Position of the Law in Determining the Issue of Custody in Matrimonial Proceedings

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CASE TITLE:  Atomatofa v. Atomatofa (2023) LPELR-60523(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 5TH JUNE, 2023 PRACTICE AREA: MATRIMONIAL CAUSES LEAD JUDGMENT: UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU,…

Harmonising Seeming Inconsistencies: A Critical Analysis of the Legal Practitioners Act, Cap. L11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and the Legal Practitioners Amendment Decree No. 21 Of 1994

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By: Kola’ Awodein S.A.N , FCTI , FICIArb. , and Ikenna Okoli S.A.N , FCIArb. Abstract This article critically examines…

Whether a Deed of Gift is Rendered Invalid Merely Because it was Prepared in the Name of a Law Firm Rather then by a Named Legal Practitioner

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CASE TITLE: BAKO v. RABIU & ORS (2026) LPELR-82880(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 9TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: CONVEYANCING LAW LEAD JUDGMENT:…

Position of Law on Identity of Land in Dispute Vis-a-Vis What Parties Call It

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CASE TITLE: OLORUNNIMBE & ANOR V. OLOBEKE (2026) LPELR-82912(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 23RD JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: FADAWU…

Whether the Right of an Accused to an Interpreter can be Invoked on Appeal by an Appellant who had been Represented by Counsel at the Trial as a Ground for Setting Aside a Conviction

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CASE TITLE: DANJUMA v. STATE (2026) LPELR-82944(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: UGOCHUKWU…

Who Appoints Police Officers in Nigeria?

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Whether Check-Off Dues May Lawfully be Deducted from the Salaries of Members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers Under the Labour Act and the Trade Unions Act Without their Written Consent?

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CASE TITLE: Garba & Ors v. Umar & Ors (2025) LPELR-82669(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: LABOUR LAW…

Whether An Action Can Be Commenced in a Representative Capacity on Behalf of An Already Partitioned Family Property

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Does Failure to File a Respondent Brief of Argument Mean the Case of the Appellant Will Automatically Succeed?

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CASE TITLE: OLUMIDE v. EJOBE (2025) LPELR-82643(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: UWABUNKEONYE ONWOSI, J.C.A.…

THE WEAKENING GHOST OF OKAFOR V NWEKE: JUSTICE AGIM’S ROADMAP AND THE 2025 JUDICIAL RETREAT

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By: Kola’ Awodein SAN, FCTI, FICIArb (kaaobm15@gmail.com) and Misbau Alamu Lateef, Ph.D., SFHEA (mislaw178@yahoo.com) “This Court is again faced with…

Whether a Person who has Better Title Over Land, Though Not in Physical Possession, Will be Deemed to be the Person in Possession of the Land

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CASE TITLE: ORU v. OLERUA & ANOR (2025) LPELR- 82648(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: EVIDENCE LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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