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Categories of parties in law

5 cases

Co-defendant

5 subsidiary principles

Co-plaintiff/Co-defendant

1 subsidiary principles

Defendant

5 subsidiary principles

Desirable Party

2 subsidiary principles

Difference between a nominal party and a real party

1 case

Distinction between a party who is merely interested in the outcome of the suit and a necessary party

1 case

Distinction between 'proper parties', 'desirable parties' and 'necessary parties'

4 cases

Duty of a party who has an interest in a case and who is aware of a pending action in a court of law to seek to be joined as a party at the earliest opportunity

1 case

Duty of parties in court

1 subsidiary principles

Duty to bring before a court parties whose presence are crucial to the resolution of the case

1 case

Effect of failure to hear a necessary party

1 case

Effect of joining a non-juristic person as a party

1 case

Joinder of Parties

115 subsidiary principles

Mandatory Party

2 subsidiary principles

Misjoinder of parties

4 subsidiary principles

Necessary party

21 subsidiary principles

Need for the identity and number of the parties in a suit to be known

1 case

Nominal party

4 subsidiary principles

Non-joinder of parties

11 subsidiary principles

Position of the law where after dealing with a misjoinder, there are no persons disputing over the subject matter in the proceedings

1 case

Proper Party

11 subsidiary principles

Purpose of making a person a party to an action

1 case

Reason for making a person a party to an action

4 cases

Substitution of Parties

19 subsidiary principles

The consequence of reflecting improper or incomplete parties on an originating process

1 case

The meaning and import of proper and necessary party to an action

1 case

The parties to an action for false imprisonment

1 case

The principles governing the intervention of third parties in a suit

1 case

The principle that a plaintiff is not compelled to proceed against other persons whom he has no desire and intention to sue

2 cases

The principle that it is the duty of the plaintiff to bring to court any party whose presence is crucial to the resolution of his case

1 case

The principle that it is the plaintiff who determines the defendant to a suit

1 case

The principle that the court will not compel a plaintiff to proceed against a party whom he has no intention to prosecute and the exceptions

1 case

The principle that the issue of whether a party is competent in a suit is a jurisdictional issue

1 case

The rationale for making a person a party to an action

2 cases

The reason a person should be made a party to an action

1 case

The reason for making a person a party

1 case

The rule that a person should not be joined as a defendant against whom there is no claim by the plaintiff

1 case

The rule that parties must commence action against relevant parties to the suit

1 case

The rule that parties to an action or suit must be natural or artificial persons

1 case

What constitutes parties to an action

1 case

Whether a co-plaintiff can withdraw from an action

1 case

Whether a dead defendant can be sued

1 case

Whether a dead person can act in representative capacity in a suit

1 case

Whether a dead person can act in representative capacity in civil proceedings

1 case

Whether a dead person can sue or be sued

2 cases

Whether a judgment given in a lower court is valid where the defendants had died before the judgment was given

1 case

Whether all administrators must be parties to an action in respect of an estate

1 case

Whether an action can be validly commenced by joint plaintiffs

1 case

Whether a non-party can make an application in a suit

1 case

Whether a party can be plaintiff and defendant in the same action

2 cases

Whether a party can take advantage of his own wrong

3 cases

Whether a party has capacity to change parties

1 case

Whether a party who has been improperly made a party should have his name struck out

1 case

Whether a party who was a co-plaintiff in an action can turn around and seek for the same action to be dismissed

1 case

Whether a person on whose behalf an action is brought is a party to the suit

1 case

Whether a person who is not a party to an action can aver to facts in the pleadings

1 case

Whether a third party to a proceeding can subsequently be made a defendant in the suit

1 case

Whether attendance as a witness obviate the necessity to be joined as a party

1 case

Whether children of a customary marriage are necessary parties to a suit to enforce their right or interest in the estate of their father

1 case

Whether it is open to a party at any time to dispute the propriety of his being made a party to a suit

1 case

Whether or not an application can be made of behalf of a dead person

1 case

Whether shareholders can sue in the same action in which the corporate body is a plaintiff

1 case

Whether the Executive Chairman of a company is a proper party where the company has been sued

1 case

Whether the term parties is limited to only those named on the record of proceedings

1 case

Whether the word party includes privies

1 case

Who are the parties in a suit

2 cases

Who can be sued in a civil action

1 case

Who is a desirable party?

