Court docket Of Attraction In Lagos Has Over 4630 Appeals, 6207 Motions Pending – President, Court docket of Attraction
There are over 4,630 appeals pending on the Court docket of Attraction, Lagos Division.
The court docket additionally has 6,207 Motions pending as of December 1, 2020.
The President of the Court docket, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem gave these statistics in her remarks, throughout the opening day of the Court docket of Attraction’s first Working Retreat and Annual Convention of the Justices of the Court docket of Attraction, holding between December 7-10, with the Theme: Court docket of Attraction: Challenges &The Manner Ahead.
The retreat will characteristic particular court docket sittings by all 70 Justices of the Court docket of Attraction, drawn from all of the Divisions of the Court docket.
“The aim is to ship out a public message that this Court docket will now not be a dumping floor for individuals who search to hamper justice supply in Nigeria. This week, additionally it is hoped that these particular sittings will promote the collegiate spirit, which the Court docket is famend for. Thirdly, our actions this week will afford us all an opportunity to debate varied points of our work, well being, and wellbeing”, the President stated.
Justice Dongban-Mensem additionally stated that “On assumption of workplace, I found that majority of those Appeals, had both been deserted or purposely left to linger endlessly by mischievous and flippant actors within the litigation course of. It’s also regrettable to notice {that a} good variety of these appeals had been filed with the purpose of stalling the judicial course of. ‘This example should actually not be allowed to proceed. We’ve come out to display our abhorrence by taking the bull by the horn”
“The Working Retreat consists of particular court docket periods involving 23 Particular Appellate Panels. Resulting from time and house constraints, the Panels will sit in batches of six Particular Panels on the designated days between the 7″ and 10″ of December 2020, from the hours of 9am to 12pm day by day”.
“Every Panel will hear about 15 ripe appeals with 5 Panels sitting at 5 designated Courtrooms of the Nationwide Industrial Court docket, Ikoyi and one panel at Court docket 1 of the Court docket of Attraction right here in Lagos Division”.
“A complete of 345 appeals, comprising of 289 Industrial Appeals; 10 Human Proper Appeals; and 46 Legal Appeals are scheduled for listening to. The 345 scheduled Appeals for listening to represents solely 8% of the whole variety of Appeals within the Lagos Division.
She harassed that it’s their aspiration that the train ought to be a steady one of their varied Divisions till the backlog is enormously diminished.
“Undoubtedly, the Court docket of Attraction, Lagos Division, is a vital Division throughout the Court docket. It sits on the industrial nerve centre of our nice Nation, Nigeria. Regardless of this, the Division has continued to expertise a timeless delay within the listening to of appeals earlier than it, largely as a result of quantity of appeals in its docket and the restricted variety of Justices obtainable to listen to them,” Dongban- Mensem stated.
“It’s my want and expectation that beneath my stewardship, delays within the listening to of Appeals will change into a factor of the previous, not simply in Lagos Division but additionally in different divisions of the Court docket of Attraction,” she stated.
“Additionally included in these particular periods are enlightening and educative displays from erudite and educative personalities and professionals comparable to Mrs. Folake Solanke, SAN, who’s the First Lady to realize the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in addition to being among the many first indigenous publishers of a Legislation Report in Nigeria. We specifically thank the Realized Silk, who at 88 years of age is current to make a presentation to us, regardless of the dangers to her well being arising from the COVID 19 Pandemic.
These periods start at 5pm each night and won’t solely refresh our minds but additionally positively affect us. The paper displays cowl an array of matters comparable to Well being, Data, and Communications Expertise (ICT) and reminders in regards to the revered traditions of the Authorized Occupation.”
The Attraction Court docket president expressed her appreciation to the varied heads of Courts.
A Professor of Legislation, Prof. Taiwo Osipitan SAN, who represented the Physique of Senior Advocates of Nigeria on the occasion referred to as for the evaluate of the {qualifications} of senior advocates, stating that a lot of the frivolous functions on the Attraction Court docket had been being filed by legal professionals so as to meet with the prerequisite to turning into a member of the inside bar.
Under is the total textual content of Justice Dongbam-Mensem’s speech.
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It offers me nice pleasure and privilege to handle us all right here as we start the Court docket of Attraction’s first Working Retreat which is able to finish with the 2020 Annual Convention. The Working Retreat options particular court docket sittings by all Justices of the Court docket of Attraction, drawn from all of the Divisions of the Court docket. We’re presently seventy in quantity, twenty lower than the statutory requirement of 90 Justices of the Court docket of Attraction.
The aim of this retreat is to ship out a public message that this Court docket will now not be a dumping floor for individuals who search to hamper justice supply in Nigeria. This week, it 1s additionally hoped that these particular sittings will promote the collegiate spirit, which the Court docket is famend for. Thirdly, our actions this week will afford us all an opportunity to debate about varied points of our work, well being and wellbeing.
