After a long hiatus, this writer appeared before a Magistrate court over a small claims case (less than N10 million liquidated money demand), and the experience before Magistrate Odubayo Oluwafumilayo ...

To raise such an objection and state the basis of same cannot be done efficiently by a litigant or the witness called. Background: The President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Hon ...

The Chief Judge of Edo State, Hon. Justice D.I. Okungbowa, has expressed readiness to issue a judicial practice direction that would streamline enforcement of Nigeria’s Freedom of Information Act ...

The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem .O. Alogba, has issued a new Practice Direction for the Judiciary in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The new practice direction, ...

The Judicial Service has developed new Practice Directions and Administrative Guidelines to promote ethical behaviour by Judicial Service Staff and Judges. The Directions and Guidelines are Practice ...

Dr Lawrence McNamara is an academic at the University of York and a Senior Research Fellow at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law A new practice direction reveals some valuable progress in the ...

Although the National Industrial Court of Nigeria Practice Direction aims to promote access to justice and expeditious disposal of cases, Kingsley Ibe and Damilola Ajayi argue that this intention is ...

The Judicial Service has developed new Practice Directions and Administrative Guidelines to promote ethical behaviour by Judicial Service Staff and Judges. The Directions and Guidelines are Practice ...

The introduction of Practice Direction 31BOn 1 October 2010, a new practice direction, 31B on the disclosure of electronic documents comes into effect. The new practice direction is designed to ...

Crown Court: Allocation of Business (No 4)With the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and pursuant to sections 75 (1) and (2) of the Supreme...Crown Court: Allocation of Business (No 4)With the ...