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Circumstances in which prohibition will issue

Definition of prohibition

Grounds for the grant of an order of prohibition

Instances where prohibition issues as of right

Need for allegations in an application for prohibition to be proved in the same way as in every civil proceeding

Principles guiding the grant of prohibition on the ground of bias

Scope and grounds for the grant of the order of prohibition

the principle that prohibition will not lie against a body for acting according to law

The purport of the order of prohibition

The purpose of an order of prohibition

The scope of the remedy of prohibition

What constitutes a limited or partial prohibition

What must be proved for the entire members of a traditional council to be precluded by an order of prohibition from hearing any chieftaincy dispute arising within the area of jurisdiction of the traditional council

When prohibition will lie

Whether a refusal to make an order for prohibition is conclusive that the court which the High Court declined to prohibit from exercising jurisdiction is vested with jurisdiction

Whether a stranger to a proceeding can apply for an order of prohibition

Whether a writ of prohibition can issue against an executive or administrative act

Whether an application for prohibition made on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction will be granted where the applicant has waived his right to object to a jurisdictional defect

Whether an order of prohibition can be granted against a completed act

Whether an order of prohibition can be granted where the inferior court is acting within jurisdiction

Whether an order of prohibition can be issued to restrain a judge of the superior court from exercising his judicial function

Whether an order of prohibition can be made to prevent a traditional council from performing its statutory functions

Whether an order of prohibition will be granted where the interest of the person adjudicating is not pecuniary

Whether an order of prohibition will lie against wrongful assumption of jurisdiction

Whether an order of prohibition would be granted to prevent a lower court from proceeding with a decision where there is a real likelihood of bias on the part of the judge

Whether bias is a ground for the grant of the order of prohibition

Whether failure to exhibit the record of proceedings is fatal to an application for prohibition

Whether prohibition is a right ex debitio justitiae

Whether prohibition issues to prohibit the offending body from acting generally

Whether prohibition lies to prevent a person from exercising judicial functions generally

Whether prohibition will issue to prevent further prosecution of the accused who has been ordered to go back to open his defence

Whether prohibition will lie in respect of acts of committees of inquiry

Whether prohibition will lie to check the proceedings of an inferior tribunal

Whether the court can prohibit the enforcement of a lawful order or judgment

Whether the High Court can issue an order of prohibition against a Judicial Council on the ground of estoppel per rem judicatam

Whether the remedy of prohibition is alternative to the remedy of appeal

Whether the right to apply for prohibition remains as long as something remains to be done

Whether the right to prohibition can be lost by acquiescence or implied waiver

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