PAUL ADAMU GALINJE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of Mustapha, J. (as he then was) of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, which was delivered on the 15th day of January 2003.
The facts of the case that gave rise to this appeal are straight forward and simple, The 1st Respondent has ably set same out in his brief of argument. I will therefore do no more than to recount them briefly in this judgment.
The 1st Respondent is a senior counsel and has been an external solicitor of Chartered Bank Plc, (Henceforth to be referred to as "the bank") from its incorporation to date.
In 2001 the bank sent an application to the Appellant, in which he sought for permission to raise funds from the Capital Market. Prior to this application the bank's secretary and the legal adviser wrote and informed the 1st Respondent that he will act as solicitor to the bank in respect of the public issue, an offer, which the 1st Respondent accepted. While the appli…