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Circumstances when a party would not be allowed to take advantage of a limitation law

Classes of Acts of the National Assembly creating public corporations with regard to limitation of time to file an action

Duty of the Court when the statute of limitation is pleaded

Effect of a defence founded on a statute of limitation

Effect of a limitation law on a cause of action

Effect of an action caught by a statute of limitation

Effect of a statute of limitation

Effect of failure of the defendant to plead the statute of limitation

Effect of failure to institute an action within the time frame prescribed by a statute

Effect of instituting an action founded on a contract after six years

Effect of section 116(1) of the Local Authority Law on time limit for bringing an action against a local authority

Essence of a statute of Limitation

Essence of Limitation law and what happens when a cause of action becomes statute-barred

Exceptions to the Limitation law

How Limitation Laws should be construed

How to determine the limitation period

How to determine when a cause of action accrued for the purpose of application of statute of limitation

Instances when a statute of limitation will not apply

Instances where a case will not be caught by the statute of limitation

Meaning and nature of a statute of limitation

Meaning and purpose of a statute of limitation

On whom lies the burden of proving that the owner of land has been dispossessed of the land or has discontinued his possession of the land for the purposes of the statute of limitation

Position of the law where more than one limitation statute is applicable to the plaintiff's cause of action

Principles applicable where the issue of a limitation statute arises

Purport of Limitation Law

Purport of Statute of limitation

Purpose of a limitation statute

Rationale for statutes of limitation

Statute of limitation as a condition precedent

The basis for statutes of limitation

The considerations in determining whether an action is caught by a statute of limitation

The duty of a plaintiff to comply with the provisions of relevant limitation statute

The effect of Limitation law

The limitation law applicable to contracts

The nature and purport of limitation statutes

The object of the Limitation Acts

The principle that a limitation law takes away the right of action, not the cause of action

The principle that where the injury complained of is a continuing one, time does not begin to run under the Limitation Law

The rule that what a statute of limitation bars is the action and not the cause of action

The scope and effect of the Limitation Law of Lagos State

What a defence founded on a statute of limitation entails

What a party relying on Section 10 of the Limitation Act, 1975 must do to succeed

What a party seeking to rely on the statute of limitation as a defence in an action to recover land must prove

What a party who seeks to rely on the statute of limitation as a defence in an action to recover land must prove

What the statute of limitation for pension claim refers to

When a limitation period will be postponed

When can an owner of land be deemed to have been dispossessed or discontinued possession of his land for the purposes of the statute of limitation?

When the limitation period will begin to run in an action for breach of contract

Whether a court has discretion in deciding if an action is caught up by the statute of limitation

Whether a party seeking to rely on a statute of limitation must specifically plead same

Whether a public officer can seek protection of the limitation law for actions not done in good faith

Whether a ruling on whether an action is caught by a statute of limitation can be given on a preliminary objection

Whether a statute of limitation acts in vacuo

Whether a statute of limitation affects the jurisdiction of the court

Whether a statute of limitation applies retrospectively or immediately

Whether a statute of limitation can be applied to a fraudulent breach of trust

Whether a statute of limitation will apply to bar an action which is a nullity

Whether knowledge of trespass or adverse possession is a precondition for the successful plea of the Limitation Law of Lagos State

Whether limitation law can be invoked against a non-party

Whether or not the limitation provisions under the Limitation Act (NRCD 54) are applicable to the Police Service Act (Act 350)

Whether Section 59(1) of the Postal Services Act applies to specific contracts

Whether the court can consider the defence of limitation where the statute of limitation is not pleaded

Whether the court can suo motu raise the issue of limitation where it is not pleaded

Whether the court has the power to extend the time where a limitation period is imposed by statute

Whether the defence based on the provisions of a Limitation Law can be raised on appeal without being pleaded in the statement of defence

Whether the issue of statute of limitation is a jurisdictional matter which can be raised even on appeal

Whether the limitation laws apply to contracts of employment

Whether the limitation laws apply to land held under customary tenure

Whether the statute of limitation applies to a land suit in which the defendant is not in adverse possession

Whether the time specified in a Statute of limitation can be extended by the court

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