbery
- offence of conspiracy
- Offence of Culpable Homicide
- Offence of Culpable Homicide Not Punishable with Death
- Offence of culpable homicide punishable with death
- Offence of Forgery
- offence of manslaughter
- Offence of Money Laundering
- offence of murder
- offence of Obtaining by False Pretense
- Offence of Rape
- Offence of stealing
- Offence of Uttering
- offer
- offer in contract
- Office of the Attorney General
- omnibus ground of appeal
- on the principle that every tribunal and court must observe the rules of natural justice
- on the principle that the constitution must be taken as a whole
- On the retrospective nature of procedural law
- Onus of proof
- Option available to the court in the absence of eye witness account
- oral/documentary evidence
- Oral and Documentary Evidence
- oral evidence
- Oral or Documentary Evidence
- Order 29 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2009
- order of committal
- Order of Court
- Order of dismissal
- order of dismissal and non-suit
- order of non-suit
- order of nullity
- Order of retrial
- Order of Retrial/Trial De Novo
- Order of Striking Out
- Order VII Rule 1 (1) Of Admiralty Jurisdiction Act
- Order VI Rule 7 of Admiralty Jurisdiction Procedure Rules 1993
- Originating Process
- Originating Summons
- ostensible authority
- ouster of jurisdiction
- Over-voting
- overvoting in election
- Ownership of Land
P
- partial jurisdiction
- particulars of ground of appeal
- parties to an action
- parties to an offence
- Payment of Filing Fees
- pending applications
- Pension
- personal injury
- perverse decision
- Perverse Decison
- piercing the corporate veil
- pleadings
- Plea Of Accused Persons
- plea of alibi
- Plea of Guilt
- Plea of Guilty
- Plea of illegality
- Plea of Limitation Law
- plea of non est factum
- pledge
- police investigations
- political parties
- Political Party
- Political Party Primary
- possession of goods under agreement to purchase
- Possession of Land
- power of court
- power of court to amend proceedings to reflect the true parties before the court
- Power of court to award claims not claimed
- power of sale
- Power of the Attorney-General
- power of the court of appeal under court of appeal act
- power of the supreme court
- powers of court
- powers of the Attorney General
- powers of the court
- powers of the court of appeal to determine an appeal or part of it suo motu
- powers of the court to raise issues suo motu
- powers of the national industrial court
- powers of the supreme court
- power to contract
- Practice direction
- Pre-action notice
- Pre-election Matters
- pre election matters
- pre incorporation contract
- Preliminary Objection
- preliminary objection in an appeal
- Presumption of Correctness of Election Result
- Presumption of Facts
- presumption of innocence
- Presumption of law
- presumption of regularity
- Presumption of Validity
- pretrial conference
- price maintenance
- Prima Facie Case
- Primary Election
- principal offenders
- principle of interpretation of statute
- principles of fair hearing
- principles of interpretation of the constitution
- principle that judgement of a court must be supported by evidence
- Priority of motions
- Privacy
- privity
- privity of contract
- Probative Value
- Procedural iregularity
- procedural irregularity
- Procedural law and substantive law
- Procedure for a valid arraignment
- production of document
- proliferation of issues
- Proliferation of Issues for Determination
- promissory estoppel
- promoters
- Proof
- proof beyond reasonable doubt
- Proof of Evidence
- proof of guilt
- proof of incorporation
- Proof of murder
- proof of negligence
- proof of title
- Proof of title to land
- proper parties
- proper procedure where a party is making an application for interim and interlocutory injunction
- proper procedure where respondent is seeking to set aside the judgement of a lower court on grounds other than those filed by the appellant
- property
- Proper venue for challenging the conduct of a primary election
- Provision of an Intrepeter
- provocation
- publication
- Public Document
- public documents
- Public Office
- public officer
- public officer definition under public officer protection act
- Public Officers Protection Act
- public officers protection law
- public service commission
- Public Service Rules
- Purport of Section 191(1) of the Constitution on the holding of the office of Governor of the State by the Deputy Governor
R
- Raising alibi for the first time in the witness box
- Raising fresh issues on appeal
- Raising Issues Suo MOto
- raising issues suo motu
- raising new issues on appeal
- Ratio Decidendi
- Re-evaluation of Evidence
- Re-litigation of settled issues
- Reasonable Time
- recondite point of law
- record of appeal
- record of court proceedings
- Records of Court
- recovery of premises
- recovery of price
- reference to superior court
- reference to supreme court from court of appeal
- reference to the supreme court by the court of appeal
- Reformulation of issues by the court
- Refusal to hear Motion
- registerable instrument
- Registered Land
- registrable instrument
- registration of political parties
- reinstatement
- Rejection of Evidence
- rejoinder of parties
- Relevant Facts
- relief
- reliefs
- Remit
- removal of a director of a company
- Renewal of writ
- reply
- Reply Brief
- reply on points of law
- Representative Action
- representative capacity
- Repudiation of Contract
- repugnancy doctrine
- resale
- rescue cases
- res judicata
- respondent to an appeal
- Resting Case
- Restitution
- restraint
- restrictive covenants
- Retirement of a Public Servant
- Retracted Confessional Statement
- reversal of decision
- Reversal of judgment
- revolution
- right of access to courts
- right of action
- Right of an Accused Person
- Right of Appeal
- right of appeal at national industrial court
- right of shufa
- right of withdrawal of appeal
- Rights of a Mortgagor
- rights of an accused person
- rights of defendant to raise grounds the effect of which will determine the action in limine
