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Circumstances where a plaintiff an obtain a judgment without going through a full trial
Conditions for a trial court's judgment to be irrefutable
Considerations and procedure for obtaining a judgment without going through a full trial
Distinction between the effect of a judgment by a court without jurisdiction and that given within jurisdiction but erroneous in law or fact
Distinction between the effect of judgment void ab initio and effect of judgment obtained by fraud
Duty of a court where a judgment is being raised as an estoppel against any person
Duty of court not to base its judgment on extra-judicial information
Effect of a judgment delivered in a suit instituted against a deceased person
Effect of a judgment delivered more than six months after the Judge's retirement
Effect of a judgment delivered without notice of the trial to the parties
Effect of a judgment given without due regard to a party who was absent at trial because he was unaware of the hearing date
Effect of a judgment of court given in breach of the rules of natural justice
Effect of a judgment of court given without jurisdiction
Effect of a judgment of the judicial committee of the House of Chiefs delivered outside the six weeks period after the close of the case
Effect of a judgment that fails to resolve the primary facts one way or the other
Effect of a judgment that is passed and entered
Effect of a judgment unreversed on appeal
Effect of a judgment where the trial judge failed to evaluate evidence and resolve the facts in issue
Effect of exhibiting and relying on a doctored/falsified judgment of court
Effect of failure to appeal against a judgment
Effect of fraud on a judgment
Effect of judgment of Court not appealed against
Effect of the judgment of the court after parties submit their dispute to arbitration for re-adjudication
Need for legal principles established in judicial decisions to be applied based on facts of each case
Need for separate judgments to be delivered in respect of each one of consolidated suits
On when the judgment would be in the defendant's favour
Position of the law where a judge delivers two judgments in one case
Power of the court to correct clerical mistake or omission made in its judgment
Presumption of correctness in favour of a court's Judgment
Remedies where the High Court gives a decision which is a nullity
Remedy available to a party who alleges that a judgment was inconclusive or ambiguous
The principle that a judgement of a court must be based on evidence
The principle that a judgment of a competent court subsists until it is set aside on appeal
The principle that a judgment of a court is presumed valid until it is proved to be wrong
The principle that judgments are prospective in nature
The principle that the judgement of a court remains valid until it is set aside
The principle that the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction cannot be impeached by disobedience
The principle that the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction is binding on the parties and can be pleaded as res judicata in all courts
The principle that the majority decision is the judgment of the court
The rule that a court order or judgment subsists unless varied or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction
The rule that a party is not entitled to impeach a judgment on evidence not given in a former trial
The rule that the judgment of a court must be obeyed so long as it is subsisting
Ways of attacking the decision of a court
What a judgment must do
What a judgment must establish or ascertain
What is a regularly obtained judgment?
When the judgment of a trial court will be said to be "prima facie wrong"
Whether a court can rely on extraneous matters in its judgment
Whether a court of co-ordinate jurisdiction can pronounce against a judgment whilst it remains undischarged
Whether a High Court can deliver a judgment without reference to the pleadings
Whether a judgment entered into at the pretrial stage is of the same binding effect as if it was a judgment after a full trial
Whether a judgment for the payment of money imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay without demand
Whether a judgment founded on fraud can be set aside at any time
Whether a judgment given without reasons is a nullity and liable to be quashed
Whether a judgment is binding against a party not joined to the suit
Whether a judgment is binding on the parties as well as their privies
Whether a judgment not entered by the court is effective
Whether a judgment operates as estoppel
Whether a judgment or order is admissible or enforceable against a stranger to the suit
Whether a judgment which binds the grantors also binds the grantees
Whether a letter can be used to bring a judgment to the attention of the other party
Whether an appellate court can declare a written judgment null and void
Whether an erroneous judgment is only voidable
Whether a party can refuse to abide by a judgment if he views it to be wrong
Whether a ruling refusing to enter judgment for the plaintiff is a judgment
Whether a transaction between two parties is binding on a third party so as to make a judgment in respect of such transaction binding on the third party
Whether a trial judge must "enter" judgment by making a record or note in the Record Book of his decision, determination or conclusion
Whether a valid judgment must contain the signature of the judge
Whether failure of the trial court to pronounce on a party’s counter-claim renders the judgment a nullity
Whether headnotes form part of a judgment
Whether it is proper to refer, in a judgment, to a statute without reference to the section relied upon in support of the judgment
Whether it is within the powers of a judge to alter his judgment at any time before it is entered and perfected
Whether judgment can be given against a defendant who died before the close of case
Whether or not a Court by its judgment revoke or nullify an Act of Parliament
Whether or not a judgment which is based on previous judgments that have been set aside is still valid
Whether parties to a case can choose to do what they like with a judgment by agreement between them
Whether the court can give judgment affecting a party who died during the hearing
Whether the court can give judgment based on an oral application for judgment
Whether the court can order the repayment of debt in foreign currency
Whether the fact that illegal or insufficient evidence is utilised by a tribunal acting within its jurisdiction renders the judgment a nullity
Whether the judgment of a court cannot be treated as null and void without recourse to court
Whether the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction can be impeached
Whether the judgment referred to in the Court (Award of Interest and Post Judgment Interest) Rules, 2005 (CI 52) is necessarily the judgment of the trial court
Whether the regularity of a judgment is coterminous with the correctness of the record of proceedings upon which same was dderived
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