Kwara Speaker calls for sanctioning of lawyers with "frivolous cases"

Date: 2017-08-10

Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad has suggested that Nigerian Justice System should introduce sanctions to deal with lawyers that usually approach courts with "frivolous appeals", which waste a lot of time and delay justice dispensation.

This, according to Ahmad ,would greatly decongest the courts and compel lawyers to verify the kind of cases they would bring before the courts for hearing, as it is the standard practice in the developed world.

The Speaker, according to the press release issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Shuaib Abdulkadir, said this during the Technical Session of the on-going National Summit on Justice organised by the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja on Wednesday.

He added that such introduction would undoubtedly guide the profession, make lawyers to be very cautious in cases they would involve in and enhance the justice sector.

Citing examples of some developed countries, the legislator maintained that no lawyer without legally justifiable cause of action would approach the courts or seek redress.

He explained that once the opposing lawyer is able to establish before the judge that the case is frivolous, such defaulter would be made to pay heavily for wasting court's time and have effect on his or her practice.

While lamenting series of anomalies in the sector, the Speaker challenged the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to address those challenges with a view to reform the justice system and enhance national development.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Rasaq Jimoh     Gobirawa     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Makama Of Ilorin     Cornelius Adebayo     John Olobayo     Obayomi Azeez     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Abubakar Usman Jos     Students Union Government     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     ARMTI     NIRSAL     Hussein Olokooba     Oniwasi Agbaye     Bayo Ajia     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Idris Amosa Saidu     Elections     Kola Olota     JMK Construction Company Limited     Aliyu Muhammed     Yeketi     KWSIEC     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Tsaragi-Share     Kwara State University Of Education     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Omu-aran     Funke Adedoyin     Mohammed Abdulahi     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Alapansapa     Yakubu Shaaba     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Saheed Popoola     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Olaosebikan     Kayode Zubair     Saka Abimbola Isau     SWAN     Kwara Restoration Project     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Ijagbo     Elelu     Lanre Olosunde     Aremu Bose Deborah     Toyosi Thomas     Kayode Issa     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     AIT Ilorin     Osinbajo     Eghe Igbinehin     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Nurudeen Muhammed     Lola Ashiru     Fulani     NIPOGA     Amasa     Imam Gambari     Kwara 2015     Umar Ayinla Saro     Dan-Kazeem     Barakat Community Secondary School     20 Billion Bond     Saka Keji     Monkey Pox    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kale Belgore     Ayegbeni     Bayo Lawal     Adekunle David Dunmade     Law School Scholarship     Gbenga Adebayo     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Sam Okaula     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Nigeria Computer Society     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Okoolowo     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Abdulkadir Orire     Olupako Of Share     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Lukman Adeloyin     Okin Biscuit     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Ajayi Okasanmi     Biliaminu Aliu     Lai Mohammed     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Yusuf Aiyedun     Pakata Patriots     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Bello Oyebanji     Yakubu Gobir     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Joseph Daudu     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Government House     Modibbo Kawu     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Oro Grammar School     Ahmed Dankaya     IHS Towers     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Kwara South     Www.Kwarareports.com     Rafiu Ajakaye     Abatemi Usman     Shehu Salau     Jide Oyinloye     Jumoke Gafar     Abubakar Lah     Doyin Awoyale     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Mazars Consulting     Sulu Gambari     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Waheed Ibrahim     NULGE     Ayobami Akanbi     KWAFFA     Olaiya Lawal     Azeez Salawu     Moses Adekanye     Kwara Central     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     John Mayokun Dada     Najim Yaasin     Emmanuel Bello     Modupe Oluwole     Oba Abdulrahim     Lanwa     Shehu Adaramaja     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Kisra     Rashidi Yekini