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Difference between pleadings and reliefs
Duty of a party who claims a relief to prove same
Effect of a court granting a relief not specifically claimed
Effect of a court granting reliefs not claimed
Effect of an action brought solely to obtain a relief which the court has no power to grant
Effect of a wide, vague, unimaginable or unspecific relief
Effect of granting a relief not asked for
Effect of not claiming reliefs in an action
Exceptions to the rule that a party cannot be awarded reliefs not claimed
How reliefs are granted
Nature of reliefs cognisable by the court
Nature of relief which a claimant is entitled to
Need for a party seeking to establish a right to relief to plead the facts required in proof
Need for a party who has proved his case to be entitled to the relief sought
Need for every relief to be clear, precise and quantifiable
Need for the language of a relief to be succinct, vivid and possess the character of clarity
Position of the law where the law prescribes a specific remedy or relief
Principles governing the grant of reliefs
Reliefs which can be awarded by the court
The exception to the rule that a court has no jurisdiction to grant reliefs not sought by a party
The importance of reliefs to a cause of action
The principle that a relief in an appellate Court is only granted in response to the issue raised from a ground or grounds of appeal
The principle that courts cannot go beyond the reliefs claimed by the parties
The principle that parties and the court are bound by the reliefs sought by the parties
The rationale for the rule that a court cannot grant reliefs not claimed
The rule that a court can only grant reliefs sought or incidental to such reliefs
The rule that an applicant is bound by the reliefs on the motion paper
The rule that a party cannot claim reliefs in vacuo
The rule that a relief in an appellate court is granted in response to the issue raised from grounds of appeal
The rule that the court is bound to grant only the reliefs sought and proved by a party
The rule that the relief granted must be claimed in the pleadings and proved at the trial
What a party must do to be granted any relief by the court
Whether a court can go outside the reliefs claimed by an applicant
Whether a court can grant a relief not sought by a party
Whether a court is duty bound to grant the reliefs sought where the principles guiding the grant are satisfied
Whether an appellate court can grant a relief not sought from the trial court
Whether a party can be awarded reliefs not claimed
Whether a party can orally abandon a relief sought on the originating process
Whether a party is entitled to a relief without proof
Whether a party is required to give evidence on reliefs
Whether a person who is not a party to a suit can claim relief from such action
Whether a plaintiff will be granted the reliefs he seeks where his case is weak and that of the defendant is also weak
Whether a relief couched in wide and imprecise terms can be granted
Whether a relief or remedy can be denied a party because he applied for the relief or remedy under the wrong law
Whether a student can ask the court to grant a relief of the release of a result where no examination has been taken
Whether it is necessary for the reliefs sought in the statement of claim to be restated in the party's evidence
Whether reliefs are facts that a witness can ordinarily testify to
Whether the court can allow remedies without the plaintiff first satisfying it on the appropriate legal remedy
Whether the court can entertain a relief claimed without payment of the prescribed requisite fees
Whether the court can grant reliefs in favour of persons who are not parties to the suit
Whether the court can mend a relief or a title of a case suo muto where such relief has not been asked for by a party
Whether the court can modify the reliefs sought by a party
Whether the court has the power to grant valid prayer(s) brought under a wrong law
Whether the court is empowered to grant interim reliefs in respect of a matter pending between the same parties in a foreign court
Whether the use of a wrong word to explain a claim would deny the claimant the relief sought
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