DavidEsq:

Isn't the award of damages within the purview of the trial court (i.e, the high Court)? If u are referring to award of cost, I would understand the choice of words but even at that, 300m for cost? Not a chance in hell

Kobicove:
Why did this article place more emphasis on the N1 million cost of action instead of the amount of N25 million which is more critical here?

aremubabs:
And these ones were busy claiming that they want a good country with their stoopid Obidient movement.

Arafat1:


A pyrrhic victory

After Mr Patrick has deducted his SAN's legal fees, and other monies he spent on logistics pursuing this case since 2011, I wonder how much he will have left.

This is one of the reasons why people have lost confidence in the Nigerian Judiciary. Justice delayed is almost always Justice denied

Even the PSquare guys are extremely wicked.. They couldn't pay off Mr Patrick when they failed to show up at his event after being paid, but they had money to pay lawyers to frustrate him and drag the matter right up to the Supreme Court ...

In this kind of situation, the court further awarding exemplary damages of like 300m against PSquare would have set a deterrent against such disgusting behaviour...

nedekid:

This has nothing to do with refund. Why will anyone accept a refund? It is breach of contract. How much is the money paid to their artist compared to how much the promoter spent on the show, adverts etc. His loss of reputation nko? Damage to his brand?
If you read the 25m judgement, you might see eg 5m for refund of payment to artist and then 20m for damages.

Lavzz:
And your generation can never even produce Peter obi gateman, disgusting creatures

SSpeter:
If Obi is not there your parents won't rest in peace

inoki247:



And they should've done out of court settlement instead of wasting money they're supposed to use and compensate the Man instead of jumping from one court appealing up nd down....

inoki247:
People are too greedy in this part of the world Person engage una service Una no turn up what stops you guy's from refunding instead u dey Jump go from one court to another when Simple refund immediately would av solve it....

Morbeta11:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/04/supreme-court-rules-on-13-years-suit-against-p-square-awards-n1m-cost/

Izuchukwu70:


Yes , but a 25m naira plot of land in Lekki in 2011 is more than 192 million naira now.

Arafat1:


When I said "the court", I didn't specify which..I meant it to cover all the courts which heard the matter

Yes the High Court is the first cost to rule on damages being the court of original Juridiction.. but the appellate courts can review both damages and costs award upward or downward depending on the facts of the case, as they have done in a plethora of cases

Furthermore, exemplary damages are imposed for the purpose of setting an example..Depending on the transgression, exemplary damages have no limits.. and my point is that the Courts won't have been out of line to slam PSquare with hefty exemplary damages that they won't recover from in their lifetime, because what they did was beyond despicable

As per costs, that's basically costs of litigation (appearance fees, professional fees, cost of coming to court by litigant, etc) , which in law they say costs follow events.. So. I know what I said when I said "damages" instead of costs.. There is no such thing as exemplary costs, but exemplary and even punitive damages.. So yes, I know the full import of my choice of words in my earlier comment.

DavidEsq:

Long story. The report said the Supreme Court. No dey misyarn

iLegendd:
I have never seen a Muslim say, "Try go Mosque today" even though they're more honest and dedicated in religious things.

Why do we Christians think everybody worships on Sunday? These same illiterate fellow Christians don't even know the first day of the week is Sunday.

These same fellow Christians are the ones secretly championing LGBTQ in America and in Africa.

These same people are the ones that visit their boyfriends or invite their girlfriends every worship day after service for sex.

My anger is: why do you think everybody goes to Church on Sunday and why do you think everybody on Nairaland is a Christian?

When you make this statement, try and say, "If you're a Christian and you worship on Sunday, try and go to Church today."

I can bet that you that made this comment won't even go to Church today. If you like worship if you like don't

Arafat1:


Lol


Don't take out the pain of your miseducation on me.. Take your L and move