Legal Practitioners (82)
HELD:
"...A solicitor would prepare a case and then instruct a barrister who would stand up in court and present the case to the Judge and the jury.
HELD:
"Before deciding the substantive appeal, there is need to comment on the complaint by the appellant's counsel that the 1st respondent's counsel affixed expired professional seal on processes filed in the appeal, which this Court should, consequently, discountenance.
HELD:
"In Adewunmi v. Plastex Ltd. (1986) 2 NWLR (Pt. 32) 767 at 785 wherein he stated - "Of course the picture I have painted of the authority of the lawyer in this country is not meant to be one of an ombudsman vis-a-vis his client.
HELD:
"In further support to the conclusions of my learned brother, I wish to add that the attitude of learned counsel to the Appellant Mr. Alabi and his entire conduct in this matter from its inception and up to this Court indeed leaves so much to be desired.
HELD:
"The general principle of the law is that at the trial of an action, the authority of Counsel extends when it is not expressly limited to the whole of the Court action and all matters incidental to it and to the conduct of the trial.
HELD:
"In Adewunmi v. Plastex Ltd. (1986) 2 NWLR (Pt. 32) 767 at 785 wherein he stated - "Of course the picture I have painted of the authority of the lawyer in this country is not meant to be one of an ombudsman vis-a-vis his client.
HELD:
"To start with, the issue of representation by counsel is a matter of counsel-client relationship, which this Court cannot get involved in - see the case of Chief M.K.O Abiola V. F R N (1996) LPELR-40 (SC), wherein this Court, per Belgore, JSC (as he then was) said as follows-