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Duty of an Appellate Court when Hearing Appeals from the Area/Customary Court

CASE TITLE: DOMINIC V. NAHANI (2026) LPELR-83001(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: OLABODE ABIMBOLA…

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Whether Identification Parade is Necessary Where an Accused Person has Confessed to the Commission of the Offence with which He is Charged

CASE TITLE: OSHO v. STATE OF EKITI (2026) LPELR-83054(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 16TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD…

5 months ago

Principles Governing Exercise of the Duty of Law Enforcement Agencies in Detecting and Investigating Crime

CASE TITLE: HAMZA & ANOR V. NDLEA & ANOR (2026) LPELR-82989(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 29TH JANUARY, 2026 PRACTICE AREA: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW…

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Can a Company like Human Claim Emotional Suffering?

CASE TITLE: FCMB V. ABDUL GAFARU & CO. LTD & ORS LPELR-82795(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2025JUSTICES: JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.S.C.HELEN…

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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

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

5 months ago

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

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

6 months ago

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

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

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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

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

6 months ago

Who Appoints Police Officers in Nigeria?

CASE TITLE: NPF & ORS V. POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION & ANOR LPELR-60782(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH JULY, 2023JUSTICES: MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, J.S.C.HELEN…

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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?

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

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