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Our law is the law of the practitioner rather than the law of the philosopher.

Chief Gani Fawehinni v. Nigerian Bar Association & Ors (No 2) (1989) 2 NWLR (Pt. 105) 558 at 650, per Oputa, JSC: “Our law is the law of the practitioner rather than the law of the philosopher. Decisions have drawn their inspiration and their strength from the very facts which framed the issues for decision. […]

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April 21, 2019
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THE CASE OF SIFAX NIGERIA LTD VS MIGFO NIGERIA LTD: WAS THE COURT OF APPEAL LAYING DOWN THE PRECEDENT OF NOT FOLLOWING PRECEDENTS?

‘…Nobody knows, until a case has come to trial, what will emerge from all the “authorities”… Every lawyer is aware of points on which the authorities are conflicting and obscure, and as precedents multiply, so do the conflicts and obscurities’. Sir Carleton Kemp Allen (Case Law: An Unwarrantable Intervention (1935) 51 LQR 333). […]

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January 16, 2018
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THE COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE PRE-ELECTION MATTER EVEN AFTER THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION

Dahiru & Anor. v. A. P. C. & Ors [2017] 4 NWLR (Pt. 1555) 218 at 244, paras. H-A, per Rhodes-Vivour, JSC: A suit does not become academic simply because what gave rise to the action is concluded. A pre-election matter that was instituted prior to the conduct of an election subsists and the court in […]

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April 5, 2017
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FRN VS NNAMDI KANU: RESOLVING THE FINAL ADDRESS PUZZLE

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Our law is the law of the practitioner rather than the law of the philosopher.

THE CASE OF SIFAX NIGERIA LTD VS MIGFO NIGERIA LTD: WAS THE COURT OF APPEAL LAYING DOWN THE PRECEDENT OF NOT FOLLOWING PRECEDENTS?

THE COURTS HAVE JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE PRE-ELECTION MATTER EVEN AFTER THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION

FRN VS NNAMDI KANU: RESOLVING THE FINAL ADDRESS.

“OMOTOSHO SHOW ME THE LAW, YOU DON’T KNOW.

HOW TINUBU’S “ON YOUR MANDATE” ANTHEM “SET UP”.

JUSTICE OMOTOSHO’S FINDINGS THAT NAILED PROF. NDIFON ON.

FRN VS NNAMDI KANU: RESOLVING THE FINAL ADDRESS.

“OMOTOSHO SHOW ME THE LAW, YOU DON’T KNOW.

HOW TINUBU’S “ON YOUR MANDATE” ANTHEM “SET UP”.

JUSTICE OMOTOSHO’S FINDINGS THAT NAILED PROF. NDIFON ON.

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