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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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