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	NOTICE OF APPEAL - EFFECT OF AN INCOMPETENT NOTICE OF APPEAL ON THE JURISDICTION OF AN APPELLATE COURT By Gbenga Babawibe, 4 hours ago	Jurisdiction
	“Again where an appellate court is confronted with an incompetent notice of appeal or to put it in another way, with incompetent appeal it becomes bereft of jurisdiction to hear and determine such app...
	APPEAL - DUTY OF A PARTY WHO SEEKS TO FILE AN APPEAL OUT OF TIME By Gbenga Babawibe, 5 hours ago	Practice & Procedure
	“May I remind the appellant that where a party is out of time to file his appeal, he needs to apply to the court for extension of time to enable the said notice to be properly filed. An appellant who ...
	NOTICE OF APPEAL - STATUS OF AN INCOMPETENT NOTICE OF APPEAL By Gbenga Babawibe, 5 hours ago	Appeal
	“The said notice of appeal, having been filed out of time and without an application for extension of time is incompetent. The law is trite that an incompetent notice of appeal is ab initio void, incu...
	APPEAL - STATUS OF AN APPEAL FILED OUT OF THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW By Gbenga Babawibe, 5 hours ago	Jurisdiction
	“I agree with his lordship's reasoning and conclusion that the appeal is incompetent having been filed out of the time allowed by law and without time having been extended for the appellant to file th...
	NOTICE OF APPEAL - WHETHER A DEFECTIVE NOTICE OF APPEAL CAN BE AMENDED By Gbenga Babawibe, 5 hours ago	Appeal
	“The defects in the Notice of Appeal cannot be cured by amendment even if appellant had sought to amend same. See Global Transport Oceanic Co. S.A. & Anor vs. Fred Enterprises Nig Ltd (2001) 1 SC ...
	ORIGINATING PROCESS - EFFECT OF A DEFECTIVE ORIGINATING PROCESS ON AN APPEAL By Gbenga Babawibe, 5 hours ago	Appeal
	“An appeal would collapse if its originating process is detective as in the case. See Daniel vs. INEC & ors (2015) vol. 247 LRCN 157, Ebokum vs. Ekwenibe & Sons Trading Co Ltd (1999) 7 SC (pt1...
	RIGHT OF APPEAL - PERIOD WITHIN WHICH AN APPELLANT CAN EXERCISE HIS RIGHT OF APPEAL By Gbenga Babawibe, 5 hours ago	Appeal
	“Appellant is duty bound to exercise his right of appeal by filing the Notice of Appeal within the thirty days prescribed in section 27(2)(b) of the Act (supra). If he fails to file the notice within ...
	LACK OF LOCUS STANDI - EFFECT OF LACK OF LOCUS STANDI ON THE JURISDICTION OF A COURT By Gbenga Babawibe, 1 day ago	Jurisdiction
	“As afore stated, locus standi of a plaintiff to institute an action is a condition precedent to the Court's jurisdiction. It is inextricably linked to the exercise of jurisdiction by a Court. In othe...
	CAUSE OF ACTION - ELEMENT OF CAUSE OF ACTION By Gbenga Babawibe, 1 day ago	Jurisdiction
	“It is now settled law that a cause of action is entire factual situation, the existence of which entitles one person to obtain from court, a remedy against another person. See the case of A.G. Kwara ...
	JURISDICTION OF COURT - DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT A COURT IS COMPETENT TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER A MATTER By Gbenga Babawibe, 1 day ago	Jurisdiction
	“The settled position of law is that for the court to be competent to exercise jurisdiction over a matter, it is a necessary condition that the proper parties be identified. See Ehindimhen Vs Musa (20...
	JURISDICTION - ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS OF JURISDICTION By Gbenga Babawibe, 1 day ago	Jurisdiction
	“Furthermore, this suit lacks all essential ingredients for the purpose of conferring jurisdictional competence in the court to hear and determine the suit as laid down in Madukolu Vs Nkemdilim (1962)...
	CAUSE OF ACTION - IMPORTANCE OF CAUSE OF ACTION By Gbenga Babawibe, 1 day ago	Civil Litigation
	“Cause of action necessarily touches on issue of jurisdiction. It is therefore fundamental to adjudicatory competence for a Court to first examine the basis of dispute, that is what led to instituting...