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Condition to be satisfied for the omnibus ground of appeal to succeed

Distinction between the omnibus ground of appeal in a civil appeal and that in a criminal appeal

Duty of an appellate court where an omnibus ground is filed

Duty of appellant who complains that the decision appealed against is against the weight of evidence

Duty of the appellant and appellate court where it is alleged that the judgment is against the weight of evidence

Duty of the appellate court and the appellant where the omnibus ground of appeal is filed in a criminal appeal

Duty of the appellate court where the appellant files the general ground that the judgment is against the weight of evidence

Duty on an appellant who relies on the omnibus ground of appeal

Effect and meaning of the omnibus ground "judgment is against the weight of the evidence"

Effect of an inelegantly drafted omnibus ground of appeal

Effect of an omnibus ground of appeal in a criminal appeal containing the word "weight"

Effect of failure to file the proper omnibus ground of appeal in criminal appeals

Effect of filing the omnibus ground in the Supreme Court

Effect of using the criminal form of couching an omnibus ground of appeal in a civil case

How an appellant may couch the omnibus ground in criminal appeals

How the omnibus ground in a criminal appeal should be drafted

How the omnibus ground in civil and criminal cases are couched

How the omnibus ground of appeal in a civil case should be couched

Meaning and general purpose of an omnibus ground of appeal

Nature of the omnibus ground of appeal

Omnibus ground of appeal in civil and criminal appeals

Position of the law where the omnibus ground of appeal is the sole ground of appeal

Principles guiding the proper formulation of omnibus ground of appeal

Proper order to be made where the appellant files the omnibus ground of appeal where no evidence was given at the trial

Scope of the omnibus ground of appeal

The attitude of the courts to an omnibus ground of appeal in a criminal matter that is framed like that of a civil appeal

The burden on appellant alleging that a judgment is against the weight of evidence

The burden on the appellant who alleges that a judgment is against the weight of evidence

The errors that may be corrected under the omnibus ground of appeal

The legal position where an omnibus ground is filed

The omnibus ground of appeal in civil cases

The omnibus ground of appeal in criminal appeals

The presumption where it is alleged that the judgment of the court below is against the weight of evidence

The principle that the omnibus ground is appropriate in cases where evidence was led

The proper approach of the appellate court in considering the omnibus ground

The proper form of an omnibus ground of appeal in civil cases and the effect of non-compliance.

The propriety of the ground of appeal to the effect that the judgment is against the weight of the evidence in a criminal appeal

The purport of the omnibus ground of appeal in civil cases

The rule that both factual and legal points can be addressed under the omnibus ground

What a ground of appeal alleging that a conviction is unreasonable and cannot be supported having regard to the evidence on record requires the appellate court to do

What a ground of appeal alleging that the judgement of the court is against the weight of evidence entails

What a ground of appeal to the effect that the judgment is against the weight of evidence enjoins the appellate court to do

What an appeal court is invited to do where an appellant complains that a judgment is against the weight of evidence

What the omnibus ground enjoins the appellate court to do in criminal appeals

What the omnibus ground of appeal connotes

What the omnibus ground of appeal implies

What the omnibus ground of appeal is not meant for

What the omnibus ground of appeal requires of an appellate court

When the omnibus ground of appeal is admissible

When the omnibus ground of appeal is appropriate

Whether a complaint against the weight of evidence must be directed at the totality of the evidence adduced before the court

Whether a complaint that the judgment is against the weight of evidence will be allowed to attack the findings of three lower courts

Whether a ground of appeal that the judgment is against the weight of evidence is proper where the case at the trial court did not go beyond the pleadings

Whether a party can argue the omnibus ground of appeal without distilling an issue from it

Whether a person who files an omnibus ground of appeal can argue points of law

Whether an appellant can complain about an award of damages under the omnibus ground

Whether an appellant can plead the omnibus ground of appeal where at trial the matter did not go beyond the close of pleadings

Whether an error in law can be argued under the omnibus ground of appeal

Whether an improperly drafted omnibus ground of appeal in a criminal appeal is incompetent

Whether an omnibus ground of appeal can be used to attack a specific finding of a trial court

Whether an omnibus ground of appeal can be used to raise an issue of law

Whether an omnibus ground of appeal can sustain an appeal

Whether an omnibus ground of appeal in a civil case can complain that the judgment of the trial court is unreasonable

Whether both factual and legal matters arise for consideration where an appeal is based on the sole ground of appeal that the judgment is against the weight of evidence

Whether factual and legal arguments can be made under the omnibus ground of appeal

Whether it is appropriate to formulate issues from the omnibus ground of appeal

Whether leave is required to argue an omnibus ground of appeal based on the final decision of the High Court

Whether legal arguments are permitted under the omnibus ground

Whether legal issues can be addressed under the omnibus ground

Whether the fact that an appellant who uses the omnibus ground of appeal is required to point out the errors committed by the court below absolves the court from doing same

Whether the issue of abandonment of land can be argued under the omnibus ground of appeal

Whether the issue of capacity can be argued under the omnibus ground of appeal

Whether the omnibus ground can be canvassed where the judgment of a trial court was based on legal arguments

Whether the omnibus ground is a ground of fact

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal can be canvassed in an interlocutory appeal

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal can be incompetent

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal can be left without fully developing same in the legal submissions

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal can be used to complain against an error of law or a finding of fact

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal can be used to determine legal issues which go to jurisdiction or capacity

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal can be used to raise issues of duplicity and misjoinder

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal can invoke the jurisdiction of the Customary Court of Appeal

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal is appropriate where no evidence has been adduced in a case

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal is appropriate where there is very little difference in the evidence or the facts as submitted by the parties on both sides

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal is only adopted in criminal proceedings

Whether the omnibus ground of appeal is proper where weight is being attached to any particular piece of evidence

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