With more than a decade of experience, John has tried cases, defended against and obtained injunctive relief, reversed and defended
judgments on appeal, and settled disputes for his clients.
The Full Federal Court (comprising Justice Besanko, Justice Perram and Justice Robertson) handed down
its judgment on the appeals by ACCC and Crownbet against the decision of the Australian Competition Tribunal in relation to the Tatts / Tabcorp merger authorisation.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed March 2 for
judgment on an appeal by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, challenging his...
The Supreme Court has fixed Feb. 9 to deliver
judgment on appeals of no - case - submissions brought to it by the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh.
Delivering unanimous
judgment on the appeal, Justice Nasiru, said he decided to take great caution not to go out of bound since the tribunal was yet to deliver judgment on the main petition.
The Appeal Court in Abuja, has reserved
its judgment on the appeal filed by the Federal Government challenging the acquittal of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.
A judgment on that appeal can be expected late June / early July.
On the 24th January 2017, the United Kingdom Supreme Court returned the Miller
judgment on appeal confirming the High Court's decision of 3rd November 2016 that a further Act of Parliament was required in order to fulfil the necessary condition for withdrawal mandated by the European Union Treaties» withdrawal clause.
Successfully defended a Vermont police department and its officers in the use of a Taser, including obtaining a favorable
judgment on appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which established the legal standard for the use of Tasers in those districts comprising the Second Circuit which includes Vermont
Won summary judgment for publicly traded energy services client in offshore maritime personal injury action in Brazoria County, Texas, and maintained favorable
judgment on appeal
It is true that the first immigration judge in his judgment mentioned joint purchase of Maya the cat as one of the many indications that the illegal immigrant had an established relationship with his partner — but it was not the reason for that judge's decision and in
the judgment on appeal the cat was not even mentioned.
The Court largely upheld this reasoning in
its judgment on appeal, recalling that the Leipzig - Halle airport was in competition with other regional airports to become DHL's European hub for air freight (paragraph 40 of the judgment).
The Court of Appeal (the Master of the Rolls, Richards and Underhill LJJ) has given
judgment on the appeal brought by the Project Management Institute...
Secured summary judgment for a lessor whose tenants died in an arson fire and successfully defended
the judgment on appeal to the Nebraska Court of Appeals and on further review to the Nebraska Supreme Court.
At the conclusion of a two - day hearing, the Court of Appeal has reserved
its judgment on the appeal by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors» Association, the Criminal Law Solicitors» Association, and two solicitors» firms which challenges the Lord Chancellor's decision on how the duty solicitor service should in future be provided.
At the conclusion of a two - day hearing, the Court of Appeal has reserved
its judgment on the appeal by the London Criminal Courts Solicitors» Association,...
Not exact matches
In an emailed statement, a Gawker spokesman said that nothing has changed, and that the company has «always said we're exploring contingency plans of various sorts» in case the Hogan
judgment is upheld
on appeal.
She suggested allowing plaintiffs to manufacture a final
judgment to trigger an automatic
appeal could have negative repercussions, like permitting parties to skip over the district court
on a legal question.
An Ontario Court of
Appeal justice has warned against «summary
judgment at all costs» in her dissent of a ruling
on the application of the doctrine of emergency in a personal injury case.
The Recording Industry of America
on Monday urged a federal
appeals court to reconsider a recent decision upholding a $ 5.3 million
judgment against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for copying a Marvin Gaye song to create their 2013 smash «Blurred Lines.»
The
appeals process is likely to drag
on for years, and some legal experts predict that the
judgment will ultimately be overturned or the award greatly reduced.
On appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Missouri
judgment but drew up far short of recognizing a right of individual patient autonomy.
(The God of many men is little more than their court of
appeal against the damnatory
judgment passed
on their failures by the opinion of this world.
It is based
on the fact that in the Church among all human communities men can most directly
appeal to the reigning Christ's
judgment upon the community itself.
The British Court of
Appeal determined that her refusal amounted to discrimination and found that she offended gay colleagues in the office with her refusal; in addition to that, in the court's
judgment, Ladele's views
on marriage are not «a core part of her religion.»
In a case similar to the Gaidry case, New Iberia Extract Co. v. McIlhenny Sons, the New Iberia Company had recently recovered damages against McIlhenny Sons in the Supreme Court of Louisiana,
on a similar cause of action, New Iberia Extract Co. v. E. McIlhenny, 182 La. 150 [8 T. M. Rep. 189], the decision having been based largely
on the
judgment of the Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia, cancelling the Mcllhenny Company registration of «Tabasco» as its trade - mark.
But in their notice of
appeal, the APC and Mr Umana faulted the Tribunal's
judgment on grounds of «miscarriage of justice and turning upside down, the head of the natural justice».
Akwa Ibom State All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate in the April 11 gubernatorial election, Mr Umana Okon Umana, has approached the Appellate Court in Abuja
on Friday, to file an
appeal challenging the
judgment of the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
on the poll.
According to the three - member
Appeals Court panel, the ultimatum is to pave way for a date to be set for the final
judgment on the matter.
