Brief Fact Summary Watteau v Fenwick (1893) Watteau, the plaintiff sells goods and sold some to a manager, who manage a beer selling shop, Watteau under the belief that Humble (Agent) was actually the beer shop owner. Plaintiff got to realise...
In Onuoha v. The State it was stated that the practice of obeying precedents has been justified on the grounds that it enhances certainty and predictability in the law and minimizes the influence of personal bias against settled principles of law....
In Folarin v. Durojaiye it was stated that due largely to the colonial influence during its formative years and the subsequent imposition of English law, Nigerian Legal System has acquired a dual structure comprising customary and English Laws. Hey There, you’re...
In Caribbean Trading and Fidelity Corporation v. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation it was pointed out that Nigeria does not cease to be Nigeria simply because of its drawing from other legal systems. It was further stated that our legal system draws...
R v Miller [1954] 2 All ER 529 The defendant’s wife had left him in 1952. The following year she petitioned for divorce. Before the hearing for the petition the defendant had sexual intercourse with her against her will. He had...
In Rylands v Fletcher (1868) LR 3 HL 330 The defendants employed independent contractors to construct a reservoir on their land. The contractors found disused mines when digging but failed to seal them properly. They filled the reservoir with water....
R V. GEORGE The Defendant (St. George) got into an argument with the victim, a Mr Durant. During the course of this argument, the Defendant took out a gun and pointed it at Mr Durant. The gun was, in fact, not...
M’NAGHTEN RULE: R v M’Naghten In January 1843, at the parish of Saint Martin, Middlesex, Daniel M’Naghten took a pistol and shot Edward Drummond, who he believed to the British Prime Minister Robert Pell, wounding him fatally. Drummond died five days...
R V. HAYWARD A husband and wife had an argument that led to the husband chasing his wife out into the street. The wife collapsed during this altercation and died. Whist the husband did not physically touch her, he did shout...
R V. JORDAN Jordan, who worked for the United States Air Force, stabbed a man as the result of a disturbance. The victim died in hospital eight days later. The post-mortem found that the victim died of broncho-pneumonia following the abdominal...