- right to an interpreter
- Right to Dignity of Person
- Right to fair hearing
- right to legal representation
- Right to Life
- right to peaceful assembly and association
- Right to Personal Liberty
- Robbery and Firearms Act
- role of a banker
- role of a respondent
- role of court
- role of court in a proceeding
- Role of respondent
- role of the respondent in an appeal
- root of title
- rule in foss v harbottle
- rule in smith v selwyn
- Rule of Interpretation of Document/Judgment
- rule of law
- rules of court
- rulesof court
- Rules of Interpretation of Constitution
- Rules of Interpretation of Statute
- Rules of Practice and Procedure
- rules of professional conduct
- rules of statutory interpretation
- rules on practice and procedure
S
- sale by description
- Sale of family land
- sale of goods fraudulently obtained
- Sale of Land
- scene of the crime
- scope of the rule in foss v harbottle
- Seal and stamp
- Section 4 of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act CAP D3 LFN 2004
- Section 12(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act
- Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act CAP A18 LFN 2004
- Section 49 of Electoral Act
- Section 85 (1) of the Electoral Act
- Section 87(9) of the Electoral Act 2010
- Section 138 of the Electoral Act 2010
- Section 241 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (As Amended)
- Section 285(7) Of The 1999 Constitution (As Amended)
- Section 286 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State
- Section 318 of The 1999 Constitution (As Amended)
- Sections 2(1) and 24 of the Legal Practitioners Act CAP L11 L.F.N
- Sections 10 and 28 of the State Lands Laws of the Eastern Nigeria and Section 15(1) and (2) (A) of the High Court Law of Eastern Nigeria
- securities and exchange commission
- Seizure
- Seizure/ Restitution/ Forfeiture and Disposition of Property
- self service
- sentencing
- separate legal personality
- separation of power
- servant or agent
- service of court process
- Service of Court Processes
- Service Of Originating Processes
- service of writ of summons
- Setting a Judgment Aside
- Setting aside Judgment
- settlement
- Shareholders
- signing a court process in the name of a law firm
- signing of court processes
- signing of originating processes and court processes
- sitting in chamber
- slander
- Special/General Damages
- special damages
- specific goods
- specific performance
- speculation
- splitting a ground of appeal in the formulation of issues
- sponsorship and nomination of candidates and party primaries
- Stamp/Seal
- Stamp and Seal
- standard of proof
- Standard of proof in civil cases
- Standard of prrof
- Stare Decisis
- Statement Made By Interested Party
- statement of defence
- Statute Barred Action
- statute of limitation
- statutory duty
- stay of execution
- stay of execution of judgment
- Stay of proceedings
- strict liability
- Striking Out of a Matter
- Subsidiary Legislation
- Substantial Dispute
- Substantial Justice
- substantive and procedural law
- substitution of a party
- Substitution of Parties
- succession
- suicide
- summary dismissal
- Summary Judgment
- Summary Judgment Procedure
- Summary Trial
- suo motu
- supremacy of the constitution
- supreme court
- Survey Plan
- Survival of Cause of Action
- Suspicion
T
- Tainted Witness
- technicalities
- technical justice
- tenancy
- Tendering of Documents
- Tendering of Weapon of Crime
- termination and dismissal from employment
- termination of contract
- termination of contract of employment
- termination of employment
- terms of contract
- Territorial jurisdiction
- testate succession
- test for determining bias
- test of defamation
- test of master servant relationship
- The defence of self-defence
- the golden rule
- The learned trial Judge invoked the doctrine of last seen to conn
- the liberal approach to constitutional interpretation
- the overriding importance of jurisdiction in the determination of a case
- Third Party Proceedings
- Time Frame
- title to land
- trade dispute
- trade disputes amendment act
- trade union
- trading with the enemy
- traditional evidence
- traditional history
- training bonds
- transfer of property between seller and buyer
- traverse
- trespass to land
- Tresspass to Land
- trial
- trial within trial
U
- Unappealed Decisions
- unappealed findings
- unascertained goods
- unchallenged evidence
- unchallenged facts
- Unchallenged findings of fact
- uncontroverted evidence
- Undefended list procedure
- unenforceability of contract by third parties
- union
- union finance
- university administration
- unlawful possession of narcotic
- Unlawful Possession of Narcotic Drug
- unlimited jurisdiction of the high court
- unregistered foreign company carrying on business in Nigeria
V
W
- waiver of rights
- Ways of proving ownership of land
- Weight of evidence
- what amounts to an abuse of court process
- what constitutes conspiracy
- what determines the competence of a court to hear a matter
- what must be considered in determining claims or defence of a party
- when a cause of action accrues
- When circumstantial evidence can be relied by the court
- when is a garnishee order Nisi deemed binding and absolute
- Whether an order for stay may be granted when the appeal had not been lodged upon an undertaking to file the notice of appeal
- Whether the non-invocation of allocutus will constitute the breach of the right to fair hearing
- Whether the right of allocutus can avail an accused person already convicted for an offence with a mandatory statutory sentence
- Whether the rules of court confer jurisdiction on the court
- Who has custody of a money in a bank
- who is a public officer
- who is a servant
- wills
- Withholding Evidence
- Witness
- witnesses
- witness testimony
- workmen compensation act
- Writing of Judgement
- writ issued against a dead person
- writ of summons
- written address
- Written Contract
- wrongful admission of evidence
- wrongful dismissal
- wrongful termination