[Ruling] CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE suit transfer of - application to transfer suit to another jurisdiction on the grounds that the subordinate court lacked jurisdiction to hear the suit effect of whether the court can transfer a suit from a court of incompetent jurisdiction to one of competent jurisdiction - Civil Procedure Act section 18

[Ruling] CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE time application for extension of time where the applicant wanted to apply for grounds from the registrar following the taxation of the respondents bill of costs factors which the court considers when granting an extension of time - Advocates Remuneration Order rule 11(2) and (4)

FAMILY LAW – dissolution of marriage – petition for the dissolution of marriage on grounds of cruelty and adultery – where the petition was undefended – effect of – factors the court considers in such applications – validity of order

FAMILY LAW – dissolution of marriage – petition for the dissolution of marriage on grounds of dissertation – the marriage had no issue – where the petition was undefended – effect of – factors the court considers in such applications – validity of order

[Ruling] CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE discovery application by the applicant to have the respondent produce all the relevant documents to enable the applicants execute their decree factors the court considers in such applications validity of order Civil Procedure Act section 3A; Civil Procedure Rules Order 21 Rule 36

COMPANY LAW corporate veil lifting of the corporate veil where the information about the company directors is inadequate and the companys property has been willfully transferred to frustrate the applicants efforts to execute his decree effect of applicable principles whether the material availed is enough for the court to lift the corporate veil

[Ruling] – EXECUTION – stay of execution - stay of execution pending hearing of application – where the applicant/defendant claims that they could not file a defence for lack of particulars – whether lack of particulars can stop the plaintiff from requesting for a summary judgment - Civil Procedure Rules Order 9A rule 10, Order 6 rule 8(2)

[Ruling] Civil Practice and Procedure - application to strike out an appeal - ground: that the appellant had not served the filed memorandum of appeal on the respondent, he had not taken steps to prosecute the appeal and that he was abusing the stay of execution pending appeal - application not citing any particular provision of law but brought under "the inherent power of the court" - whether the application was incompetent - whether the applicant had properly invoked the court's jurisdiction.

[Ruling] Civil Practice and Procedure - stay of execution - application for stay of execution of a decree pending appeal  - grounds: that the applicant had offered security and that the applicant would not be able to recover the decretal sum if it was paid prior to the appending - duty of the applicant to demonstrate that it would  suffer substantial loss if the execution was allowed to proceed - whether the respondent was a person of means and capable of paying back the decretal sum - Civil Procedure Rules Order 41 rule 4(1), (2)