After a long hiatus, this writer appeared before a Magistrate court over a small claims case (less than N10 million liquidated money demand), and the experience before Magistrate Odubayo Oluwafumilayo ...

The Judicial Service has developed new Practice Directions and Administrative Guidelines to promote ethical behaviour by Judicial Service Staff and Judges. The Directions and Guidelines are Practice ...

The High Court has issued a number of clarifications of a new practice direction applying to the immigration, asylum and citizenship list after solicitors raised concerns about it. The direction ...

The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia issues a Practice Direction for the procurement and vetting of qualified ...

Although the National Industrial Court of Nigeria Practice Direction aims to promote access to justice and expeditious disposal of cases, Kingsley Ibe and Damilola Ajayi argue that this intention is ...

To raise such an objection and state the basis of same cannot be done efficiently by a litigant or the witness called. Background: The President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Hon ...

It has been just over a year since the Disclosure Pilot Scheme (PD 51U) was made permanent by way of PD 57AD. As was well documented at the time, the purpose of the Disclosure Pilot Scheme, and by ...

The introduction of Practice Direction 31BOn 1 October 2010, a new practice direction, 31B on the disclosure of electronic documents comes into effect. The new practice direction is designed to ...

The Federal High Court of Nigeria has issued practice directions that would guide the hearing and determination of pre-election suits. The practice direction, issued in the build- up to next year’s ...

Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat’s new ‘practice direction’ follows several reports of deaths in custody and magistrates failing to strictly follow procedures laid down in the Criminal Procedure Code. Tighter ...

The Supreme Court has issued practice directions for the Appellate Division, High Court Division, and the subordinate courts and tribunals for hearing cases virtually amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The ...