Appeal Court to Issue Date for Fresh Hearing of SERAP's Appeal Against SSS' N100m Defamation Judgement
- The Court of Appeal in Abuja vacated an earlier order reserving judgment and directed a fresh hearing of SERAP’s appeals against the N100 million defamation ruling.
- The court will set and communicate a new hearing date for appeals filed by SERAP and Kolawole Oluwadare against the FCT High Court judgment.
- The FCT High Court awarded N100 million to SSS officers Sarah John and Gabriel Ogundele, and SERAP and Oluwadare are seeking to overturn that judgment.
- The court struck out applications from Columbia University, a United Nations Special Rapporteur, and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre to join the case.
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Breaking: Appeal Court bars UN rapporteurs, Columbia University from SERAP vs DSS case
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has barred United Nations Special Rapporteurs and Columbia University from participating in the case involving the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and the Department of State Services (DSS). The court has reserved judgment in the matter. More updates to follow
JUST IN: A’Court reserves judgment in SERAP’s N100m defamation case
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by SERAP challenging the N100m defamation judgment awarded against it by an FCT High Read More: https://punchng.com/just-in-acourt-reserves-judgment-in-seraps-n100m-defamation-case/
N101m judgment debt: Again, SERAP scuttles own appeal
Withdraws application to present Amici Curiae Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Tuesday, scuttled it’s own appeal against a N101 million defamation judgement awarded in May by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in favour of two operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). The move prompted the special panel …
Appeal Court Reserves Judgment in SERAP’s N100m Defamation Case
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment in an appeal by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) challenging a N100 million defamation award against it by the Federal Capital Territory High Court.A three-member panel led by Justice Danlami Senchi reserved the judgment on Tuesday after hearing arguments from SERAP’s counsel, Tayo Oyetibo, SAN, and counsel for the first and second respondents, O.S. Kehinde.The appeal…
Appeal Court Vacates Order Reserving Judgment In SERAP’s N100m Defamation Case
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has vacated its earlier order reserving judgment in the N100m defamation appeal filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project against two Department of State Services officers. The appellate court directed that the case files be returned to the President of the Court of Appeal for a decision on […]
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