Right of private defence

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• ABUBAKAR BALA V. THE STATE (2019)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  5 April 2019

  Review of the Supreme Court's decision on the appeal for culpable homicide in Abubakar Bala v. The State, focusing on legal defenses and judicial review.

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  • Culpable homicide→
  • Provocation→
  • appellate reversal for miscarriage of justice→
  • consideration of defences in criminal trials→
  • court of appeal act 2010, section 19(3)→
  • penal code law of kebbi state, sections 59, 60, 66 and 67→
  • private defence of property→
  • right of private defence→

• SPIESS V. ONI (2016)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  3 June 2016

  Summary of the Supreme Court ruling in Spiess v. Oni regarding criminal trespass and bona fide claims of right in property law.

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  • Appellate interference→
  • Concurrent findings of fact→
  • Criminal trespass→
  • Mens rea→
  • Self-help→
  • Trespass to land→
  • bona fide claim of right→
  • penal code law, section 342→