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Okeke V Obadife & Ors (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. This is an appeal by the second defendant against the judgment of Somolu J., in the High Court of Western Nigeria awarding damages for negligence both at common law and under the Fatal Accidents Law of the Region. . . . Read more
Sunday Okoro Vs Attorney-general, Western Nigeria (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The appellant and two others were charged in the High Court of Western Nigeria with conspiracy to defraud and obtaining by false pretences. On the count for conspiracy they were all acquitted, and on the count for . . . Read more
Umaru Sangara V The State (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. The appellant was convicted by Reed J. of culpable homicide punishable with death contra section 221 (a) of the Penal Code. The victim was a child barely 9 months old whom, it was alleged, appellant hit on the . . . Read more
Usen V Bank Of West Africa Ltd (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The appellant was first employed by the respondent Bank on the 1st June, 1948, and remained in its employment until the 12th January, 1962, when he received a letter saying that his employment was terminated as . . . Read more
Ferris George & Sons Ltd V Kalim Khoury (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. Ferris George & Sons Limited is a private limited company incorporated in Nigeria under the Companies Act, and one of the members of the company is George who is registered as the holder of 30,500 . . . Read more
Etim Edet V Board Of Customs And Excise (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The appellant, who will be referred to as the defendant, was tried for an Exchange Control offence before J. C. Phil-Ebosie, Esq., Chief Magistrate, Calabar,-who acquitted him; on appeal by the Board of Customs and . . . Read more
Role Of The Nigerian Lawyer In The Metaverse ABSTRACT Technology, instead of diminishing the legal profession, actually reinforces it and makes lawyers more germane amid expeditiously changing times. The impact of technology on the legal world is indisputable, especially given the context of the Metaverse. The metaverse which is considered . . . Read more
Onayemi V Okunubi (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The late Emmanuel Musuru Okunubi left a will, in which he made various specific dispositions with a final bequest and devise to all his children in equal shares of the residue both real and personal, and he appointed three executors, . . . Read more
Kerewi (Substituted For John Reimu) V Odegbesan (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONYEAMA, J.S.C. The plaintiff who is the respondent on this appeal was the owner of a taxi-cab registered as No. WS.440. On the 19th of July, 1960, this vehicle was being driven from Warri to Sapele when, about . . . Read more
Ozude V Inspector-general Of Police (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The Court allowed this appeal at the hearing, and will now give its reasons in writing. We then said that the trial was marred by the reception of hearsay evidence, and that the trial magistrate was not alive . . . Read more