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Tag: fair hearing

Nigerian judiciary
Case Law

SUPREME COURT BERATES A MAGISTRATE FOR BEHAVING LIKE “AN IMPERIAL MAJESTY”: LESSONS

Persons sitting as judges in competent courts or tribunals enjoy absolute respect for their honourable status and most especially, for the qualities and skills they possess, such as patience, intelligence, firmness, courage, open-mindedness, listening and communication skills, knowledge, understanding, tact, courtesy, judicial temperament, integrity, probity, humility, punctuality, among others. While we have many judicial officers […]

Nigerian Bar Association
Case Law

HOW LPDC “PERVERSELY” BREACHED THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF A LAWYER SOUGHT TO BE DEROBED

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) is the body charged with the responsibility to hear and determine allegations of professional misconduct against any legal practitioner in Nigeria. Although the LPDC is not a regular court, it however ranks as a “court” in the sense that an appeal can be lodged against its decision; and it […]

Supreme Court faults Unijos
Case Law

SUPREME COURT FAULTS THE DISMISSAL OF A UNIJOS STAFF FIRED FOR ALLEGEDLY EXTORTING NEW STUDENTS: LESSONS

The Story Eze v. University of Jos [2021] 2 NWLR (Pt. 1760) 208 SC Sylvanus Eze was a senior staff of the University of Jos working at the University’s Continuing Education Centre. He was accused of receiving money from newly admitted students of the University without authority. Eze was queried and subsequently suspended by the […]

plea bargain agreement
Case Law

COURT OF APPEAL RESCUES A FRAUDSTER WHOSE PLEA BARGAIN AGREEMENT WAS “BETRAYED” BY THE HIGH COURT

Plea Bargain – Meaning and Essential Principles Plea Bargain is an interesting invention by the law for the benefit of a person accused of committing an offence, the prosecutor and the society in general. Contrary to the assumption by many at inception in Nigeria particularly, a plea bargain does not operate to set a criminal […]

Sanusi Lamido
Opinions

A COAT OF MANY COLOURS: THE EXODUS OF MUHAMMAD SANUSI II

It is no longer news that the 14th Emir of Kano from the Fulani Sullubawa clan, Muhammad Sanusi II, has been dethroned on grounds of ‘disrespect and insubordination’. Sanusi Lamido ascended the throne in 2014 and we certainly will not forget how he defiantly rooted for the advancement of girl-child education and condemnation of child […]

Ogbuanya J.
Case Law

HOW THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT STOPPED FEMI FALANA SAN FROM STRETCHING RIGHT TO FAIR HEARING TOO FAR

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) is a specialised Court created by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) with the exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine cases relating to employment. Unlike other courts, the NICN is one Court in Nigeria that has demonstrated the hunger of the Nigerian courts […]

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