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Nigerian Cases on Assault and Battery Below are rationes decidendi on Assault and Battery from Nigerian Cases. Assault is unlawfully putting a person in fear of imminent harm. Battery is inflicting force on a person wrongfully. Assault is not the same as Battery, although they are very connected. Meaning and Elements of Assault KLM Royal…
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Nigerian Cases on Abuse of Court/Judicial Process Abuse of Court Process is the improper or malicious use of the judicial process by one party to intimidate or harass the other and interfere with the administration of justice. It is the same thing as Abuse of Judicial Process. Below are some rationes decidendi on Abuse of…
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Nigerian cases on Misrepresentation Below are rationes on Misrepresentation from Nigerian Cases. Misrepresentation is the act of making a false or misleading statement about something, usually with the intent to deceive. Meaning of Misrepresentation ABBA v. ABBA AJI & ORS (2022) LPELR-56592(SC) “The Court below had alluded to a misrepresentation of facts and the definition…
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Nigerian Cases on Interlocutory Injunction Below are rationes decidendi on Interlocutory Injunction from Nigerian Cases. An interlocutory injunction is a court order preventing a party in a suit from doing certain acts pending the determination of the suit. Meaning of Interlocutory Injunction Sabru (Nig.) Ltd. v. Jezco (Nig.) Ltd. (2001) 2 NWLR (Pt. 697) 364…
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Copyright in Nigeria In the world of Intellectual Properties, copyrights are at the forefront of popular cognition, laying in rank with other widely known IPs like trademarks, patent, and trade secrets. In simple parlance, an Intellectual Property (shortly called IP) is an intangible property; creation of the mind. Intellectual Property rights are therefore legal provisions…
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Fintech and Data Privacy Invasion: Legal Implications (– Sokoloan as a Case Study) The borrower is servant to the lender Abstract Today, a lot of people tend to borrow money to make ends meet and for unexpected expenses and this is most times as a result of non-payment of salaries, unemployment, high living standards, etc.…
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Nigerian Cases about Alibi Below are some rationes decidendi about Alibi in Nigerian cases. Alibi is a claim of being somewhere else at the time a crime was committed. Meaning of Alibi ALHAJI MUSA SANI V. THE STATE (2015) Legalpedia (SC) 51133 “Alibi is a Latin word meaning “Elsewhere”. Where an accused person claims he…
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Industrial Designs in Nigeria Want to know about industrial design rights in Nigeria? Sit tight! A lot goes into the production of goods and services. A lot in steps and processes. One major step in the production of an industrial product is the making of a design. In simple parlance, a design is a sketch,…
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Nigerian cases on Trespass to Land Below are rationes decidendi from Nigerian cases on or about Trespass to Land. Trespass to Land is intentionally entering into land, remaining on land, placing or projecting any object upon land in possession of another, without lawful justification. What is trespass to land? Oriorio v. Osain (2012) 16 NWLR…
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Patent in Nigeria A patent is an intellectual property that grants exclusive rights with regard to an invention. All over the world, it is common knowledge that security is at the heart of human desires. A major benefit of intellectual property rights is the guarantee of economic security for human creativity. I would say, ‘Creativity…