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

Chapter ONE

: CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT: MEANING AND NATURE</p><p>Introduction – – – 1<br>Meaning and Nature of Contract of Employment 1<br>Offer and Acceptance – – 2<br>Consideration – – – 3<br>Intention to Create legal relation – – 4<br>Capacity – – – 4<br>Parties to a Contract of Employment – – 6<br>Employer – – – 7<br>Employee – – – 8<br>Independent Contractor – – 8<br>Why an Employee needs Protection – – 9<br>Conclusion – – – 11<br>

Chapter TWO

: TERMINATION OF CONTRACT OF<br>PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT</p><p>Introduction – – – 13<br>Under Public Employment – – 13<br>Different methods of Termination of Contract<br>of Employment – – – 15<br>Termination by Operation of Law – 16<br>Termination by Intention of Parties – 20<br>Summary Dismissal – – 27<br>Conclusion – – – 30</p><p>

Chapter THREE

: WRONGFUL TERMINATION OF CONTRACT OF PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT</p><p>Introduction – – – 33<br>Wrongful Termination of Contract of Private<br>Employment – – – 34<br>Lack of Just Cause – – – 36<br>Wrong Procedure – – – 42<br>Lack of Proper Notice – – 46<br>Breach of the Rules of Natural Justice – 51<br>Conclusion – – – 55<br>

Chapter FOUR

: REINSTATEMENT<br>Introduction – – 58<br>Reinstatement – – – 59<br>Conclusion – – 70<br>

