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ANATOGU & ORS.
V.
IWEKA II & ORS.

(1995) JELR 43462 (SC)

Supreme Court 26 Sep 1995 Nigeria
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- The Court of Appeal set aside a ruling made by the trial court regarding the admission of certain documents as evidence in a review case alleging fraud. - The trial court rejected the admission of the documents, citing conditions for the

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Suit Number:SC.192/1991
Judges:MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MICHAEL EKUNDAYO OGUNDARE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria EMMANUEL OBIOMA OGWUEGBU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria UTHMAN MOHAMMED Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SYLVESTER UMARU ONU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria YEKINI OLAYIWOLA ADIO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:P. O. Balonwu, SAN (with him, A Williams (Mrs), G.M. Nwagbogu and F.R.A. Williams, Jnr) For Appellant Chief C. Ikeazor, SAN (with him, R. Iweka, U. Ikeazor (Mrs); A. O. Okafor and AN. Iweka (Mrs) For Respondent
Other Citations:Anatogu v. Iweka II (1995) NWLR (Pt.415) 547

UWAIS, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In this appeal a motion on notice was filed by the respondents on the direction of this Court praying for:-

"(a) AN ORDER for restraining of CHIEF F.R.A. WILLIAMS from appearing or further appearing or acting or further acting as counsel for the appellants, having appeared for the opposing side (i.e. the respondents/applicants) in an earlier chapter of the subject matter of this appeal.

(b) For such further order or other orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances."

When the motion came before this court on the 27th day of February, 1995 it was adjourned to the 3rd day of July, 1995 for hearing and the parties were directed to file briefs of argument in respect of the application. This was done. As the appeal was also adjourned for hearing on the same day as the motion, we heard both and decided that the ruling on the application and the judgment in the appeal would be delivered today. I intend to dispose of…

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