BREACH OF PRACTICE & PROCEDURE DOES NOT RENDER NULLITY

Samuel Osigwe v. PSPLS Management Consortium Ltd & Ors. (2009) 3 NWLR 378 SC: “Breach of a rule of practice and procedure does not render the proceedings a nullity but merely an irregularity.” Was this dictum helpful? Yes 0 No 0...

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PROCEDURAL IRREGULARITY

It is not every procedural irregularity which affects the validity of proceedings. – Uwaifo JSC. Ekpanya v. Akpan (1988) Was this dictum helpful? Yes 0 No 0...

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WHERE RULES OF COURT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH

Rules of Court are purposely made to be obeyed and followed, therefore all procedure set by the rules must be complied with. However, where in the course of following the rules some errors or mistakes are committed or omitted, such error or mistakes would not out rightly render the proceedings a nullity. Depending on the...

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RULES OF COURT ARE MEANT TO BE OBEYED

In SOLANKE VS. SOMEFUN (1974) 1 SC 141, Sowemimo, JSC (as he then was) opined: “Rules of Court are meant to be complied with … Rules of Court are made to be followed. They regulate matters in Court and help parties to present their case for purpose of a fair and quick trial. It is...

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RULES OF COURT MUST BE OBEYED

OFORKIRE VS. MADUIKE ORS. (2003) LPELR – 2269 (SC) held that: “It is elementary law that rules of Court must be obeyed or complied with, as they are not made for fun.” Was this dictum helpful? Yes 0 No 0...

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DISTINCTION BETWEEN SUBSTANTIVE & PROCEDURAL LAW

“24, Mr, Onuora rightly set out the distinction between substantive and procedural laws when he said that ‘as a general rule, laws which fix duties, establish rights and responsibilities among and for persons natural or otherwise are substantive laws in character while those which merely prescribe the manner in which such rights and responsibilities may be exercised and enforced in a Court are procedural law.’”

— Ukor v Laleye (2005) – ECW/CCJ/APP/01/04

WHERE A STATUTE HAS PROVIDED A PROCEDURE SUCH PROCEDURE MUST BE FOLLOWED

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BREACH OF PRACTICE & PROCEDURE DOES NOT RENDER NULLITY

PROCEDURAL IRREGULARITY

WHERE RULES OF COURT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH

RULES OF COURT ARE MEANT TO BE OBEYED

RULES OF COURT MUST BE OBEYED

DISTINCTION BETWEEN SUBSTANTIVE & PROCEDURAL LAW

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