R V. MANLEY A person who makes false allegations to the police thereby causing them to waste time in investigations and to suspect innocent people is guilty of public mischief. Hey there, you’re welcome once again to Ansmyques.com (short for Answer...
R V. OSOBA The dispatch of a telegram from Lagos to London which Induced the conversion of money in England to the use of the accused was sufficient initial element to ground a charge of stealing against the accused under the...
AOKO V. FAGBEMI A woman cannot be convicted for adultery in the Sothern states, because it is not prescribed as an offence in any written law in those states. Hey there, you’re welcome once again to Ansmyques.com (short for Answer my...
Spartan Steel and Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd [1973] 1 QB 27 (CA) Facts The claimants manufactured stainless steel alloys at a factory 24 hours a day. The defendants’ employees, who were working on a nearby road, damaged...
Caparo Industries plc v Dickman Facts of the case C, a company, owned shares in F plc. F’s accounts were audited by D and published. C then purchased further shares in F, ultimately taking over F. They suffered a substantial financial...
Donoghue v Stevenson Mrs Donoghue and a friend visited a café. Mrs Donoghue’s friend bought her a bottle of ginger beer. The bottle was made of opaque glass. When filling Mrs Donoghue’s glass the remains of a decomposed snail – which...
Adesokan v. Adetunji Supreme Court stated that a lower court when faced with conflicting decisions of a higher court cannot effectively resolve such conflicts and the task of doing that is better left to the Supreme Court which can make a...
MARYAM SANDA v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE: Facts, and Decision: This is a case at the court of appeal against the appellant, a woman, who was accused of stabbing her husband to death. The appellant had seen the nude picture of a...
Gender and specific offences Murder R v LaValle, People of Philippines v Genosa Gender specific murder: Bride burning:. Where a woman is killed by being set on fire by her husband or in laws as a result of adultery, dowry disputes…...
General Facts The lady was charged with the offence of murder sec 316 criminal code She was accused of stabbing her husband to death at a particular time Defendant She narrated to the court that she has been suffering domestic violence...
