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Circumstances where matters in the undefended list can be transferred to the general cause list
Condition for a claim for debt or liquidated money demand to be brought under the undefended list procedure
Condition precedent for a suit to be placed on the undefended list
Conditions for bringing an action under the undefended list procedure
Conditions to be satisfied by a defendant before he would be allowed to defend
Condition to be fulfilled before an action under the undefended list procedure can be transferred to the general cause list
Condition to be satisfied for the transfer of a suit under the undefended list to the general cause list
Criteria for ascertaining whether a case should be heard on the undefended list
Distinction between entering a suit under the Undefended List for mention and entering the suit for hearing
Duty of a trial judge considering an application under the undefended list procedure
Duty of a trial judge where he forms an opinion that the affidavit does not disclose a defence on the merit
Duty of defendant served with writ relating to action placed in the undefended list
Duty of the trial Judge to enter judgment for the plaintiff where the plaintiff has fully complied with the provision of the law and the defendant fails to disclose a defence on the merits
Effect of a challenge to an action filed under the undefended list procedure
Effect of a defendant making a sham or non-existent defence in an action in the undefended list
Effect of conflicts in affidavits under the Undefended List Procedure
Effect of failure to comply with the undefended list procedure
Effect of failure to enter appearance by a defendant within the time stipulated
Effect of failure to file a notice of intention to defend
How a decision a decision as to whether there is or there is no “triable issue” to warrant a case being transferred to the general cause list should be made
How an action under the undefended list procedure can be challenged
How an action under the undefended list procedure can be initiated
How the court should consider the defence of the defendant in the undefended list procedure
How to determine whether a triable issue has been made out
Nature of a judgment entered under the undefended list procedure and what it is required to contain
Nature of claims determinable under the undefended list procedure
Nature of claim that will not qualify as a claim under the Undefended List Procedure
Nature of claim that will not qualify as a claim under the Undefended List Procedure
Nature of proceedings under the undefended list
Nature of the undefended list procedure
Need for the court to consider only the depositions contained in the affidavit filed in support of the notice of intention to defend
Object of the undefended list procedure
Options open to a defendant under the undefended list procedure
Options open to a judge where the defendant filed a notice of intention to defend
Position of the law where there are disputed issues of fact disclosed from comparison of the plaintiff's and defendant's affidavits
Principles governing the determination of a suit made on the undefended list
Principles governing the grant of leave to defend an action brought under the undefended list procedure
Procedure to be followed where the defendant filed notice to defend supported by an affidavit and the court is satisfied that the affidavit raises a defence
Purpose of the rules dealing with actions on the undefended list
Purpose of the undefended list procedure
Steps for the applicability of the Undefended List Procedure
The condition that must be satisfied before a case is transferred to the general cause list
The defences open to a defendant in an action placed in the undefended list where the plaintiff claims repayment of loan
The defences open to the defendant in a claim for repayment of loan under the undefended list procedure
The grant of leave to defend as a matter of discretion
The nature of the onus on the defendant under the undefended list procedure
The need for a plaintiff who wishes to proceed against a defendant for a claim under the undefended list to provide at least affidavit evidence that he served each of the defendants with the writ of summons and other documents
The need for evidence in an undefended list proceeding
The only issue for consideration where a defendant intends to defend an action on the undefended list
The procedure under the Undefended List Procedure
The purport of Orders 3, 9,10,11, 12 and 13 of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules as it relates to how an action under the undefended list may be commenced and documents that must be attached
The rule that the undefended list procedure is inapplicable where the defendant can show in his affidavit in support of intention to defend that there is a triable issue
The rule that where there are serious disputes in the affidavit in relation to the claim, the court should transfer the suit to the general cause list
The Scope of the Undefended List Procedure
The test of whether there is a defence to an action under the undefended list procedure
What a defendant who has no real defence under the undefended list procedure must never be allowed to do in order to forestall the process
What a defendant willing to defend an action under the Undefended List must do
What amounts to a defence on the merits
What a triable issue connotes
What is necessary for the court to do in determining whether the defendant has a good defence to the action
What the court considers in determining whether a suit entered under the undefended list procedure should be heard and decided thereunder
What the defence of the defendant sued under the undefended list is expected to show
What the defendant's affidavit must contain
What the undefended list procedure entails
When a defendant's affidavit would be said to disclose a defence on the merit
When a defendant will be permitted to defend an action filed under the undefended list procedure
When a defendant will be precluded from defending an action filed under the undefended list procedure
When an allegation of fraud will avail a defendant in a suit placed on the undefended list
When a suit will be transferred from the undefended list to the general cause list
When the court will enter judgment in favour of the plaintiff under the undefended list procedure
When the defendant should be granted leave to defend
Whether a claim for cost can be brought under the undefended list
Whether a claim for post judgment interest can be placed on the undefended list
Whether a claim whose affidavit evidence is seeped in controversy should be on the undefended list
Whether a court can enter judgment for an admitted sum and transfer the disputed sum to the general cause list
Whether a general deposition in the defendant's affidavit that he has a good defence to the action satisfies the requirement of the law
Whether a mere denial of a claim will warrant the transfer of a matter from the undefended list to the general cause list
Whether an action placed on the undefended list procedure will be rendered incompetent by the mere reason of absence on record of the order entering the suit at the lower court
Whether a party who filed a notice of intention to defend must, as a condition precedent, attach a document in proof of or to disprove the deposition contained in the affidavit
Whether a plaintiff is permitted to file an affidavit to controvert facts contained in the affidavit of the defendant in support of the Notice of Intention to Defend
Whether a preliminary objection to the jurisdiction of the court can be raised under the undefended list procedure
Whether a suit for recovery of possession and ejectment can be placed on the undefended list
Whether claim under the undefended list procedure applies to unliquidated money demand
Whether failure of the trial Court to transfer the suit to the general cause list for hearing where the defendant's affidavit disclosed triable issues amounts to a denial of the right to fair hearing
Whether fair hearing applies to cases tried under the undefended list procedure
Whether fixing a date for hearing a suit initiated under the Undefended List Procedure is a condition precedent to entering judgment
Whether fixing a date for hearing a suit initiated under the Undefended List Procedure is a condition precedent to the requirement that a defendant shall file or deliver the notice of intention to defend
Whether the affidavit of a defendant under the undefended list procedure disclosing his defence on the merit should provide a cast-iron or an airtight defence
Whether the court can ignore a counter-affidavit filed by the defendant in an action on the undefended list
Whether the court has a duty to consider whether the defence will ultimately succeed
Whether the court needs to determine whether a prima facie case has been established
Whether the decision to place a suit on the undefended list is an exercise of judicial discretion
Whether the mere mentioning of fraud under the Undefended List would automatically entitle the Court to move the suit to the General Cause List
Whether the purpose of the undefended list procedure is to rush to judgment
Whether the transfer of a suit from the undefended list to the ordinary cause list has the effect of the case being conducted by way of oral evidence
Whether the trial Judge must order pleadings after granting the defendant's request to transfer the case from the undefended list to the general cause list
Whether the undefended list procedure can be adopted in proceedings where the facts are contentious
Whether the undefended list procedure ensures that the defendant is given adequate opportunity of a hearing before such judgment is entered against him
Whether the undefended list procedure is appropriate for a contentious matter
Whether the undefended list procedure is appropriate in complex cases with controversial triable issues
Whether the undefended list procedure is designed to shut out a Defendant who has a genuine defence or a defence on the merit
Whether the undefended list procedure is meant to shut out a Defendant from contesting the suit brought thereunder
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