In an
appeal he filed through his team of lawyers headed by J.B Daudu, SAN, Saraki prayed for «An order staying further proceedings in Charge No: CCT / ABJ / 01 / 2015 between Federal Republic of Nigeria vs Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki fixed for hearing on November 5 and 6, 2015 pending the determination of the appeal pending before the Supreme Court against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated October 30, 2015.&
appeal he filed through his team of lawyers headed by J.B Daudu, SAN, Saraki prayed for «An order staying further proceedings in Charge No: CCT / ABJ / 01 / 2015 between Federal Republic of Nigeria vs Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki fixed for hearing
on November 5 and 6, 2015 pending the determination of the
appeal pending before the Supreme Court against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated October 30, 2015.&
appeal pending before the Supreme Court against the
judgment of the Court of
Appeal dated October 30, 2015.&
Appeal dated October 30, 2015.»
Awoniyi told newsmen, shortly after the
judgment of the tribunal, that consultation was already going
on within the party's legal team of lawyers
on how to
appeal the
judgment.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, recently made remarks over disturbing conflicting tribunals and
Appeal Court
judgments on the use of the card reader.
More disturbing, are the conflicting
judgments of the various Divisions of the
Appeal Court
on the use and status of the card reader.
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja
on Thursday has slated February 26, 2016 for
judgment in the
appeal filed by the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Rev. Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King challenging the judgement of a Lagos High Court sentencing him to death by hanging.
Justice Abdul Aboki, in his own lead
judgment in the Ekiti State governorship election
appeal also held that «even the President of Nigeria has no powers to call
on the Nigerian armed forces and to unleash them
on peaceful citizens, who are exercising their franchise to elect their leaders.»
«It is dangerously unbecoming of a Cabinet minister to misrepresent court
judgments - especially where her own department conceded this case
on appeal.»
On Wednesday, 30th November 2016 the
Appeals Court presided over by Justice Dennis Adjei quashed the Fast Track High Court
judgment in 2008.
While delivering its
judgment, the US court of
appeals on Monday dismissed the complaint and upheld the ruling of the lower court.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) immediately
appealed against the
judgment and the Judicial Review was put
on hold.
The
appeal notice by the governor dated November 3, filed through his counsel, Emmanuel Ukala, faulted the
judgment on 26 grounds.
Justice Agim also held that the
judgment of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court delivered
on February 18, 2013 in favour of Ubah and his company had since 2015 been set aside by the Court of
Appeal, Lagos, in 2015.
Their retinue of lawyers, led by Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who filed the court processes
on their behalf, argued that since the Court of
Appeal, in its February 17, 2017 judgment, declared the Sheriff - led National Working Committee as the authentic leadership organ of the PDP, the Makarfi - led committee could no longer pursue an appeal in the name of the
Appeal, in its February 17, 2017
judgment, declared the Sheriff - led National Working Committee as the authentic leadership organ of the PDP, the Makarfi - led committee could no longer pursue an
appeal in the name of the
appeal in the name of the party.
The Makarfi - faction filed the
appeal on February 27, 2017 against the February 17, 2017 judgment of the Port Harcourt Division of the Court of Appeal which sacked their caretaker comm
appeal on February 27, 2017 against the February 17, 2017
judgment of the Port Harcourt Division of the Court of
Appeal which sacked their caretaker comm
Appeal which sacked their caretaker committee.
The Makarfi faction which filed the four
appeals, through their lawyers, withdrew the matters
on the grounds that they had become academic since the July 12, 2017
judgment of the Supreme Court had settled all the issues relating to the PDP leadership crisis.
Following the lead
judgment taken by Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen, which held that the CCT was properly constituted to exercise jurisdiction over Saraki's trial, Saraki through his Special Adviser
on (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu said «after listening to the ruling of the Supreme Court in the
appeal he (Saraki) filed to challenge the process of arraigning him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, he expresses disappointment over the
Judgment of the apex court in the country
on the six grounds of his
appeal.
In Justice Mohammed's
judgment, which was read
on his behalf by Justice Ejembi Eko, the apex court resolved all the three issues raised in the
appeals against the appellants.
The Court of
Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the substituted governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, in the forthcoming November 26 election in Ondo State to challenge his replacement with Jimoh Ibrahim, who belongs to a rival faction of th
Appeal in Abuja
on Wednesday reserved
judgment in the
appeal filed by the substituted governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, in the forthcoming November 26 election in Ondo State to challenge his replacement with Jimoh Ibrahim, who belongs to a rival faction of th
appeal filed by the substituted governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, in the forthcoming November 26 election in Ondo State to challenge his replacement with Jimoh Ibrahim, who belongs to a rival faction of the PDP.
But in the three
judgments on Thursday, the Justice Gumel - led panel of the
appeal court upheld the
appeals against the tribunal's verdicts filed
on behalf of the the appellants by their lawyer, B. E. I. Nwofor (SAN).
Justice Dattijo Mohammed headed the five - man panel of the apex court and prepared the leading
judgment of the Supreme Court, which affirmed the decision of the Court of
Appeal on Friday.
The Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors» Forum, Ayodele Fayose, has reiterated his support for the decision of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi led Caretaker Committee to challenge the Court of
Appeal, Port - Harcourt
judgment on the leadership crisis in the party.