[RULING] Appeal-bail pending appeal-factors to be considered when determining an application for bail pending appeal

[RULING] Civil Practice and Procedure-adjournments-where the plaintiff’s advocate has been incapacitated by a stroke-whether the court should grant a further adjournment

Advocates-power of attorney-where the acting advocate is unable to proceed with the plaintiff’s case after suffering a stroke-whether the advocate should execute a power of attorney on behalf of his client to enable another advocate take over the suit on behalf of the plaintiff

Land-title-where the plaintiff is the registered owner of the land whereas the defendant claims he was allotted the land by the Commissioner of Land-superiority of registration of title

[RULING] Appeal-leave-application for leave to appeal out of time-where the application is made eight years after the judgment, which it is seeking to appeal-whether the applicant, is guilty of laches

Land law – adverse possession – claim to ownership of land by virtue of twelve years of peaceful, open and continuous possession – whether because the plaintiff, subsequent to filing the suit, been dissolved by law and replaced by a different entity, and because the plaintiff had purchased the land from persons who were since deceased, the land subdivided and part of it occupied by a third party, the plaintiff could maintain the suit – whether it was proper for the defendant to raise such important preliminary issues during submissions – whether the plaintiff could assert rights against successors in title to the deceased vendors – whether the land could not be the subject of a claim for adverse possession on account of recent sub-division and the assignment of a new land register number – whether the plaintiff had satisfied the conditions for a claim to land by adverse possession

LAND – allocation of – plaintiff sought to be declared as the true owner of the suit property – where the plaintiff claimed that the defendant fraudulently registered his name as the rightful owner – proof of – factors the court considers in such applications – validity of order

FAMILY LAW – divorce – distribution of matrimonial property – presumption of marriage – where the parties were married under customary law – factors which the court will consider in the distribution of matrimonial property – validity of order - Married Women’s Property Act 1882, Section 17