Actions (642)
HELD:
"It is settled law that no Court has the jurisdiction to give or grant to a party what the party did not ask for.
HELD:
"My Lord has restated admirably, the position of the law that a Court of law should not grant to a party a claim or relief not sought for or claimed by that party.
HELD:
"Let me start by saying that a Court of law has no jurisdiction to grant a relief not asked for by the Plaintiff or Claimant.
HELD:
"An action is said to be premature if it is instituted before the aggregate of facts that entitles the Plaintiff to a relief have occurred.
HELD:
"...In any case, there is nothing in Order 2 and the entire provisions of the Lagos State (Civil Procedure) Rules 1994 (the then prevailing Rules) that required that the writ of summons must be signed by the claimant or his legal practitioner before it can be filed or issued by the Registrar.