Title page – – – – i
Approval page – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – iii
Acknowledgement – – – iv
Abstract – – – – v
Table of Contents – – – vi
Table of Cases – – – ix
Table of Statutes – – – xii
Abbreviations – – – xiv

Chapter ONE

Introduction – – – 1
Meaning and Nature of Contract of Employment 1
Offer and Acceptance – – 2
Consideration – – – 3
Intention to Create legal relation – – 4
Capacity – – – 4
Parties to a Contract of Employment – – 6
Employer – – – 7
Employee – – – 8
Independent Contractor – – 8
Why an Employee needs Protection – – 9
Conclusion – – – 11

Chapter TWO

Introduction – – – 13
Under Public Employment – – 13
Different methods of Termination of Contract
of Employment – – – 15
Termination by Operation of Law – 16
Termination by Intention of Parties – 20
Summary Dismissal – – 27
Conclusion – – – 30

Chapter THREE

Introduction – – – 33
Wrongful Termination of Contract of Private
Employment – – – 34
Lack of Just Cause – – – 36
Wrong Procedure – – – 42
Lack of Proper Notice – – 46
Breach of the Rules of Natural Justice – 51
Conclusion – – – 55

Chapter FOUR

Chapter FIVE

TABLE OF CASES

AFOLABI v. POLYMERA IND. NIG. LTD.
(1967) N.SC.C. 158 – – – – – 2
AFRIBANK v. NWANZE (1998) 6 NWLR
(pt 553), 283 – – – – – – – 39
AKINLADE FALOMO v. LAGOS STATE PUBLIC
SERVICE (COMMISSION – – – – – 32

BANKOLE v. NBC (1968)2 All NLR 371- – – 18
BRAVE v. CONDLER (1895)2 QB 293 — – – 10
CALLIL v. CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL CO.
(1893)1 GB 256 – – – – – – – 1
CHUKWUMAH v. S.P.D.C. (1993) 4 NWLR
pt 568, 512 – – – – – – – – 37
COLEMAN v. MAGNET JOINERY LTD
(1975) 1 CR 46 – – – – – – – 34
CONDOR v. BARON KNIGHTS LTD.
(1966) 1 WLR 87 – – – – – – – 11
10. COWEY v. LIBERIAN OPERATIONS LTD
(1966) 2 lloyd’S Rep. 45 – – – – – 8
CURRIE v. MISA (1875) L.R. 10 – – – – 2
DE FRANCESCO v. BARNUM (1890) 45
CH.D. 430, 438 – – – – – – – 39
DON EDWARD ADEJUMO v. UCH BOARD OF MANAGEMENT (1997)2 UILR 145 – – – 13,22
DR. BABATUNDE OWOLABI SANGUNUGA v. AKINWU MOTOR & ANOR. (1980) decided on 7th March – 48

EJEGI v. AGIP NIGERIA LTD. (1968) 4 A.C. 99 – 39
EWEROMI v. A.C.B. (1978)4 A.C. 99 – – – 29
GEORGE NICOL v. ELECTRICITY CORPORATION
(1965) LLR 261 – – – – – – – 13
GOULD v. STAURT (1896) A.C. 375 – – – 14
GWAGOH v. BENDEL STATE HOSPITAL
MANAGEMENT BOARD. – – – – 45
HALSBURY’S LAWS OF ENGLAND – – – 12
HALL v. PARSON (1978)1 CH. 14, 69 – – – 28
HAROID FIELDING LTD. v. MANSI (1974)1
RLR 79 – – – – – – – – 4
HART v. MILITARY GOVERNOR, RIVER STATE
NO. 17 OF 1984 – – – – – – – 26
HEYMAN v. DROWINS LTD. (1942) 1 All
ER 337, 341 – – – – – – 33
HILL v. C.A. PARSON AND CO. LTD. (1971)3
ALL ER 1347 (CA) – – – – – – 38
INTERNATIONAL DRILLING COMPANY (NIG)
LTD. v. AJIJALA (1976) 2 S.C. 115 P.9, 584 – – 48
IREM v. OBUBRA DISTRICT COUNCIL (1960)5
F.S.C. 24 – – – – – – – – 16

