The state High Court, sitting in Ilorin, had adjourned till June 26 the matter after holding that the case has not been discontinued by the first claimant, Olufemi Abraham, ruling that the defendant was still within the time to respond to the notice of the application of
joinder by the prospective co-claimant.
That is, the Court has jurisdiction to order the
joinder of a party to proceedings in circumstances where the claim against that party does not otherwise fall within the parameters of Article 5 of the Judicial Authority Law (Law No 12 of 2004, as amended) ('JAL').
It explains that when Gongloe realized that he had made a grave mistake, instead of withdrawing and amending his pleading and filing an amended pleading as provided by law, he compounded the problem by filing '
joinder'.
Annapolis responded Friday with a motion to remand the case to state court because facts involving all of the defendants "are intertwined, such that
joinder is not only appropriate, but most efficient and key to preventing potentially inconsistent results."
Fulfilling one of Republican lawmakers' major goals for tort law this year, the Missouri House gave final approval to a bill that overhauls the state's venue and
joinder laws.
On December 31, 2016, the company entered into a
joinder agreement to the Icahn agreement.
Where a defendant removed a state court action to federal court based upon complete diversity of the parties but the plaintiff then amended its complaint as a matter of right to add a non-diverse indispensible party,
joinder of the indispensible party is allowed and the case is remanded to state court for lack of diversity jurisdiction in federal court.
The court has given preliminary consideration to the jurisdictional issues and concludes that the question of whether diversity jurisdiction exists here, which involves issues of fraudulent
joinder and improper
joinder, is factually or legally complicated.
Joinder application for a legal case Q: I have invested a small amount in a business on a friend's request.
The defendants argued that the
joinder where they were both tried together was improper.
class="MsoNormalThe claim has seen Dr Kiongera move for
joinder of another law firm, Ochieng, Onyango, Kibet and Ohaga Advocates (OOOK Law).
In an application filed on Friday, the movement says they can give more insight into the case, hence their bid for
joinder.