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In Nigeria, parties to civil actions are usually responsible for their litigation costs.

A lawyer was briefed by a client (purchaser) to make out legal documents for specific transactions, which the client used to close a land deal. […]

A request for the postponement of a legal proceeding was made by the Defendant’s Counsel in a lawsuit. The request for adjournment was met with […]

A matter pending at the High Court had suffered several previous adjournments at the instance of the Defendant whose counsel insisted on remaining within the […]

Legal practitioners must maintain the honour of the court, create a courteous atmosphere (decorum) in the court, and uphold the dignity of the legal profession. […]

Ethics demands that a legal practitioner has a duty to the court where he has been debriefed.

In the course of representation of a client, if the client deliberately disregards instructions or an obligation as to payment of expenses; Counsel may withdraw […]

A legal practitioner can terminate an engagement where his best endeavours to restrain and prevent his client from committing any breach of the law is […]

Hypothetically, a client engaged the services of a legal practitioner to secure bail without any express agreement to the terms of engagement. Subsequently, the client […]

As comparable to the ‘Cab rank’ rule which ensures that lawyers take the rough with the smooth, the Rules of Professional Conduct stipulates that lawyers […]