The question of priority of interest comes up when there are two or more competing interests over property and especially when these interests cannot be satisfied out of the total value of the property that is subject of the interests.
Author: Opeoluwa Sanni
Nature of Equitable Rights/Interests
Equitable rights are in two categories. They include those rights created by Equity and those recognized under Equity which were hitherto unrecognized under Common law. Read More…
The Complete Guide to Relevant Facts under the Law of Evidence
Two kinds of fact are very important in the Law of Evidence. They are facts in issue and relevant facts. The concept of facts in issue has been dealt with in a previous post. However, it is necessary to bring it up here again because it has a very interesting relationship with relevant facts.
Think of the relationship between facts in issue and relevant facts as that which exists between baking a plain cake and baking a chocolate cake. Yeah. This sounds weird. But stay with me. Read More…
The Complete Guide to Sources of Evidence Law
Why is it important to study the source of anything? Especially the sources of Evidence? After all, it’s already there and complex enough. Why go looking for any more of it? I’ll tell you why. Read More…
Facts in Issue: What it Means in the Law of Evidence
Facts, and in consequence facts in issue, are the flour with which the dough of evidence is made.
Everything is a fact, whether it exists alone or along with other things. In the contemplation of the law, particularly the Nigerian Evidence Act (s. 258), it includes a state of things, the relationship between things and even any mental condition that any person is aware of. Read More…