Tort (158)
HELD:
"Can it be sincerely said that the Appellants who instructed the Respondent to sell the shares and who later applied for a roll-over of the overdraft facility using the same shares as collateral, expected the Respondent to still carry out their previous instruction to sell the shares?
HELD:
"The law therefore places a burden on the plaintiff to prove that the defendant was negligent.
HELD:
"In Diamond Bank Ltd v. Partnership Investment Co. Ltd & Anor (2009) LPELR-939(SC) at page 18 paras. C, Ogbuagu, JSC intoned:
HELD:
"In the instant, which is an action in defamation by libel, the Respondent had a duty to prove the necessary ingredients to ground a finding of defamation in his favour.
HELD:
"As highlighted in the leading judgment, proof of publication of the statement complained of is an essential pre-requisite for establishing a case of defamation.
HELD:
"At the heart of sustaining the cause of action of libel is publication of the libelous material not the writing or authorship thereof.
