«That you Mohammed Ahmed Katun while serving as an Assistant Director, Pension Department
of the Office
of Head of Service
of the Federation on or about the 14th day
of August, 2009 within the jurisdiction
of this Honourable
Court, obtained by false pretences and with intent to defraud
various sums
of money amounting in the aggregate to N24, 660,675.00 (Twenty Four Million, Six Hundred and Sixty Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy Five Naira only) from the Federal Government
of Nigeria through the Pension Account held by the Office
of the
Head of Service
of the Federation
of Nigeria through fraudulent payments described as collective allowances into your bank account maintained with Ecobank Nigeria Limited (former Oceanic International Bank Plc) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1)(a)
of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3)
of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.»
The Ontario
Court of Appeal's recent decision in Strudwick v. Applied Consumer & Clinical Evaluations Inc. («Strudwick») provides a useful clarification to all litigants, but especially those concerned with employment law matters, on the nature
of various heads of damages and the general rule that «You don't get what you don't ask for.»
Mustafa Motiwala
heads the Mumbai office and the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice
of the firm which includes matters across
various courts and fora in India as well as domestic and international institutional arbitration...