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COURT OF APPEAL JUSTICE PRAYS TO GOD OVER PROBLEM OF DELAY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Case Law

COURT OF APPEAL JUSTICE PRAYS TO GOD OVER PROBLEM OF DELAY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Appellant ought to appreciate that commercial transactions are not to be blocked; blighted and bloated by technicalities and foisted delays that take their toil not only on their opponent’s time/resources but indeed delays that clog on the administration of justice and dissipates judicial energy and public resources are condemnable. The prolongation of this needless dispute […]

counsel
Case Law

Inadvertence of counsel is a question of fact.

NNPC v. Samfadek & Sons Ltd. [2018] 7 NWLR (Pt. 1617) 1 at 10-11, paras. H-C, per Eko JSC: “Where there has been a failure of strategy or tactic on the part of the counsel, as in the instant case, the litigant, his client, cannot escape such blunders committed by his counsel; for if the […]

no light delays justice
Case Law

Lack of electricity delays judgment.

  Dike v. Kay-Kay Construction Ltd [2017] 14 NWLR (Pt. 1584) 1 at 74, paras. A-B, per Tur, JCA: “Many a times there would be no power supply in Enugu Division in my house. Even if there was, the generator would often become dysfunctional, hence the delay in rendering my opinion in this appeal.” Blogger’s […]

On duty on court to obey cause list
Case Law

On duty on court to obey cause list

Pam v. Mohammed [2008] 16 NWLR (Pt. 1112) 1 at 83-84, paras. G-C, per Tobi, JSC (of blessed memory): “A cause list in our jurisprudence is a list showing or indicating the cases to be taken by the court for the day. It includes the action to be taken in each case and counsel to […]

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