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Courts are not set up to engage its precious judicial time in academic exercise. When a court restrains itself from deciding issues in a case or the whole case because its… instagram.com/nigerialii/p/B…

Ex parte applications may be allowed in winding-up proceedings. However, where an order is being sought against any person, such a person will have to be put on notice of the… instagram.com/nigerialii/p/B…

An Anton Piller order is draconian in nature, therefore it must be granted with extreme care and caution. instagram.com/p/Bxhw6Z2pX-2/…

Contracts which are prohibited by statute or at common law coupled with provisions for sanction (such as fine or imprisonment) in the event of its contravention are said to be illegal. There is however the need to… instagram.com/p/BxhycxfJDKM/…

No person shall, after reaping benefit from a transaction of which he is a party, be heard to say such a transaction is illegal or void or voidable when it comes to him to fulfill his obligation under the… instagram.com/p/Bxh0kmDpF4_/…

Where there is no illegality disclosed on the statement of claim, the court will not strike out the pleadings. The courts do not embark on inquisitorial investigation where nothing illegal is apparent on the… instagram.com/p/Bxh29CfJVCi/…

When a contract is ex facie illegal, whether illegality has been pleaded or not, the court would not close its eyes against that illegality as it is the duty of every court to refuse to enforce such a transaction even… instagram.com/p/Bxh4LP0Ji4I/…

Section 36(5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 35(2) of the Evidence Act 2011 have squarely placed the burden of proof in criminal cases on the prosecution, who must prove… instagram.com/p/BxzW-U3JW4-/…

Arraignment is a very important initial step in the trial of a person charged with a criminal offense. Where there is no proper arraignment there is no trial in law, no matter the strength or cogency of the evidence… instagram.com/p/BxzbS0wpeW-/…

A confession is an admission made at any time by a person charged with a crime stating or suggesting the inference that he committed the crime #nigerialii #criminallitigation instagram.com/p/BxzcWH5JDo1/…

A confessional statement is relevant and admissible in criminal proceedings provided that it was not obtained: 1) by oppression of the person who made it; or 2) in consequence of any threat or inducement which… instagram.com/p/BxzdUYMpmo2/…

Dying declarations mean a statement made by a person who believes he is about to die in reference to the manner in which he received the injuries of which he is dying, or other immediate cause of his death, and in… instagram.com/p/BxzehUeJp3D/…

Prima Facie case only means that there is a ground for proceedings. A prima facie case is not the same as proof which comes later when the court has to find whether the accused is finally guilty or not. The evidence… instagram.com/p/ByaT5rcp4Lc/…

A prima facie case in a criminal trial is one that has proceeded up to where it will support findings if evidence to the contrary is disregarded, and prima facie evidence means evidence, which on the face of it, is… instagram.com/p/ByaUn6Sp_uJ/…

Conspiracy is an agreement by two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, coupled with an intent to achieve the agreement’s objective and action or conduct that furthers the agreement, a combination for an… instagram.com/p/ByryIGMpAiI/…

The bedrock of the offence of conspiracy is the actual agreement itself to commit an unlawful act. #nigerialii #nigerianlaw instagram.com/p/Byry2xipQlJ/…

Conspiracy is an agreement to do an unlawful act that can be inferred from the fact of doing things towards a common end, where there is no direct evidence in support of agreement between accused persons. Erim v.… instagram.com/p/ByrzlL6JZGa/…

Conspiracy is a separate offence from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy. A conspiracy ends when the unlawful act has been committed or when the agreement has been abandoned. A conspiracy does not… instagram.com/p/Byr0Zh6piMg/…

The cardinal rule of interpretation of a statute is that the enactment must be construed as a whole and sections in the statute must not be read in isolation in order to discover the real intention of the statute… instagram.com/p/BysApBFJrdk/…