Dr Lawrence McNamara is an academic at the University of York and a Senior Research Fellow at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law A new practice direction reveals some valuable progress in the ...

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 Federal High Court of Nigeria has issued practice directions that would guide the hearing and determination of pre-election suits. The practice direction, issued in the build- up to next year’s ...

Practice Direction 57AC has now been in force for almost two years. Its aim was to eradicate the practice of lawyers creating lengthy, document-heavy witness statements as vehicles for narrative, ...

THE new directions in practice spell good news for anyone looking to file a claim in the Supreme Court of Jamaica. Potential litigants are no longer staring down the barrel of a half-decade long wait ...

Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, has urged more collaboration and synergy with the judiciary and development Practice Direction for Court of Appeal on failed banks matters. Managing ...

The Supreme Court has issued practice directions for the Appellate Division, High Court Division, and the subordinate courts and tribunals for hearing cases virtually amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The ...