JOSIAH LAOYE v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
(1989)2 NNLR 652 – – – – – – 32
KONDA v. GOVT. OF THE FEDERATION OF
MALAYA (1962) A.C. 322 – – – – 31
LAW LONDON CHRONICLE LTD. (1959)2
ALL E.R. 285 – – – – – – 23
MCCLELLAND v. NORTHERN IRELAND
GENERAL HEALTH SERVICES BOARD (1957)1
WLR 594 (HL) – – – – – – – 37
MOBIL OIL NIG. LTD. v. AKINFOSILE
(1969) NMLR 217 – – – – – – 37, 48
MOELLER v. MONNIER CONSTRUCTION
(NIG) LTD. (1961) 1 ALL NLR 167 – – 16
MORTON SUNDOUR FABRICS LTD. v. SHAW
(1966)2 KLRI 25 – – – – – – – 27
N.A.L.G.O. v. BOLTON CORPORATION (1943)
A.C. 166 – – – – – – – 5
NDILL v. OKARA AND SONS (1976) 11 S.C. 211- 26
NOKES v. DONCASTER AMALGAMENTED
COLLINERISES LTD. (1946) A.C. 1014 – – 10
NUNMINK v. COSTAIN DREDGING LTD.
(1960) LLR 90 – – – – – – – 13
O.A. MARTINS v. BRAITHWAITE AND CO. LTD.
(1972) 2 CH. 72. 52 – – – – – 15
ODIASE v. AUCHI POLYTECHNIC (1998)4
NWLR pt. 546 – – – – – – 18
OLANIYAN v. UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS (1969)2
ALL E.R. 216 – – – – – – 25,40
OLANIYAN (SUPRA) 1985 – – – 26, 29, 35
OLAREWAJU v. AFRIBANK (2001) 13
NWLR pt. 731, 691 – – – – – 37
OLATUNBOSUN v. MISER COUNCIL (1988)3
NMLR pt. 80, 89, 49 – – – – – 31
OSISANYA v. AFRIBANK (NIG) PLC
(2007)6 NWLR p.9 565 – – – – – 36
OYEDELE v. L.U.T.H. (1990)6 NWLR
pt. 155, Pg. 199 – – – – – – – 45
PEPPER v. WEBB (1959)2 ER 285. – – 24
PROVINCIAL TRANSPORT SERVICES v. STATE
INDUSTRIAL COURT AIR 1963 SC 114, 116. – 38
49. ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TAINING
BOARD v. ONGARO (1943) A.C. 166 – – – 4
ROSE AND FRANK v. CROMPTON (1923)2
K.B. 261 – – – – – – – – 2
SINCLAIR v. NEIGHBOUR (1966)3 ALL ER 988 – 13
STANGE (SW) LTD. v. MANN – – – – 8
STOCCO v. MAJA (1964)2 ALL NLR 35 – – 13
TIMBERS v. PLYWOOD LTD. (1966) 1 ALL
NLR 87 – – – – – – – – 23
VINE v. NATIONAL DREK LABOUR BOARD
(1956)1 ALL E.R. pg. 8. – – – – – 33
TABLE OF STATUTES

The 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:

S. 33 (1) – – – – – – 30, 35, 46

S. 36 (1) – – – – – – 30, 35, 46

The Nigerian Labour Act Cap. L1 LFN 2004:
S. 2 – – – – – – – 9, 44
S. 7 – – – – – – – 43
S. 9 (7) – – – – – – – 9, 21
S. 10 (1) – – – – – – – 4
S. 11 (1) – – – – – – – 20, 30
S. 15 – – – – – – – 11
S. 19 – – – – – – – 3
S. 20 – – – – – – – 14, 15
S. 59 (8) – – – – – – – 3
S. 61 (3) – – – – – – – 3
S. 91 – – – – – – – 3
ABBREVIATIONS
1. N.W.L.R. – Nigerian Weekly Law Report
2. N.M.L.R. – Nigeria Monthly Law Report
3. N.S.C.C. – Nigerian Supreme Court Cases
4. C.C.H.C.J. – Certified Copies of High Court
Judgment
5. All N.L.R. – All Nigerian Law Reports
6. F.S.C. – Federal Supreme Court
7. H.L. – House of Lord Report
8. A.C. – Appeal Cases
9. Ch. App. – Chancery Appeal
10. Q.B.D. – Queens Bench Division
11. K.B. – Kings Bench
12. L.T.R. – Law Times Report
13. Ch. D. – Chancery Division
14. S.C. – Supreme Court
15. N.C.L.R. – Nigerian Constitution Law Report
16. W.N.L.R. – Western Nigerian Law Report
17. N.N.L.R. – Northern Nigerian Law Report
18. All E.R. – All England Report.
19. E.R. – English Report
20. Exch. – Exchanger
21. N.L.J. – Nigerian Law Journal
22. L.L.R. – Lagos Law Report.
23. W.L.R. – Weekly Law Report
24. U.I.L.R. – University of Ife Law Report
25. E.N.L.R. – Eastern Nigerian Law Report
26. S. – Section
27. pp. – Page