WORDS AND PHRASES ARE TO BE GIVEN THEIR ORDINARY MEANING
Under the literal rule of interpretation of statute, words and phrases in enactments are to…
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Under the literal rule of interpretation of statute, words and phrases in enactments are to…
In FRN V NGANJIWA, which was cited by the Petitioners as SC/794/2019, but which is…
Thus, in the interpretation of the Constitution, the principles upon which the Constitution was established…
In FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA v MUHAMMADU MAIGARI DINGYADI (2018) LPELR-4606 (CA), in the following…
It is a Statutory provision which is clear and unambiguous. In such a situation, the…
Generally, where the words of a statute are clear and unambiguous, the court should give…
I agree that a judge should be firm and pungent in the interpretation of the…
I am in full support of the submission of appellant’s counsel that it was a…
I agree with Mr. Sofola, S.A.N., in his submission that the court below was in…
In Okotie Eboh v. Manager (supra) Pats-Acholonu, JSC (of blessed memory) pronounced as follows: ‘An…
Let me hasten to state that even if the phrase any person denotes singular, by…
It is a fundamental and cardinal principle of interpretation of statutes that where in its…
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