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SAIDU & ANOR
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OLA

(2016) JELR 41117 (CA)

Court of Appeal 29 Jun 2016 Nigeria
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- The case involves an application for extension of time to seek leave to appeal against a judgment of the Borno State High Court. - The applicants are seeking leave to appeal on grounds of facts and mixed law and facts. - The application i

Case Details

Suit Number:CA/J/69M/2016(R)
Judges:ADZIRA GANA MSHELIA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ADAMU JAURO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JOSEPH TINE TUR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:M. Usman, Esq. For Appellant A.B. Usman, Esq. For Respondent

DECISION

JOSEPH TINE TUR, J.C.A.(Delivering the Lead Ruling):

I tagged this determination Decision by virtue of the provisions of Section 294(2)-(4) and Section 318(1) of the Constitution which defines a decision to means, in relation to a Court, any determination of that Court and includes judgment, decree, order, conviction, sentence or recommendation. A Ruling is omitted in the definition of decision under Section 318(1) of the Constitution (supra). What the framers of the Constitution omitted should not be inserted by trial Judges (Section 294(1)) or Justices of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal (Section 294(2)-(4) of the Constitution (supra).

In Davies v. Powell (1737) Willes, 46, Willes, C.J. once held at page 51 that, When the nature of things changes, the rules of law must change too.

In Jurisprudence, 4th edition by R.W.M. Diaz appears the following passage at page 196:

This is a truism in that the legislature and within limits, the Courts should change rules to keep the la…

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