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Reviewing the Decision of the Nigerian Supreme Court in Huebner v AIE and PM Co Ltd: A Dissenting Opinion
Journal of African Law ( IF 0.277 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-14 , DOI: 10.1017/s0021855320000315
Chukwuebuka S Okeke

In this case, the Nigerian Supreme Court had the opportunity to build on the foundations of Nigerian trust law. The court was faced with facts that should have led to the implication of a resulting trust in favour of the appellant, since he had purchased a large parcel of land in the name of the respondent. While accepting that it made no contribution to the purchase or development of the land, the respondent sought to escape its fiduciary duty by alleging illegality, using the provisions of the Land Use Act as a statutory shield. The Nigerian Supreme Court endorsed the respondent's position, by electing to focus on the breach of the statute, while ignoring that equity would not allow a statute to be used as an instrument of fraud. This article shows how the court erred, as the statutory breach was not fatal to the appellant's claim: equity does not demand that its suitors have led blameless lives.



中文翻译:

审查尼日利亚最高法院在 Huebner 诉 AIE 和 PM Co Ltd 案中的裁决:反对意见

在本案中,尼日利亚最高法院有机会在尼日利亚信托法的基础上再接再厉。法院面临的事实本应导致对上诉人产生信任,因为他以被告的名义购买了大片土地。在承认其对土地的购买或开发没有贡献的同时,被申请人以《土地使用法》的规定作为法定盾牌,声称违法,试图逃避其受托责任。尼日利亚最高法院支持被告的立场,选择将重点放在违反法规的行为上,而无视公平原则不允许将法规用作欺诈工具。这篇文章显示了法院是如何犯错的,因为法定违约对上诉人的索赔并不致命:

更新日期:2020-12-14
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