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Effect of a challenge to capacity

Effect of a plaintiff's failure to state the capacity in which he instituted the action

Effect of bringing an action without capacity

Effect of failure to prove capacity

Effect of lack of capacity

How a party asserting capacity must prove it

How a party can succeed where his capacity to institute a representative action as a head of family is challenged

How to prove a person's capacity as head of the family

Importance of capacity to an action

Meaning of capacity

Nature of capacity required to institute an action for the enforcement of fundamental human rights

Need for a party to prove that he has capacity to bring an action in court

Need for a party who initiated proceedings to establish his capacity when it is challenged

Need for the issue of capacity to be dealt with first when it is raised

On whom has capacity to institute action to recover revenue where the land is stool land

On whom lies the onus of proving to the court that the plaintiff has no capacity to institute the action

Party with the burden to prove legal capacity

Persons with capacity to sue in respect of stool lands

Position of the law on capacity

Position of the law on capacity to maintain an action in respect of a deceased's estate

Position of the law on capacity where an individual brings an action under articles 2(1) and 132 of the 1992 Constitution

Position of the law on raising a challenge to capacity

Position of the law on the persons that may represent the stool in litigation

The fundamental nature of the issue of capacity

The importance of capacity to proceedings

The legally acceptable way of authorising another person to sue in one's stead

The position of the law on the capacity of a customary successor to institute actions in respect of the property of a deceased

The position of the law on the proper person to sue and be sued in respect of family property belonging to an immediate family

The position of the law where a party's capacity to sue is challenged

The principle that a limited liability company has capacity to sue and be sued

The principle that capacity must be found to be present and valid before the issuance of the writ of summons

The principle that the capacity disclosed on the writ prevails over that disclosed on the statement of claim where there is a discrepancy

The principle that the Court suo motu is bound to raise an issue as to capacity even where the parties fail to

The principle that trustees must sue in their capacity as trustees

The rule that actions can be brought only by natural and artificial persons

The rule that the party whose capacity was put in issue must establish it by cogent evidence

The rule that the plaintiff must indorse his writ with the capacity in which he is suing

What a plaintiff whose capacity is challenged must do

What the issue of capacity on the part of a company entails

When a party is said to lack capacity

When and how the issue of capacity can be raised

Whether a beneficiary can be a party to an action in respect of an estate

Whether a beneficiary child who has no letters of administration is competent to sue in respect of an estate

Whether a beneficiary under an intestate estate can sue and be sued in the absence of letters of administration

Whether a citizen has capacity to bring an action under article 2(1) of the 1992 Constitution where the Attorney-General has instituted a civil action against the same defendant

Whether a customary successor has capacity to maintain an action where administrators have been appointed to administer the estate

Whether a customary successor who has not been granted letters of administration has capacity to sue in respect of the property of the deceased

Whether a defendant who has filed a counterclaim can challenge the capacity of the plaintiff

Whether a defendant's capacity to defend an action is impugned by the absence of a vesting assent

Whether a member of a family can maintain an action in respect of family property

Whether a member of a family can maintain an action in respect of family property

Whether a minor can sue in his own name

Whether a party can have more than one capacity

Whether a party who does not claim any special capacity is required to prove capacity

Whether a party whose capacity is challenge can claim that he has an iron cast case against his opponent

Whether a party whose capacity is challenged can seek leave of the court under the rules of court to adduce evidence

Whether a person can invoke the jurisdiction of a Court in respect of claim of right to a property that belongs to someone else

Whether a person can sue in several capacities

Whether a person who has a right to sue and maintain an action may empower another person to stand in his stead

Whether a person who is neither the successor nor the head of family can sue in respect of family property

Whether a plaintiff has capacity to represent an oman

Whether a plaintiff must have obtained letters of administration before he can sue in respect of the property of a deceased

Whether a plaintiff whose capacity is in issue can be given a hearing on the merits because he has a cast-iron case

Whether a plea of foreclosure can prevail against an issue of capacity

Whether a political party being a corporate personality can bring an action for the enforcement and protection of the fundamental human rights of its members

Whether a shopping mall association can bring an action on behalf of traders without a Power of Attorney

Whether a sole proprietor can sue as a plaintiff under his business name

Whether a subject has capacity according to customary law to sue in respect of stool property

Whether a voluntary association can sue and be sued in its name

Whether an action by or against a party can be nullified on grounds of capacity

Whether an action can proceed to be determined on the merits if the Plaintiff or defendant has no capacity to sue or defend the action

Whether an applicant in a contempt application must show his capacity

Whether an occupant of stool land has capacity to sue the occupant of a stool to give account

Whether any person can institute an action

Whether capacity must be decided before a consideration of the merits of the case

Whether capacity must be proved where the issue is not raised timeously

Whether capacity of a plaintiff can be determined by whether or not he will succeed in proving the existence of a contract and a breach of same

Whether capacity to sue can be raised in a pleadings and be determined by means of a preliminary hearing

Whether cause of action is separable from the requisite capacity to pursue the cause of action

Whether failure of a party to contest an alleged lack of capacity precludes the court from making an assessment on the issue

Whether failure to indorse capacity on the writ of summons can be cured by a statement of claim properly indorsed

Whether it is in all cases that the court is capable of pronouncing on the capacity of a party "in limine"

Whether the appellate court will consider the issue of capacity although it was not raised as a ground of appeal

Whether the capacity of a party to bring an action can be challenged at any time

Whether the capacity of a party to mount an action may be challenged at any time, and even on appeal

Whether the court can discuss the merits of a case where capacity is not proved

Whether the court must consider the issue of a person's capacity whether or not it is raised at the trial

Whether the court will consider an objection to capacity raised in counsel's address for the first time

Whether the fact that a person is lawfully detained in a psychiatric hospital disenfranchises him from managing and administering his own affairs

Whether the failure to obtain a signed written authority of the Next Friend to act in that capacity is fatal to the suit

Whether the issue of capacity can be proved only by affidavit evidence and legal argument

Whether the issue of capacity can be raised at any stage of the proceedings

Whether the issue of capacity can be raised at any time

Whether the issue of capacity can be raised on appeal

Whether the issue of capacity can be raised without legal basis

Whether the issue of capacity is a question of law

Whether the issue of capacity is the same as locus standi

Whether the issue of capacity is time bound

Whether the issue of capacity must be taken as a preliminary issue

Whether the issue of capacity must be tried in limine

Whether the issue of capacity remains a live issue throughout the life of a case

Whether the question of capacity arises when one reports a crime to the police

Whether the question of capacity is concerned with merits

Whether the word capacity must be mentioned for the issue of capacity to have been raised

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