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Classes of bail

Conditions for the grant of bail on account of ill-health of the applicant

Distinction between administrative bail and bail pending trial

Duty of the State to ensure that an accused person in custody is not put in undue danger of his health and safety

Duty on an applicant for bail to place before the court sufficient materials for consideration

Duty on the court to consider the weight of facts pleaded to in an affidavit before granting bail

Extent of the power of a High Court Judge to grant bail

Factors to be considered by a court before granting bail

Factors to be considered in the grant or refusal of bail

Factors which the court considers in exercising its discretion to grant bail

Grant of bail as a constitutional right

Grant of bail for capital offences under the Criminal Procedure Code

Guiding principles for granting bail by the court in murder cases

How the discretionary power to grant bail should be exercised

Meaning of bail

Nature of burden placed on an accused person in an application for bail

Onus of proof and standard of proof in an application for bail

Onus of proof on a person opposing an application for bail

Onus on the prosecutor in an application for bail

Onus placed on an accused person applying for bail when charged with a capital offence

Power of the court to grant bail in capital offences

Principles for the grant of bail in capital/grave offences

Principles governing the grant of bail

Principles governing the grant of bail in offences not punishable by death

Principles governing the grant of bail in serious offences

Procedure for applying for bail in the Court of Appeal upon refusal by the High Court

Procedure for applying for bail in the High Courts of Northern Nigeria

Purpose of bail

The constitutional basis for the right of bail

The contractual nature of bail

The effect of granting bail

The main function of bail

The most important consideration in considering whether or not to grant bail

The nature of the right to bail

The omnibus criteria for the grant of bail

The onus of proof on the Applicant where he is relying on ill health as a ground for bail

The principle that the discretionary power of the court in granting or refusing bail will be exercised with or without a counter-affidavit

The propriety of granting bail to a co-accused and refusing bail to the appellant

The reason for the volatility in the exercise of discretion in granting or refusing bail

The right of an accused person to bail

Whether a fresh application for bail should be made where a matter is commenced de novo

Whether a mere allegation of ill health entitles an applicant to bail

Whether an accused person standing trial for multiple counts of offences will be granted bail

Whether an accused person will be denied bail where the presumption of innocence has not been displaced

Whether an appellate court would interfere with the decision of a trial court in granting/refusing bail

Whether an application for bail can be made where charges have not been framed

Whether a person charged with a capital offence can be granted bail

Whether a person charged with an offence exceeding three years imprisonment is entitled to bail

Whether a person charged with an offence punishable with death can be granted bail by the court

Whether a person detained on a holding charge must be released on bail

Whether a prosecutor can oppose bail merely as a routine procedure

Whether a trial court can revoke the bail granted to an accused person

Whether a trial court can vary the order granting bail made by another court of co-ordinate jurisdiction

Whether bail before conviction is grantable as of right

Whether bail can be granted in murder cases

Whether bail is an escape from justice

Whether bail is granted as a matter of course

Whether bail will be granted to an applicant who is likely to jump bail

Whether delay in filing the proof of evidence or information constitutes a special circumstance for the grant of bail in capital offences

Whether issue estoppel applies to bail applications in a new trial

Whether it is in all cases that an accused person can be granted bail on the ground of the constitutional provision of presumption of innocence

Whether mere averments by the prosecution should warrant a denial of bail to an accused person

Whether prosecution can oppose bail where it fails to arraign the accused person before a competent court

Whether sureties must be civil servants

Whether the bail granted in a charge by a Judge who previously presided over the charge lapses with the withdrawal of the charge from his jurisdiction

Whether the court can rely on the proof of evidence in an application for bail

Whether the decision of a court to grant or refuse bail constitutes an issue estoppel

Whether the fact that an accused person is likely to jump bail should be used as the sole basis for the denial of bail

Whether the failure of the prosecution to file a counter-affidavit in opposition to the affidavit filed by an applicant for bail is enough reason to admit an accused person to bail

Whether the imposition of stringent and onerous conditions of bail amounts to a denial of bail

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