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ADEBIYI
V.
UMAR

(2012) JELR 34005 (CA)

Court of Appeal 31 Jan 2012 Nigeria
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- The appellant filed an appeal against the interlocutory ruling of the trial court that dismissed their motion for summary judgment. - The grounds of the appeal were that the trial judge erred in adopting a double standard and looking for

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Suit Number:CA/IL/83/2010
Judges:TIJJANI ABDULLAHI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria IGNATIUS IGWE AGUBE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ITA GEORGE MBABA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Prince (Dr.) J. O. Ijaodola For Appellant Adebisi M. O. (Mrs.) (SSC) For Respondent

ITA G. MBABA, J.C.A (Delivering the Leading Judgment): Appellant filed this appeal on 9/2/2010, against the interlocutory Ruling of Honourable Justice A. O. Bamigbola in Suit No. KWS/70/2009, which had -dismissed the Appellant's motion for Summary Judgment on 8/2/10. The grounds of the Appeal, were that:

"(i). The learned Judge erred in law in adopting a double standard when the defendant/respondent did not file or serve a counter affidavit to the Claimant/applicant's motion filed on 6/1/2010 and argued on 11/1/2010 and ruled upon on 8/2/2010.

Particulars of error-in-law:

(i) His Lordship went on a voyage of his own by looking for weakness in the supporting affidavit when no counter-affidavit was filed or served until 8/2/201 0 when his ruling was delivered

(ii) His Lordship was guilty of double standard in looking for faults in the Claimant/applicant's supporting affidavit.

(iii) A Court is not expected to be a research institute in order to assist either side.

(iv) An unserved docu…

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