AGBOADO AND OTHERS v FIANKOR AND ANOTHER [1995-96] 1 GLR 278 - 289

Practice and procedure—Consolidated suits—Control of proceedings—Incidences of consolidation—Five different suits by plaintiffs against five different defendants consolidated on application of plaintiffs—Court proceeding thereafter as if only a plaintiff and a defendant in proceedings—Only one judgment given after trial—Whether retrial to be ordered.

Practice and procedure—Pleadings—Amendment—Leave to amend pleadings granted—Reason for prescribing amending of pleadings generally—Proper procedure to follow—Order to consolidate three suits—Failure to formulate proposed amendment in motion paper, affidavit or any pleading annexed—Non-disclosure of which suit to amend—Effect of defect—Whether order void—High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN 140A), Order 28, r 1.