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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Lagos State Judiciary has launched a new practice direction on non-custodial sentencing. The new reform was carried out by The Law Hub Development Centre in collaboration with Lagos State ...

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 ...