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Tag: practice and procedure

unknown persons
Case Law

Can “Persons Unknown” maintain an action in Court?

Background. In law, a named person has the right to sue unknown and unnamed person(s). For instance, where unknown and unidentified persons are in unauthorised occupation/possession of property as squatters, the owner of property has the right to evict them even without recourse to court. However, considering the possibility of a violent altercation occurring, the […]

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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