High court jurisdiction over statutory rights of occupancy

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• GROUP CAPT. ABUBAKAR BALARABE V. HON. TUKUR IDRIS NADABO (2010)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Kaduna Division)

  Judgment date

  14 December 2010

  Summary of the appeal in the case of Balarabe v. Nadabo delivered on 14 December 2010, focusing on key legal issues related to land ownership and jurisdiction.

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  • Burden of proof→
  • Declaration of title to land→
  • Effect of pleadings→
  • Family land→
  • Trespass to land→
  • admitted facts under evidence act section 75→
  • certificate of occupancy and better title→
  • evaluation of evidence and appellate restraint→

• SAVANNAH BANK (NIG.) LTD. VS. AJILO (1989)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  27 January 1989

  Summary of Savannah Bank v. Ajilo, focusing on the interpretation of the Land Use Act, consent requirements for mortgages, and the implications on real property

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  • Mischief rule→
  • Null and void transaction→
  • Purposive interpretation→
  • Revocation of right of occupancy→
  • Statutory interpretation→
  • abrogation of freehold interests→
  • beneficial construction→
  • construction of statute as a whole→