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The respondent lacked locus standi as neither the wasoffe clan nor the respondent's representative capacity was legally established; proceedings were incompetent for want of legal standing.
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The High Court dismissed a land appeal, holding the appellant had locus standi as a clan member but failed to prove ownership of the disputed clan land.
The High Court held the disputed parcel was clan land, so individual members could not validly sell it without collective consent. It allowed redemption and upheld no order as to costs.
The High Court dismissed an appeal in a land dispute, holding that the appellant lacked locus standi without letters of administration and that the Ward Tribunal was improperly constituted.
The respondents were invitees to the disputed clan land and not lawful allottees; procedural irregularities in the appellate tribunal did not occasion a failure of justice; the appellate tribunal erred in reversing the trial tribunal's factual findings, and the trial tribunal's decision in favor of the appellant is restored.
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The High Court quashed two lower-tribunal decisions over clan land, finding the alleged owner lacked title under customary law, but held the appellant lacked locus standi.
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