Chapter FIVE

: OBSERVATIONS, SUGGESTIONS<br>AND CONCLUSION<br>Introduction – – – 72<br>Observation and suggestions – – 73<br>Conclusion – – – 82<br>Bibliography – – – 86</p><p>TABLE OF CASES</p><p>AFOLABI v. POLYMERA IND. NIG. LTD.<br>(1967) N.SC.C. 158 – – – – – 2<br>AFRIBANK v. NWANZE (1998) 6 NWLR<br>(pt 553), 283 – – – – – – – 39<br>AKINLADE FALOMO v. LAGOS STATE PUBLIC<br>SERVICE (COMMISSION – – – – – 32</p><p>BANKOLE v. NBC (1968)2 All NLR 371- – – 18<br>BRAVE v. CONDLER (1895)2 QB 293 — – – 10<br>CALLIL v. CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL CO.<br>(1893)1 GB 256 – – – – – – – 1<br>CHUKWUMAH v. S.P.D.C. (1993) 4 NWLR<br>pt 568, 512 – – – – – – – – 37<br>COLEMAN v. MAGNET JOINERY LTD<br>(1975) 1 CR 46 – – – – – – – 34<br>CONDOR v. BARON KNIGHTS LTD.<br>(1966) 1 WLR 87 – – – – – – – 11<br>10. COWEY v. LIBERIAN OPERATIONS LTD<br>(1966) 2 lloyd’S Rep. 45 – – – – – 8<br>CURRIE v. MISA (1875) L.R. 10 – – – – 2<br>DE FRANCESCO v. BARNUM (1890) 45<br>CH.D. 430, 438 – – – – – – – 39<br>DON EDWARD ADEJUMO v. UCH BOARD OF MANAGEMENT (1997)2 UILR 145 – – – 13,22<br>DR. BABATUNDE OWOLABI SANGUNUGA v. AKINWU MOTOR &amp; ANOR. (1980) decided on 7th March – 48</p><p>EJEGI v. AGIP NIGERIA LTD. (1968) 4 A.C. 99 – 39<br>EWEROMI v. A.C.B. (1978)4 A.C. 99 – – – 29<br>GEORGE NICOL v. ELECTRICITY CORPORATION<br>(1965) LLR 261 – – – – – – – 13<br>GOULD v. STAURT (1896) A.C. 375 – – – 14<br>GWAGOH v. BENDEL STATE HOSPITAL<br>MANAGEMENT BOARD. – – – – 45<br>HALSBURY’S LAWS OF ENGLAND – – – 12<br>HALL v. PARSON (1978)1 CH. 14, 69 – – – 28<br>HAROID FIELDING LTD. v. MANSI (1974)1<br>RLR 79 – – – – – – – – 4<br>HART v. MILITARY GOVERNOR, RIVER STATE<br>NO. 17 OF 1984 – – – – – – – 26<br>HEYMAN v. DROWINS LTD. (1942) 1 All<br>ER 337, 341 – – – – – – 33<br>HILL v. C.A. PARSON AND CO. LTD. (1971)3<br>ALL ER 1347 (CA) – – – – – – 38<br>INTERNATIONAL DRILLING COMPANY (NIG)<br>LTD. v. AJIJALA (1976) 2 S.C. 115 P.9, 584 – – 48<br>IREM v. OBUBRA DISTRICT COUNCIL (1960)5<br>F.S.C. 24 – – – – – – – – 16</p><p>JOSIAH LAOYE v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION<br>(1989)2 NNLR 652 – – – – – – 32<br>KONDA v. GOVT. OF THE FEDERATION OF<br>MALAYA (1962) A.C. 322 – – – – 31<br>LAW LONDON CHRONICLE LTD. (1959)2<br>ALL E.R. 285 – – – – – – 23<br>MCCLELLAND v. NORTHERN IRELAND<br>GENERAL HEALTH SERVICES BOARD (1957)1<br>WLR 594 (HL) – – – – – – – 37<br>MOBIL OIL NIG. LTD. v. AKINFOSILE<br>(1969) NMLR 217 – – – – – – 37, 48<br>MOELLER v. MONNIER CONSTRUCTION<br>(NIG) LTD. (1961) 1 ALL NLR 167 – – 16<br>MORTON SUNDOUR FABRICS LTD. v. SHAW<br>(1966)2 KLRI 25 – – – – – – – 27<br>N.A.L.G.O. v. BOLTON CORPORATION (1943)<br>A.C. 166 – – – – – – – 5<br>NDILL v. OKARA AND SONS (1976) 11 S.C. 211- 26<br>NOKES v. DONCASTER AMALGAMENTED<br>COLLINERISES LTD. (1946) A.C. 1014 – – 10<br>NUNMINK v. COSTAIN DREDGING LTD.<br>(1960) LLR 90 – – – – – – – 13<br>O.A. MARTINS v. BRAITHWAITE AND CO. LTD.<br>(1972) 2 CH. 72. 52 – – – – – 15<br>ODIASE v. AUCHI POLYTECHNIC (1998)4<br>NWLR pt. 546 – – – – – – 18<br>OLANIYAN v. UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS (1969)2<br>ALL E.R. 216 – – – – – – 25,40<br>OLANIYAN (SUPRA) 1985 – – – 26, 29, 35<br>OLAREWAJU v. AFRIBANK (2001) 13<br>NWLR pt. 731, 691 – – – – – 37<br>OLATUNBOSUN v. MISER COUNCIL (1988)3<br>NMLR pt. 80, 89, 49 – – – – – 31<br>OSISANYA v. AFRIBANK (NIG) PLC<br>(2007)6 NWLR p.9 565 – – – – – 36<br>OYEDELE v. L.U.T.H. (1990)6 NWLR<br>pt. 155, Pg. 199 – – – – – – – 45<br>PEPPER v. WEBB (1959)2 ER 285. – – 24<br>PROVINCIAL TRANSPORT SERVICES v. STATE<br>INDUSTRIAL COURT AIR 1963 SC 114, 116. – 38<br>49. ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TAINING<br>BOARD v. ONGARO (1943) A.C. 166 – – – 4<br>ROSE AND FRANK v. CROMPTON (1923)2<br>K.B. 261 – – – – – – – – 2<br>SINCLAIR v. NEIGHBOUR (1966)3 ALL ER 988 – 13<br>STANGE (SW) LTD. v. MANN – – – – 8<br>STOCCO v. MAJA (1964)2 ALL NLR 35 – – 13<br>TIMBERS v. PLYWOOD LTD. (1966) 1 ALL<br>NLR 87 – – – – – – – – 23<br>VINE v. NATIONAL DREK LABOUR BOARD<br>(1956)1 ALL E.R. pg. 8. – – – – – 33<br>TABLE OF STATUTES</p><p>The 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:</p><p>S. 33 (1) – – – – – – 30, 35, 46</p><p>S. 36 (1) – – – – – – 30, 35, 46</p><p>The Nigerian Labour Act Cap. L1 LFN 2004:<br>S. 2 – – – – – – – 9, 44<br>S. 7 – – – – – – – 43<br>S. 9 (7) – – – – – – – 9, 21<br>S. 10 (1) – – – – – – – 4<br>S. 11 (1) – – – – – – – 20, 30<br>S. 15 – – – – – – – 11<br>S. 19 – – – – – – – 3<br>S. 20 – – – – – – – 14, 15<br>S. 59 (8) – – – – – – – 3<br>S. 61 (3) – – – – – – – 3<br>S. 91 – – – – – – – 3<br>ABBREVIATIONS<br>1. N.W.L.R. – Nigerian Weekly Law Report<br>2. N.M.L.R. – Nigeria Monthly Law Report<br>3. N.S.C.C. – Nigerian Supreme Court Cases<br>4. C.C.H.C.J. – Certified Copies of High Court<br>Judgment<br>5. All N.L.R. – All Nigerian Law Reports<br>6. F.S.C. – Federal Supreme Court<br>7. H.L. – House of Lord Report<br>8. A.C. – Appeal Cases<br>9. Ch. App. – Chancery Appeal<br>10. Q.B.D. – Queens Bench Division<br>11. K.B. – Kings Bench<br>12. L.T.R. – Law Times Report<br>13. Ch. D. – Chancery Division<br>14. S.C. – Supreme Court<br>15. N.C.L.R. – Nigerian Constitution Law Report<br>16. W.N.L.R. – Western Nigerian Law Report<br>17. N.N.L.R. – Northern Nigerian Law Report<br>18. All E.R. – All England Report.<br>19. E.R. – English Report<br>20. Exch. – Exchanger<br>21. N.L.J. – Nigerian Law Journal<br>22. L.L.R. – Lagos Law Report.<br>23. W.L.R. – Weekly Law Report<br>24. U.I.L.R. – University of Ife Law Report<br>25. E.N.L.R. – Eastern Nigerian Law Report<br>26. S. – Section<br>27. pp. – Page</p> <br><p></p>