Appeals (2099)
HELD:
"The failure of the respondent to reply to the appellant's argument that the claim for damages for negligence is not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Federal High Court did not render the argument correct and sacrosanct.
HELD:
"I have earlier stated that the Respondents have incorporated argument in support of the Respondents' Notice spanning pages 3 - 12 of the brief.
HELD:
"The law is settled in the appellate Courts that issues for determination in an appeal against the decision of a lower Court must inure, arise from and be distilled from the grounds of the appeal which contain the real complaints against the decision of the lower Court.
HELD:
"The law is settled in the appellate Courts that issues for determination in an appeal against the decision of a lower Court must inure, arise from and be distilled from the grounds of the appeal which contain the real complaints against the decision of the lower Court.
HELD:
"The Appellant has raised the defence of insanity for his discharge and acquittal to the crime committed.
FRESH POINT(S) ON APPEAL - Whether a party can raise fresh issue(s) on appeal without leave of Court
HELD:
"The two issues argued in this appeal are fresh issues, having not been issues either at the trial Court or the lower Court. Appeal is by way of rehearing.
HELD:
"The law is trite that the ground of appeal is the foundation of every appeal as it constitutes an Appellant's complaint against the judgment appealed against.