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A HIGH COURT IN LAGOS ADJOURNS A CASE IN JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2020 FOR TRIAL

A Lagos High Court today, 31 January 2020, adjourned a case to 15 December 2020 for trial. The case is Suit No. LD/8026/2014: between Mrs. Rashidat Joseph & 32 Ors v. Alhaji A. K. Olarewaju. The matter was filed in 2014. Alarmed at the development, we enquired from the Registrars what the problem might have […]

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January 31, 2020
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Illness of counsel in a firm of lawyers cannot stall proceedings.

Malari v. Leigh [2019] 3 NWLR (Pt. 1659) 332 at 368, para. G, per I. T. Muhammad, JSC: “It is foolhardy for a counsel representing a party, where it is shown that he has other qualified counsel in his firm, to claim that the matter he is handling in Court cannot go on because he […]

stephenazubuike
April 7, 2019
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Counsel should refrain from attending court merely to ask for adjournment so as to enable a more senior colleague to handle the matter

Madu v. Okeke [1998] 5 NWLR (Pt. 548) 159 at 164, per Tobi, JCA (of blessed memory): “…It is now a fashion for younger counsel to ask for adjournment on the ground that a more senior colleague would like to do the matter “personally”. Frankly, I do not know what this is all about…” Notes: […]

stephenazubuike
October 25, 2016
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On duty on court to obey cause list

Pam v. Mohammed [2008] 16 NWLR (Pt. 1112) 1 at 83-84, paras. G-C, per Tobi, JSC (of blessed memory): “A cause list in our jurisprudence is a list showing or indicating the cases to be taken by the court for the day. It includes the action to be taken in each case and counsel to […]

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October 25, 2016
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