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…We are of course aware that we ought not to interfere with the exercise of discretion by a judge or substitute our own discretion instead.…

…We have to be careful when differing with a judge who has exercised his undoubted discretion not to set aside an ex-parte judgment.…

…The point for decision in this appeal is whether the learned judge was right in refusing to exercise his discretion to allow the amendments sought.…

…I also agree with what Lord Griffths said in the Ketteman Case (supra) at page 62: "Whether an amendment should be granted is a matter for the discretion of the trial judge and he should be guided in the exercise of the discretion…

…This Court held that notwithstanding the trial judge’s wide discretion in the matter: “….it is impossible to ascertain the reasons which compelled the judge to award interest from the date of filing suit and this leads us…

…to the inevitable conclusion that the learned judge wrongly exercised his discretion” We have in the present appeal, an analogous situation where we cannot ascertain the reasons which compelled the learned judge, without…

…It is quite clear that the earlier decision on bail must be taken as a starting point, and any discretion exercised to grant bail must be based on the new matter presented before the court. 2.…

…The High Court does so exercising its own discretion and there is no provision whatever for appeal of any kind either to another judge or to the Court of Appeal.…

…In our view the Chief Justice did not err in the exercise of his discretion in granting the application for review. We dismiss the appeal but make no order as to costs.…

…Counsel pointed out that after the delivery of the judgment the subjectmatter of this appeal, the rules were amended in January1983, that no application was made to the trial judge for the exercise of his discretion, no leave…

…Furthermore, if the petitioner does not duly advertise the petition in the manner prescribed by rule 23, a judge or the registrar has discretion to direct otherwise.…

…The court has a wide discretion as to how this should be done but the onus to do so must be on the party who puts forward the customary law.…

…The judge also thought that the principle of Islamic law involved was one over which the court had no discretion.…