Civil Procedure and Practice (794)
HELD:
"As earlier pointed out, the Appellant as Defendant chose not to call evidence in support of his pleadings but rather rested his case on that of the Respondent who was Claimant at trial.
HELD:
"Appellant's counsel argued that even if the Court below was right in its decision that the offence was committed in 1999, the Court below ought to have applied the principle of exception, contending, and in his own words:
HELD:
"The lower Court merely, appropriately, conducted a housekeeping exercise and noted an apparently helpless and hopeless process in its record.
HELD:
"Indeed, an action is academic where it is merely theoretical and of no practical utilitarian value to the plaintiff (appellant), even if given in favour thereof.
HELD:
HELD:
"Page 505 of the Records of Appeal shows that at the proceedings of 15th May, 2023, the Appellants' Petition was in the presence of the Appellants' counsel adjourned to 31st May, 2023, 1st June, 2023, 2nd June 2023, 3rd June, 2023, and 5th June, 2023.
HELD:
"The proceedings before the Tribunal are on pages 502-509 of the Records of Appeal.
HELD:
"Without a doubt, service of Court process, including a hearing notice of a date fixed for hearing, is fundamental and a pre-condition to the exercise of jurisdiction by a Court or Tribunal.