Browsing: Chidi Odinkalu

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu & Chepkorir Sambu Described by one scholar on its centenary as “perhaps the greatest historical movement of modern…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Honourable Justice Emmanuel Obioma Ogwuegbu was part of a generation in which judging was a deservedly elevated…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu It was impossible not to see that this case did not involve any application of law.…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The partiality that inevitably affects judges has been noted in cases with a political flavour.” David Pannick,…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “A Judge shall avoid developing excessively close relationship with frequent litigants – such as government ministers or…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The judicial career of Francis Chukwuma Abosi was supposed to last only seven years. In the event,…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu 37 years later, the Supreme Court relied on numbers confectioned by a rogue Commissioner of Police…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 7 June 1911, the High Court of Australia decided a very interesting case. It arose…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The outcome was never in doubt. The politicians got the assurances they wanted that they would…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When Major-General Muhammadu Buhari overthrew the elected civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari on the last day…