At the end of the day, the matter is not just about lawyers but about the people who will find it difficult to have access to justice because of the fees.
Month: November 2018
Examining the proposed amendments to the Lagos State High Court Civil Procedure Rules -Abdulrasheed Ibrahim
I think it is high time we assigned time within which categories of cases must be concluded, as if such thing can work in election petition cases, why not in the other categories of cases?
Priority Ranking under the Banks and other Financial Institutions Act: A Review of the case of First Bank of Nigeria PLC V. Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation. -OSARO EGHOBAMIEN, SAN
Priority ranking under the BOFIA is to the effect that depositors must have priority over the other secured /unsecured creditors. This issue was what led to the case of First Bank of Nigeria PLC V. Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Garnishee proceedings: Is Attorney-General’s consent still required on government funds?
There is absolutely no basis for treating government bank accounts any differently from bank accounts of every other juristic personality or customers.
Can failure to consider Counsel Brief amount to lack of fair hearing?
Fair hearing requires the consideration of the entire materials presented by the parties.
No ordinary letter: invitation letter as violation of fundamental rights?
The EFCC has an inherent duty to scrutinise all complaints that it receives carefully, no matter how carefully crafted.