CHIEF LAYIWOLA OLUMEGBON V. HFP ENGINEERING NIGERIA LIMITED & ORS

YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Ruling): This ruling is premised on a motion on Notice dated 31/1/11 filed by the Appellant on 4/2/11 seeking the following orders:

1. AN ORDER granting leave to the Appellant/Applicant to raise a new point on appeal as contained in ground 1 of the proposed amended Notice of Appeal exhibited to this application as Exhibit TO.

2. AN ORDER granting leave to the Appellant/Applicant to amend his Notice of Appeal dated 29th April, 2004 by adding a new ground 1 as contained in the proposed Amended Notice of Appeal exhibited to this application as Exhibit TO and renumbering the existing grounds as grounds 5 - 7 respectively.

3. AN ORDER enlarging the time within which the Appellant/Applicant may file his Brief of Argument in this appeal.

The application is founded on the following grounds:

1. Upon the perusal of the Record of Appeal, it was discovered that there is a constitutional point touching on the infraction of the Appellant/Applican…