NBA Conference: Lagos CJ calls for synergy in judiciary

To heighten the judiciary’s credibility, code the increasing contented of frivolous applications and assistance speedy dispensation of justice, the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has advocated greater synergy among the stakeholders.

Justice Alogba made this telephone astatine a cocktail enactment held astatine the Nigerian Law School, Lagos to invited lawyers crossed the state to the 2024 yearly General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

He hinged the collaboration of the stakeholders connected restoring nationalist assurance successful the judiciary, curbing unnecessary litigation that clogs the tribunal strategy and delays successful the transportation of justice.

He said judicial reforms, being advocated crossed Nigeria, see the adoption of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms to grip little analyzable cases.

The CJ said that frivolous cases not lone discarded the court’s clip but besides erode nationalist spot successful the judiciary’s quality to present timely and just justice.

He urged ineligible practitioners to workout much discretion successful the cases they bring to court, ensuring that lone those with important ineligible merit proceed.

According to the Chief judge, this attack would assistance to trim the backlog of cases, amended efficiency, and heighten the judiciary’s credibility.

The NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) urged the lawyers to support the sanctity of the judiciary arsenic the past anticipation of the communal man.

He said determination is simply a request for ineligible practitioners to uphold ethical standards, debar frivolous cases, and enactment towards a much equitable and accessible justness system.

He noted that his entreaty became indispensable with broader efforts by the NBA, successful collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Justice and the National Judicial Council, to reconstruct nationalist assurance successful the judiciary and guarantee that it functions arsenic a just and reliable instauration for each Nigerians.