Case Review
On 16 January 2013, the Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal ruled in Okey Ibeawuchi & 4 Ors v. Samuel Ikpokpo & 3 Ors that failure to pay the appropriate filing fees for Notices of Appeal is a fundamental defect which robs the Court of Appeal of the jurisdiction to entertain an appeal.
COURT OF APPEAL (LAGOS DIVISION)
(SAULAWA; BAGE; JAURO, JJ.CA)
Lead judgment per Bage, JCA
The Respondent (IPCO Nigeria Ltd) entered into series of insurance contracts with the Appellant (Unitrust Insurance Company Ltd).
COURT OF APPEAL (ILORIN DIVISION)
(GALINJE; MBABA; OGBUINYA, JJ.CA)
The Appellant engaged the legal services of the Respondent to defend its interests in a case which was instituted against it. The Respondent accepted the brief and communicated his professional fee of N2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) to the chairman of the Appellant with an invoice. The Appellant did not indicate that it would not pay the professional fees stated in the invoice.
THE COURT OF APPEAL (EKITI DIVISION)
DENTON WEST; UWA; YAKUBU, JJ.CA
The 1,132 retrenched workers of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will receive judgment next month at the Court of Appeal.
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