Civil Procedure and Practice (794)
HELD:
"The name and address of the firm is stated as provided for in Form 1 of the Appendix to the Rules.
HELD:
"...Section 2(1) of the Legal Practitioners Act, Cap L11 , 2004, provides as follows:
HELD:
"Section 2(1) of the Legal Practitioners Act provides thus:-
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"As rightly noted in the lead judgment, an appeal is a rehearing of the action on the Record of Appeal. An appellate Court reviews the decision of the lower Court to find out if it came to the correct decision.
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"In addition, the law is also firmly settled that a party is not permitted and so cannot in law change the case presented at a trial or lower Court in the appellate Courts.
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"It is the law that the essence of preliminary of objection is to terminate the suit or appeal in limine as a result of some incurable fundamental defects.
HELD:
"It must be noted that the new Lagos State High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004, demanding for frontloading of processes, freshly came into being when the Appellant commenced this action.