Family Law-divorce-matrimonial property-where there is no evidence that the respondent former wife contributed towards the purchase of the suit property-whether she is entitled to part of the land after the divorce is concluded

Criminal law - robbery with violence - accused person aged 15 years at the time of the offence charged - accused convicted and detained at the President's pleasure - appeal against conviction and sentence - Penal Code section 296(2); Penal Code section 25(2)

Criminal Practice and Procedure - prosecution - prosecutor - person who may conduct a public prosecution - state conceding a criminal appeal on the ground that the prosecution had been conducted by an unqualified police prosecutor - whether the trial should be declared a nullity and a retrial ordered - Criminal Procedure Code section 85(2)

TORT – negligence – damages – assessment of – where the plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident – he sustained a cut wound on the occipital region with lacerations on the left temporal region of the head, a fracture of the skull on the occipital region, sublaxation of the cervical vertebrae C1, C3 and C4, fractures of the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th and 8^th ribs of the left side of the chest, fracture of the left scapula and a cut wound on the left hand and left arm – assessment of liability – quantum of damages

VICARIOUS LIABILITY – when employer is vicariously liable for employee – nature of presumption arising thereof – validity of order

Land Law - removal of caution - Family Law - the right of a spouse to lodge caution over matrimonial property (land)

Land - claim for the determination and enforcement of an interest in land - leasehold - certificates of lease granted in respect of one piece of land granted to more than one person - whether the plaintiff was the only lawful registered proprietor of the leasehold interest in the suit property - whether the other certificates of lease should be cancelled 

Civil Practice and Procedure - third party procedure - defendant claiming indemnity from another defendant in the same suit - whether the claimant had suffered damage due to a state of affairs created by the other defendant - whether the claimant was entitled to compensation -  Civil Procedure Rules Order 1 rule 21

Criminal law - charge of murder - case dependent on circumstantial evidence - test that such evidence needs to meet in order to form the basis of a conviction - corroboration of the evidence of a child of tender years.

[RULING] Land-adjudication-where disputes are placed under the jurisdiction of the District Magistrates’ Court by the provisions of Section 10 of the Land (Group Representatives) Act (cap.287)-whether a suit thus filed in the High Court is hence invalid

[Ruling] – CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - striking out – application for – where the suit in question has been overtaken by events and is incapable of being executed – applicable principles – factors court considers in such applications – validity of order - Civil Procedure Act Section 3A; Civil Procedure Rules Order 6 Rule 13(1) (b) (d)

Land law - assertion of claim to land by a registered proprietor - defendants claiming rights in land allocated to the plaintiff - plaintiff the only lawful registered proprietor of the land - court ordering the cancellation of certificates of lease other than the plaintiff's existing over the same property - permanent injunction issuing against defendants preventing them from interfering with the plaintiff's possession.

Criminal Evidence - precautions to be applied before convicting on evidence of identification made at night (Turnbull Rules) - the doctrine of recent possession - tha accused must produce evidence to rebutt the doctrine of recent possession