Legal Maxim (13)
HELD:
"The Respondent can rightly commence and sustain an action in negligence against the Appellant even though the victim is deceased.
HELD:
"The maxim Interest Republicae ut sit finis litum is a cardinal principle of the administration of justice.
HELD:
"Counsel to the appellant has contended that the Alade family having divested itself of their title to the appellant are incapable of validly conveying the same piece of land or any part thereof to the first respondent thereafter in 1972.
HELD:
"As found and held by the Lower Court, there was no evidence before it as to whether the lease granted to the late Paul Dawson Otigbah had expired as at the time the 1st Respondent purchased the property.
HELD:
"On the principle of ubi jus ibi remedium, if the court is satisfied that a person has suffered a legal injury, it will surely provide a remedy irrespective of the fact that no remedy is provided either at common law or by status.
HELD:
"The principle of the law is "ubi jus ibi remedium", meaning: "where there is a wrong there is a remedy." UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR TEACHING HOSPITAL & ANOR. v. JULIET KOKO BASSEY(2008) LPELR-8553(CA) Per OMOKRI, J.C.A. (P.36, Paras.A-B)
FACTS:
HELD:
"Interest rei publicae ut sit finis litium. This Latin maxim means that it is in the interest of the parties that there must be an end to litigation." Per OGAKWU, J.C.A. (P. 1, Para. A)
FACTS:
"Furthermore, the maxim: interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium is a cardinal principle of our administration of justice. However, where the Court of Appeal is of opinion that the case has been decided on insufficient grounds it will exercise its discretion to allow further evidence". Per Karibi Whyte, J.S.C. (Pp. 52-53, Paras. F-G) BELLO AKANBI & ORS. v. MAMUDU ALAO & ANOR (1989) LPELR-315(SC)
The latin maxim expressio unis est exclusio alterius" implies that: "the express mention of one excludes any other which otherwise would have applied by implication with regard to the same issue. PDP v. INEC (2014) 17 NWLR (Pt. 1437) 525. [Po 30] Paras. G-A Shinkafi & Anor. v. Yari & Ors. [2016] 1 M. J. S. C (Pt. I)