CHIEF F.R.A. WILLIAMS
V.
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Upgrade required to show details KAYODE ESO J.S.C. (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is a well argued appeal. We had the advantage of two top Senior Advocates (though one of them was a party to the action and therefore he appeared in person) excellent briefs and excellent oral submissions. Again two very important issues have been raised to wit:-
(1) whether or not a ‘Respondents Notice” and not a substantive “Notice of Cross Appeal” is the proper procedure for contending that a finding or determination which is crucial or fundamental to the Respondent’s case be reversed; and
(2) in regard to the assessment of aggravated damages, what should the Court take or not take into consideration?
It is however necessary to trace the history of the case up to this court. I rely on what I consider to be a concise and correct assemblage of the facts by the Court of Appeal per Adenekan Ademola, J.C.A.:
“Chief F.R.A. Williams, S.A.N., commenced the action in the Lagos High Court where he claimed the sum of ₦250,000.00 as exemplary …
