Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936) s211 – Service on District/Municipal Chief Executive; specific statutory service requirement overrides general procedural rules; service on subordinate/clerical secretary is not proper; where Coordinating Director acts as MCE he must be served personally; non‑service justifies setting aside proceedings.

Third-party proceedings (Art.91 Rules) – Admissibility – Prejudice to non-party rights – Ownership dispute over commercial assets – Limits of Court’s human-rights adjudication where private property title is contested – Amendment/striking of prior judgment – Costs: each party bears own costs.

Public service jurisdiction; ECOWAS Staff Regulations (Articles 67, 69, 73, 92-95); right to fair hearing; procedural due process in disciplinary proceedings; unlawful dismissal; remedies—reinstatement or salary in lieu, arrears, moral damages; costs.

Human rights jurisdiction – Article 9(4) Protocol A/Pl/7/91 (as amended) – Allegations of unlawful arrest, torture and degrading treatment – Admissibility – Criminal proceedings do not automatically oust human rights jurisdiction – ECOWAS Community Court case-law.

Human rights jurisdiction; admissibility (no requirement to exhaust domestic remedies); victim status; prohibition of torture vs. injury in crowd-control context; right to physical integrity (ACHPR Article 4); reparations and costs.

Human rights jurisdiction — admissibility (no exhaustion requirement) — victim status — distinction between torture/cruel treatment and unlawful use of force — violation of physical integrity — compensation awarded.

Land law — Allodial title v. compulsory acquisition — road reservation/buffer zone — municipal planning control — admissibility and weight of planning documents and official testimony — presumption of regularity (s.37 Evidence Act) — burden to rebut permissions and allegations of fraud — trespass and injunction where occupation is by municipal licence.

Civil procedure – strike out – Order 9 Rule 6 – proper party – declaratory relief – agency defence – res judicata (estoppel per rem judicatam) – necessity of evidence to establish plea of res judicata – summary dismissal only where claim clearly unsustainable.

Limitation Act 1972 (NRCD 54) – sections 5(2), 10(1), 10(6) – accrual of cause of action – extinguishment of title by lapse of limitation – administrators’ capacity and effect of letters of administration – res judicata – enforcement of judgment.

Chieftaincy Act s.62(1) – Mandatory duty of Regional House of Chiefs to report installations – Mandamus to enforce statutory duty – Demand and constructive refusal by inordinate delay – Petition filed after demand not a legal impediment – Judicial review/remedy.