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The court is not a market place
Opinions

DEAR SOWORE, THE COURT IS NOT A MARKET SQUARE

Nigerian politician and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, was recently seen in a trending video having a confrontational argument with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria inside the courtroom. The subject of controversy was that Sowore was attempting to grant an interview to members of the press inside the courtroom of the Federal High Court sitting […]

Lawyers dress code
Opinions

PEPT JUDGMENTS: THE FIRST THING WE DO, LET’S KILL ALL THE LAWYERS?

PEPT JUDGMENTS: THE FIRST THING WE DO, LET’S KILL ALL THE LAWYERS? The Court of Appeal which sat as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) delivered its judgments on 6 September 2023. The Judgments pertain to the election petition cases filed by the Labour Party (LP), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and […]

Respect in legal profession
Case Law

A lawyer has a duty not to use offensive and insulting language on the court – Notable pronouncement by Sankey, JCA.

Maitumbi v. Baraya [2017] 2 NWLR (Pt. 1550) 347 at 409-410, paras. B-G, per Sankey, JCA: “One last word before I am done. It is quite disheartening to note the brazen, insalubrious and un-warranted attack on this court by learned counsel for the appellants when referring to this court’s previous finding in the unreported case of […]

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