ACTION - Commencement of action - Action seeking to enforce a right conferred by a statute in respect of which no rules of practice and procedure exist - How commenced - B.J. Export & Chemical Co. Ltd. vs. Kaduna Refining & Petro-Chemical Co. Ltd. C.A. 445 AGENCY - Ratification - When will be implied - Ironbar vs. Cross River Basin and Rural Development Authority C.A. 375 APPEAL - Findings of court - Effect of plaintiff not appealing against - Udegbunam vs. Federal Capital Development Authority S.C. 434 CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS - Recognised Chieftaincies (Revocation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order, 1976 - Chieftaincy declared to be a minor chieftaincy therein - Whether excluded from the provisions of the Chiefs Law of Western Region, 1959 - Mosojo vs. Oyetayo S.C. 545 COMPANY LAW - Receiver/manager - Leave to institute or defend action in the name of the debenture holder thereto - Discretion of court to grant - How exercised - Malu vs. S.G.C. (Nig.) Ltd. C.A. 534 CUSTOMARY LAW - Customary arbitration - When operates as estoppel - Ezinwa vs. Agu C.A. 473 FAIR HEARING - Undefended list procedure - Notice of intention to defend and affidavit of defence filed out of time - Whether to discountenance same amounts to breach of fair hearing - Obadiegwu vs. Lion Bank of Nig. Plc C.A. 410 NOTABLE PRONOUNCEMENT - Dangers posed to harmony in society by the quest to win land cases through thick and thin - Oguanuhu vs. Chiegboka C.A. 512 PLEADINGS - Applicability of any law to plaintiff’s case - Need to lead evidence to buttress applicability thereof - Udegbunam vs. Federal Capital Development Authority S.C. 434 PUBLIC OFFICER - Civil Servant - When can sue for wrongful dismissal or termination of appointment - Udegbunam vs. Federal Capital Development Authority S.C. 434 STATUTE - High Court of Lagos State Act, section 12 - Purpose of - B.J. Export & Chemical Co. Ltd. vs. Kaduna Refining & Petro-Chemical Co. Ltd. C.A. 445 WORDS AND PHRASES - ‘Cause of action’ - Definition thereof - Mosojo vs. Oyetayo S.C. 545