Case Law

A judge taking over a matter in which trial has commenced must, as a rule, start de novo.

  Bello v. C.O.P. [2018] 2 NWLR (Pt. 1603) 267 at 322, paras. G-H, per Muhammad, JSC: “The known principle of procedure is that where a different judge who did not conduct the trial from the start including arraignment, taking of and evaluating all evidence placed before him, making his findings based on the evidence […]