Practice Tip – Raising Preliminary Objections While On Appeal: The Supreme Court has in the case of Oladokun v Olawoyin (2017) All FWLR (Pt.872) 1441 deprecated the mode of raising...
Welcome to part 3 (the final part) of this discourse on preparing final written addresses. Just as a recap, we have discussed what your ultimate to do list should be...
What is a Final Written Address? Final Address has been defined as a document intended for the court which summarizes the relevant facts, the law and a proposed analysis of a...
Written by Meti M. Ukpeh, Esq. A.) As we all know, a remand proceeding is simply, a criminal procedure undertaken by a criminal prosecutor before a Magistrates’ Court who will...
Welcome to part 2 of this discourse on preparing final written addresses. We ended Part 1 at the point where it became a 12-minute read. Now we hope that didn’t...
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA ON FRIDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL, 1970 APPEAL NO: SC.58/69 Citation:(2000) 6 NWLR (Pt.660)228 Before Their Lordships ADEMOLA ADETOKUNBO, J.S.C. GEORGE BAPTIST AYODOLA...
If we were to rename the title for this piece, we would phrase the alternative or new title as a question. And that question would be; why do you go...
This will likely be the elephant in the room for courtroom lawyers (aka litigation lawyers), especially those just starting out. So, how does a trial lawyer prepare for trial? Now...
Dear Young Lawyer or not-so-young-lawyer, how are you doing today? Do you have processes to respond to and you don’t seem to know where to begin from? May I extend...
Clears throat and sprinkles pretend cough somewhere** Dear reader, welcome to another episode of; “My Lord May I?” In this episode, I will narrate to you the happenings in an...