2 cases

Subject Matter Index

Categories of parties in law

Co-defendant

Co-plaintiff/Co-defendant

Defendant

Desirable Party

Difference between a nominal party and a real party

Distinction between a party who is merely interested in the outcome of the suit and a necessary party

Distinction between 'proper parties', 'desirable parties' and 'necessary parties'

Duty of a party who has an interest in a case and who is aware of a pending action in a court of law to seek to be joined as a party at the earliest opportunity

Duty of parties in court

Duty to bring before a court parties whose presence are crucial to the resolution of the case

Effect of failure to hear a necessary party

Effect of joining a non-juristic person as a party

Joinder of Parties

Mandatory Party

Misjoinder of parties

Necessary party

Need for the identity and number of the parties in a suit to be known

Nominal party

Non-joinder of parties

Position of the law where after dealing with a misjoinder, there are no persons disputing over the subject matter in the proceedings

Proper Party

Purpose of making a person a party to an action

Reason for making a person a party to an action

Substitution of Parties

The consequence of reflecting improper or incomplete parties on an originating process

The meaning and import of proper and necessary party to an action

The parties to an action for false imprisonment

The principles governing the intervention of third parties in a suit

The principle that a plaintiff is not compelled to proceed against other persons whom he has no desire and intention to sue

The principle that it is the duty of the plaintiff to bring to court any party whose presence is crucial to the resolution of his case

The principle that it is the plaintiff who determines the defendant to a suit

The principle that the court will not compel a plaintiff to proceed against a party whom he has no intention to prosecute and the exceptions

The principle that the issue of whether a party is competent in a suit is a jurisdictional issue

The rationale for making a person a party to an action

The reason a person should be made a party to an action

The reason for making a person a party

The rule that a person should not be joined as a defendant against whom there is no claim by the plaintiff

The rule that parties must commence action against relevant parties to the suit

The rule that parties to an action or suit must be natural or artificial persons

What constitutes parties to an action

Whether a co-plaintiff can withdraw from an action

Whether a dead defendant can be sued

Whether a dead person can act in representative capacity in a suit

Whether a dead person can act in representative capacity in civil proceedings

Whether a dead person can sue or be sued

Whether a judgment given in a lower court is valid where the defendants had died before the judgment was given

Whether all administrators must be parties to an action in respect of an estate

Whether an action can be validly commenced by joint plaintiffs

Whether a non-party can make an application in a suit

Whether a party can be plaintiff and defendant in the same action

Whether a party can take advantage of his own wrong

Whether a party has capacity to change parties

Whether a party who has been improperly made a party should have his name struck out

Whether a party who was a co-plaintiff in an action can turn around and seek for the same action to be dismissed

Whether a person on whose behalf an action is brought is a party to the suit

Whether a person who is not a party to an action can aver to facts in the pleadings

Whether a third party to a proceeding can subsequently be made a defendant in the suit

Whether attendance as a witness obviate the necessity to be joined as a party

Whether children of a customary marriage are necessary parties to a suit to enforce their right or interest in the estate of their father

Whether it is open to a party at any time to dispute the propriety of his being made a party to a suit

Whether or not an application can be made of behalf of a dead person

Whether shareholders can sue in the same action in which the corporate body is a plaintiff

Whether the Executive Chairman of a company is a proper party where the company has been sued

Whether the term parties is limited to only those named on the record of proceedings

Whether the word party includes privies

Who are the parties in a suit

Who can be sued in a civil action

Who is a desirable party?

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