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Distinction between claims for payment of a debt and claims for damages
Effect of admission of part of a claim
Effect of claiming in the alternative
Effect of failure to institute a claim by due process of law
Effect of filing a frivolous claim
How a claim of gift from a deceased person should be treated
How claims in a Customary Court are distilled
How inconsistent claims should be pleaded
How the claim of a claimant is determined
How to determine whether a claim is justiciable
How to prove the existence of a debt
Nature of a liquidated claim
Nature of claim endorsed on a writ of summons
Need to plead and prove facts to sustain a claim
Position of the law where a plaintiff claims more than he can prove
Position of the law where there is a conflicting claim
Principles for successfully sustaining a claim in a court of law
Principles governing civil claims
Proper procedure where a claim is in the alternative
The nature and effect of a claim
The need to examine the totality of the claim in order to ascertain the dispute
The position of the law where an alternative claim is made in addition to the main claim
The principle that a claim presupposes a cause of action
The principle that a plaintiff is bound by his claim
The principle that it is the plaintiff's claim that determines the issues in contention between parties
The principle that the validity of the claim gives jurisdiction to the court without recourse to any other document
The propriety of a plaintiff claiming "as per the writ of summons" and its effect
The purpose of the particulars of claim
The rule that a party who relies on the terms of a statute for a monetary remedy must state clearly the provisions of the statute and relate same to the claim
The rule that a plaintiff or defendant in his counter-claim cannot claim a relief which is inconsistent with the relief specifically claimed
The rule that stating one's claim is also different from producing evidence to proving the same
The rule that where a party proves his claim to a larger sum than the sum pleaded, he will only be entitled to the lesser sum claimed and proved
The rule that where a party's principal claim fails, the accessory claims also fail
What needs to be taken into account in a claim for loss of earnings
When a claim can be said to be ex facie tainted with illegality
Whether a claim can be considered ancillary to the main claim when it is removed completely from the subject matter of the main claim
Whether a claim on an illegal transaction will succeed
Whether a court can adjudicate between parties on the basis of a claim not formulated by them
Whether a court can adjudicate on incidental or ancillary claim bound to the main claims where it has no jurisdiction to entertain the main claim
Whether a court can grant a claim not asked for
Whether a court will enforce a claim which shows a prima facie case of illegality
Whether a party can plead two or more inconsistent sets of material facts and claim reliefs in the alternative
Whether a party will be entitled to a remedy in respect of the death of another where the claim is this case was not brought specifically under the Fatal Accidents Law or the Torts law
Whether a party would be awarded a claim not proved
Whether claims can be severable
Whether jurisdictional questions can be used to determine whether a claim is doomed to fail
Whether the acts giving rise to the claim sought must be pleaded
Whether the court can look at the substance of the claim and not the form in ascertaining the nature of the claim before it
Whether the court can uphold a claim or defence not pleaded
Whether the court will give judgment in favour of a claim where there is evidence in support of the said claim
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