• October 25, 2016
  • Posted by: Stephen Azubuike
  • Category: Case Law Blog
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The Supreme Court Rules do not provide for award of costs in criminal cases

Egunjobi v. Federal Republic of Nigeria [2013] 3 NWLR (Pt. 1342) 534 at 559-560, paras. H-A, per Fabiyi, JSC:

“…Learned counsel for the Respondent urged that the appeal be dismissed with substantial costs. This is the first time I will read such a thing in a Brief of Argument dealing [with] a criminal matter. Learned counsel should know better. The Rules of the Court did not touch on same. It is unheard of and should not be repeated.”

Notes:

It is common for courts to award some money payable as costs to a successful party in a case. However, this is a practice only applicable in civil cases.



Stephen Azubuike
Author: Stephen Azubuike
Stephen is a lawyer with expertise in Commercial Dispute Resolution and Technology Law practice. He is a Partner at Infusion Lawyers. He has successfully argued cases from the High Courts of various jurisdictions to the Appellate Courts on behalf of financial institutions, other corporate bodies and multinationals. He has advised a number of both established and startup tech companies. He tweets @siazubuike.

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