Blog Posts
Law Fraternity Games 2024 (3rd and 4th February)
Call me crazy but I took part in touch rugby, football and badminton for this year's edition of the Law [...]
The final year! Finally!
Feels like just yesterday when I entered the SUSS School of Law as a year 1. Affectionately we were called [...]
The death penalty…
The death penalty has always intrigued me. The notion that a man's life can be taken away because he committed [...]
This new format is so much better
There is a new format in terms of assignments for our law school. In the past, it used to be [...]
Case Reviews
Concepts
The importance of The Magna Carta to The Rule of Law
The Magna Carta Libertatum "The Great Charter of Freedoms" or The Magna Carta as more commonly referred to as one [...]
Noscitur A Sociis
Noscitur A Sociis means "it is known by its associates" The meaning of ambiguous words should be determined by considering [...]
Ejusdem Generis
Ejusdem Generis means "of the same kind or nature" There should be a catch all phrase like "... or any [...]
Precedent, Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta
Precedent The doctrine of precedent states that a court has to follow legal rules set in earlier cases when deciding [...]
Wills, Probate and Administration
Capacity of an administrator (whether an administrator can bring an action before obtaining the grant of letters of administration)
The rule on vesting and capacity Unlike an executor of a will obtains his title and authority from the will, [...]
Capacity of an executor of a will (whether the executor can bring an action before obtaining the grant of probate)
When a person dies and he made a valid will he is deemed to have died testate. In the will, [...]