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

CASE TITLE: BULO v. MUMMUNAI INTEGRATED SERVICES LTD & ORS (2025) LPELR-82881(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 9TH JANUARY, 2026PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAWLEAD JUDGMENT:…

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

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.…

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

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…

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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

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

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Principles Guiding The Court In Making Consequential Order(s)

CASE TITLE: ZAMBWA v. ZARWA (2025) LPELR-82759(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 17TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: LAND LAW LEAD JUDGMENT: OLABODE ABIMBOLA ADEGBEHINGBE,…

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Principles Guiding Grant of Application for Relisting a Suit

CASE TITLE: ZENON PETROLEUM & GAS LTD v. D.G. ITF (2025) LPELR-82683(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 15TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: PRACTICE…

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Unlocking Your Full Potential: A Lawyer’s Guide to Mandatory CPD in Nigeria

The legal landscape is ever-evolving, and staying at the forefront of knowledge and skill is not just an aspiration –…

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Can one Employee Declare a Trade Dispute?

CASE TITLE: OLUTOMILAYO V. A. G. FEDERATION & ANOR LPELR-82644(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 12TH DECEMBER, 2025 JUSTICES: DANLAMI ZAMA SENCHI, J.C.A.…

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Can There Be Two Independent Claims of Title and Damage for Trespass; Who Can Sue for Trespass?

CASE TITLE: OBHORRIBHO & ANOR V. ALEKE & ANOR (2025) LPELR- 82649(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 11TH DECEMBER, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: LAND…

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What Does a Witness Have to do in Order to be Seen as Witness of Truth?

CASE TITLE: OPARA v. STATE (2025) LPELR- 82393(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH AUGUST, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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