Legal Practitioners (82)
HELD:
"Courts do not give a restrictive and punitive interpretation to a statute where there is leeway that will avert such adverse consequences. I set out quite extensively, the judgment of the Court below the possibility of such adverse effect," when it held at page 35-36 as follows:
HELD:
"In the Legal Profession, apart from a University Law Degree, a person seeking to practice law as a legal practitioner in Nigeria must proceed to the Law School, pass the qualifying examinations and be called to the Bar.
HELD:
"In interpreting Sections 2 (1) & 24 of the Legal Practitioners Act, the court held that a law firm is not a legal practitioner and cannot therefore practice as such by filing processes in Nigerian Courts.
HELD:
"In the present case, the bill of charges as I have observed was served by the appellants on the respondents on the 18th April, 1983.
HELD:
"I am amazed at the uncouth language, used by appellant's counsel, in ventilating his grievances against the ruling of the lower Tribunal, as highlighted in the lead judgment.
HELD:
"Paragraphs 1.2, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 of the appellant's submission are succinct expositions of the law as it relates to the issue and bears reproduction. "1.2 By the provision of the Rules of Court, the originating processes in any Court ought to be signed by either the Counsel or the party suing.
HELD:
"The parties are agreed on the effect of a Court process that is not signed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2 and 24 of the Legal Practitioners Act.
HELD:
"Before the decision of this Court in Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee v. Chief Gani Fawehinmi (1985) 2 NWLR (Pt. 7) 300 ; (1985) 2 NSCC Vol. 16 page 998, the Legal Practitioners Act No. 15 of 1975 provided in Section 10 the establishment of a Disciplinary Committee and the composition of its membership.
HELD:
"Now on issue four, the learned Counsel to the Appellant did not cite any authority to show that where a Legal Practitioner that signed a Criminal Charge did not show evidence of payment of professional fees the criminal trial will be null and void.