Case Digest – Babalakinandco

Case Digest

Circumstances of Suspicion – Whether amounts to Cogent Circumstantial Evidence Required to Sustain a Conviction for Murder

No Case Submission – When Same Can be Sustained

Appeal Dismissed for Want of Diligent Prosecution – Whether can be Relisted

When a Subsequent Suit will Constitute an Abuse of Court Process

Effect of Failure to Establish the Terms of Contract Sought to be Enforced

Setting Aside Sale of an Immovable Property Pursuant to an Order of Court

Personal Service of an Originating Process – Whether can be Dispensed with

Effect of Plea of Guilty under Summary Criminal Trial Procedure of the Federal High Court

Illegality of Violent Extortion or Demand for Gratification

Application of the Doctrine of Recent Possession to Dislodge a Defence of Alibi

Incomplete Record of Appeal – Effect on the Jurisdiction of an Appellate Court

Improperly Constituted Panel of Justices – Effect on Competence of an Appellate Court