RIGHTS OF A TENANT FACING EVICTION: EVEN ON A ‘LOCKED UP PREMISES’… There was a time when the landlords usually see themselves as the alpha and omega and the tenant at their mercy. In those times a landlord could wake up in the morning one day and decide he wants the tenant out of his house; perhaps out of spite, perhaps because he needs the property urgently, or because he has a better offer and or because the rent is due and the tenant has away from the house for long and have the rented premises under lock. “ Whatever the reason, it didn’t matter” . Failure of the tenant to comply would often result in a forced eviction. The tenant is forcibly removed from the premises with his or her things thrown out and sometimes, the tenant’s property is removed from the premises in his or her absence. The trend has however been abated with the realization that such actions is not backed by the law. Regardless of the type of occupancy, whether informal settlements, lease, rental accommodat
Legal Difference between Delivery of Judgment and Pronouncement of Judgment thereof under the Nigerian laws.
The word reading and pronouncement of Judgment most times are used interchangeably and often taken to be of same imputation. But this is highly incorrect and for the purposes of legal practice to legal practitioners and the Law School students I will proffer two explanations for the fact that practice is different from law school program. For law school, the issue of reading and pronouncement of judgment cannot be discussed in the High Court as it is a one Judge Court, it is only in regard to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court that have more than one Judge presiding. In this sense, a Judge is required to say the verdict of the court in a particular matter. Such Judge is the leading Justice of the Court and during its Judgment the lead Justice reads the verdict of the court. In this instance he reads but where another Justice of the same court state the verdict of the court written by another Justice then it is said according to the law school standard to be a pronouncement of