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 ...

Today, I take a break from reviewing Guyana’s landlord-tenant laws to discuss a significant development in the country’s legal landscape. On February 14, 2025, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ...

To raise such an objection and state the basis of same cannot be done efficiently by a litigant or the witness called. Background: The President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Hon ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ubiquitous statement of truth was probably the most significant innovation in the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR). Yet it seems to be misunderstood and taken for granted. The basic statement of ...

ACTING Chief Justice, Lombe Chibesakunda has issued a Practice Direction for advocates which will see the banning of adjourning appeal cases sine die. Ms Justice Chibesakundasaid the Practice ...