UAC OF NIGERIA PLC
V.
SOBODU

(2006) JELR 49422 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/L/501/99 · 26 Apr 2006 · Nigeria
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Other Citations

UAC (Nig.) Plc v. Sobodu (2007) 6 NWLR (Pt.1030)

CORAM

DALHATU ADAMU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria SOTONYE DENTON-WEST Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

judgment of the high court of lagos state

said defendant

magistrate court

facts of the case

tort of malicious prosecution

trial court

tort of false imprisonment

said magistrate court

said respondent

trial judge

unlawful arrest

present case

brief of arguments

respondent

leading judgment

interpretation of the above authority of the apex court

malicious prosecution

said court

false imprisonment

learned trial judge

support of the submission

appellant

discretion of the court

sets of issues

instant case

respondents relief

grounds of appeal

brief points

proof of his allegation of false imprisonment

decision of the learned trial judge

supreme court

panti police station

detention of the respondent

lower court

humble view

probable cause

reasonable cause

respective briefs of arguments

draft of the lead judgment

lamidi apena

police

support of the above argument

respondents claim of false imprisonment

learned trial judge e. f. longe

exercise of such discretion

claim

hardware department of kingsway stores

extent of malice

ADAMU, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Lagos State sitting at Ikeja Judicial Division delivered on 22/9/91.

In his judgment the learned trial Judge E. F. Longe, J held that the plaintiff/respondent was entitled to damages from the defendant/appellant for his unlawful arrest and detention by the police upon a report made against him by the said defendant/appellant (hereinafter called "the appellant"). The facts of the case giving rise to the appeal are as follows:-

The plaintiff/respondent (also hereinafter called "the respondent" was employed by the appellant as a sales clerk and he rose to become the Hardware Merchandise Controller before his employment. Before then, the appellant had discovered a fraud which took place in its hardware department of Kingsway Stores sometime before 13/6/85 whereby an amount over ₦800,000.00k was found to have been stolen. The appellant promptly reported the matter to the police and on …

UAC OF NIGERIA PLC V. SOBODU

UAC OF NIGERIA PLC
V.
SOBODU