Undoubtedly, the Court docket of Attraction, Lagos Division, 1s a vital Division throughout the Court docket. It sits on the industrial nerve centre of our nice Nation, Nigeria. Regardless of this, the Division has continued to expertise timeless delay within the listening to of appeals earlier than it, largely as a result of quantity of appeals in its docket and the restricted variety of Justices obtainable to listen to them.
The statistics of Appeals presently lodged on the Court docket reveal that as on the 1″ of December 2020, there are presently over 4,630 Appeals and 6,207 Motions pending within the Lagos Division of the Court docket of Attraction. On assumption of workplace, I found that majority of those Appeals, had both been deserted or purposely left to lnger endlessly by mischievous and flippant actors within the litigation course of. It’s also regrettable to notice {that a} good variety of these appeals had been filed with the purpose of stalling the judicial course of. ‘This example should actually not be allowed to proceed. We’ve come out to display our abhorrence by taking the bull by the horn.
This Working Retreat consists of particular court docket periods involving 23 Particular Appellate Panels. Resulting from time and house constraints, the Panels will sit in batches of six Particular Panels on the designated days between the 7″ and 10″ of December 2020, from the hours of 9am to 12pm day by day. Every Panel will hear about 15 ripe appeals with 5 Panels sitting at 5 designated Court docket rooms of the Nationwide Industrial Court docket, Ikoyi and one panel at Court docket 1 of the Court docket of Attraction right here in Lagos Division.
A complete of 345 appeals, comprising of 289 Industrial Appeals; 10 Human Proper Appeals; and 46 Legal Appeals are scheduled for listening to. The 345 scheduled Appeals for listening to represents solely 8% of the whole variety of Appeals in Lagos Division. The duty forward could seem daunting, however we’re resolute in our dedication to decongest the Court docket. It 1s due to this fact our aspiration that the train ought to be a steady one in our varied Divisions till the backlog is enormously diminished.
Additionally included in these particular periods are enlightening and educative displays from erudite and educative personalities and professionals comparable to Mrs. Folake Solanke, SAN, who’s the First Lady to realize the Rank of Semor Advocate of Nigeria in addition to being among the many first indigenous publishers of a Legislation Report in Nigeria. We specifically thank the Realized Silk, who at 88 years of age is current to make a presentation to us, regardless of the dangers to her well being arising from the COVID 19 Pandemic. We pray that the Almighty God continues to strengthen and uphold her.
These periods start at 5pm each night and won’t solely refresh our minds but additionally positively affect us. The paper displays cowl an array of matters comparable to Well being, Data and Communications Expertise (ICT) and reminders in regards to the revered traditions of the Authorized Occupation.
We categorical profound appreciations to the varied heads of Courts who’ve actively demonstrated the concord within the Third Arm of Authorities. We sincerely respect my Lord, the Hon. Justice John Tsoho, Chief Decide of the Federal Excessive Court docket, who supplied us the usage of the Court docket’s premises in addition to places of work and the Federal Excessive Court docket’s autos for the Justices of our
Court docket. I need to additionally prolong our profound gratitude to my Lord, the Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip, the President of the Nationwide
Industrial Court docket, who actually shut down the Lagos Division of the Nationwide Industrial Court docket so as to accommodate us following the vandalisation of our personal Court docket.
We additionally respect our Chief Host, the Hon. Chief Decide of Lagos State, the Hon. Justice Kazeem Alogba, who had already permitted us to make use of 24 Court docket halls, a few of which had been sadly burnt down following the violence that trailed the END SARS protest. The help and courtesies they’ve prolonged to us is certainly memorable they usually should be specifically recognised. My Lords we’re most grateful.
I additionally thank the Nigerian Bar Affiliation and the Physique of Senior Advocates of Nigeria for his or her cooperation in guaranteeing the success of this train. The Courts could be hole with out the Attorneys; we due to this fact respect the unflinching help of the Princes to the Court docket, the Realized Silks and different discovered counsel who’ve come out of their numbers to help the particular session. We stay up for a harmonious working expertise
with all of you.
Could I additionally specifically thank all my Brother Justices and the Help Employees of the Court docket of Attraction for his or her unquantifiable help; with out the help of you all, it will have been troublesome to conceive of this occasion; you will have all been great and I thanks all.
It’s my want and expectation that beneath my stewardship, delays within the listening to of Appeals will change into a factor of the previous, not simply in Lagos Division but additionally in different divisions of the Court docket of Attraction. I stay up for strolling hand in hand with every and
each one in all you in direction of the daring new route of our hallowed Court docket.
I thanks on your form viewers and want us all the very best of the week forward.
Could God bless us all and bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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