Civil Procedure and Practice (794)
HELD:
"Granting the Appellant's application to appeal against a judgment delivered in the absence of jurisdiction is unreasonable and confers no utilitarian value.
HELD:
"My Lords, the primacy, or should I say, the primary place, of service of process, more particularly, originating process in the adjudicatory process cannot be overemphasized.
HELD:
"...Now, here are Petitioners who took the decision to challenge the questioned election on grounds they perceive and believe that constituted valid grounds to challenge it.
HELD:
"In the instant case in my considered view, the Appellant's inordinate delay in filing the appeal at the Court below could not in any way be attributable to mistake, negligence or incompetence of the counsel thereof.
HELD:
"Indeed, service of originating processes on the defendant or respondent is the sine qua non for the exercise of Court's Jurisdiction in the case before the Court.
HELD:
"Undoubtedly, the essence of service of originating processes upon a party, a defendant or Respondent as the case may be in administration of justice, cannot be over emphasized.
APPEARANCE/ENTERING APPEARANCE - Whether a party in a civil suit must be physically present in court
HELD:
"Instructively, there is no law making it compulsory for a party in a civil action to appear physically in Court.