LAWGIVER NIGERIA

The word reading and pronouncement of Judgment most times are used interchangeably and often taken to be of same imputation. But this is highly incorrect and for the purposes of legal practice to legal practitioners and the Law School students I will proffer two explanations for the fact that practice is different from law school program. For law school, the issue of reading and pronouncement of judgment cannot be discussed in the High Court as it is a one Judge Court, it is only in regard to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court that have more than one Judge presiding. In this sense, a Judge is required to say the verdict of the court in a particular matter. Such Judge is the leading Justice of the Court and during its Judgment the lead Justice reads the verdict of the court.  In this instance he reads but where another Justice of the same court state the verdict of the court written by another Justice then it is said according to the law school standard to be a pronouncemen...

A young legal practitioner usually called a new wig may find the legal profession some what straggling in his first few years of practice  if not frustrating and very stressful, I did had that experience. So young lawyers should not despise the events at the beginning of their practice, my principal would say that those events are good to energized your practice and on a lighter note the Bible says so too.  Now most new wigs fortunately are faced with clients with matters which they would not prefer not briefing the senior counsels due to high brief and Tenancy proceedings covers about 70% of these matters. Thus, I will for this purpose enlist all the stages of a tenancy proceedings in the magistrate Court.  First and foremost, the new wig should understand that the magistrate Court is a court of a summary trial in other words it's a court that doesn't necessarily need parties to front-load all their documents, pleadings and evidence. The plaintiff or claimant ma...