Court of Appeal (Fast Track) Practice Directions, 2014 🇳🇬

Nigeria 20 Citing Cases

Court of Appeal Act, 1976

S.I. 40

Court of Appeal (Fast Track) Practice Directions, 2014

Published in Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette on 12 December 2014
Assented to on 8 December 2014
Commenced on 8 December 2014
[This is the version of this document from 12 December 2014.]

In the exercise of powers conferred on me by Section 248 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Section 8(2) of the Court of Appeal Act, and all the other powers of my Office, I, Zainab A. Bulkacbuwa, CFR, President of the Court of Appeal, issue the following Practice Directions.

1. Definitions

Unless the context dictates otherwise, the following terms have the meanings respectively assigned to them—“appeal” includes interlocutory appeal;“appellant” means the party who brings the appeal and includes a Legal Practitioner acting on his behalf;“brief” includes written address and written submissions ;“case management conference” means a meeting convened by the Court of its own initiative or at th…

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