Case Law

A litigant has no duty to pay court bailiff any money to effect service.

U.B.A. Plc v. Ujor [2001] 10 NWLR (Pt. 722) 589 at 603, para. B, per Opene, JCA: When a litigant files a document in the court Registry and pays all the fees, it is not his duty to pay the bailiff any money for transport or otherwise so that he could effect service on the other […]