The main laws that regulate attorneyclient communication in nigeria are the rules of professional conduct for legal practitioners 2007. List of of nigeria law firms and legal practitioners. Another was the legal practitioners act 1975 which established the legal practitioners disciplinary committee lpdc. In the information and communication age, nigerians could be involved in. Government of the republic of zambia client includes any person who, as a principal or on behalf of another, or as a trustee or personal representative, or in any other. The body which regulates the conduct of lawyers in nigeria the nigerian bar association nba, has a specific committee set up to deal with complaints against lawyers called the legal practitioners disciplinary committee lpdc. Legal practitioners act 15 of 1995 namibia legal database. A bill for an act to repeal the legal practitioners act cap c11 lfn. The draft bill, if passed into law, will significantly alter the current state of the legal profession in nigeria and will hopefully address many of the. A bill repealing the legal practitioners act stillwaters law firm.
A lawyer shall not knowingly do any act or make any omission or. Under the legal practitioners act, 1962 contained in cap l. This act commences on the day on which it is notified in the gazette. The role of the criminal law in the protection of women against genderbased violence. Rules of professional conduct for legal practitioners 2nd january, 2007 in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 124 of the legal practitioners act 1990, as amended, and of all other. First handbook on the new legal practice act now available. He is expected to maintain the highest standards of professional conduct, etiquette and discipline in. Legal practitioners role in effective implementation of. Requirement for seal and stamp of legal practitioners in. Implications of the recent supreme court decisions on non. Pursuant to the provisions of the isa, the key regulator for merger and acquisition is the securities and exchange commission sec rules. There are different types of lawyers in nigeria, and the practice of law is a very big field in nigeria. Rule 24 legal practitioners act, rules of professional conduct. Thus, unsteady power supply coupled with high cost of purchasing generator, adversely affects the use of ict in nigerian legal profession.
Legal practitioners in nigeria on the matter of appearance before the special. We shall now allude, albeit briefly, to some of the duties imposed on legal practitioners under the rpc. In nigeria today, the ethics of the legal profession has been codified as the rules of. Partnership law amendment act 1865 known as bovills act was a brief statutory incursion aimed at clarifying the distinction between partners and their creditors, but in. The bill seeks to merge the legal practitioners act and the legal. List of legal practitioners companies and services in nigeria.
Both acts were then repealed and replaced in 1922 by the companies act of 1922. The south african legal practitioner a commentary on the. An act to reenact with amendments the law relating to the admission, enrolment and practice of legal practitioners in botswana and matters ancillary thereto. The legal practice act 28 of 2014 comes into full force in february 2018. To consolidate and amend the laws relating to the legal profession and legal practitioners. To help legal professionals stay abreast of the various changes that will significantly impact the way they practice law, lexisnexis has published the first comprehensive handbook on legal practice under the new act. A commentary on the legal practice act is the first comprehensive handbook on legal practice under the new act. This act may be cited as the legal practitioners amendment act 1994. The bill also seeks to establish a legal profession regulation council of nigeria the council, a secretariat for the council as well as various other committees. After a long period of waiting the legal practice act 28 of 2014 lpa was published in government gazette 38022 on 22 september 2014. A bill repealing the legal practitioners act stillwaters. Legal practitioners amendment act 10 of 2002 gg 2849 came into force on date of publication. Every person wanting to be admitted as a legal practitioner shall make application by petition to be admitted under the. Persons qualified to be admitted as legal practitioners and application for admission 5.
We are one of th e largest law firms in west africa with offices in lagos, port harcourt and abuja in nigeria and accra, ghana. Section 2 of the principal act is amended by the insertion of the following. A bill for an act to amend the legal practitioners act cap c11. The law society of zimbabwe v muskwe hh 83218, lpdt 1218 2018 zwhhc. In this work, there is an illumination of the liability of legal practitioners to their clients and by paying careful attention to the provisions of the legal practitioner act 1962, cap 207 laws of the federation of nigeria. This act may be called the legal practitioners act, 1879. Enrolment of persons who were enrolled as attorneys or advocates before the commencement of this act 7.
Section 2 of the lpa spells out the conditions for entitlement to practice as a legal practitioner and section 4 lists the requirements for a person to be called to the nigerian bar. What every attorney should know about the legal practice act. Some legal practitioners have opined that the decision supreme court in. List of legal practitioners providers in nigeria vconnect. The first point to start with is that when a lawyer gets qualified to practice law in nigeria, there are no restrictions on what area of law heshe can practice in. Eka, cases and materials on administrative law in nigerian ife, obafemi awolowo university press 1980 p. Act and substitution ofthe following aspart ii andpart iii. The legal practitioners act lpa regulates the qualification of a person to practice as a legal practitioner in nigeria.
Section 21 of the legal practitioners act stipulates that a person shall be entitled to practice as a barrister and solicitor in nigeria if his name is on the roll of legal practitioners maintained by the chief registrar of the supreme court of nigeria. Medical and dental practitioners act an act to establish the medical and dental council of nigeria for the registration of medical practitioners and dental surgeons and to provide for a disciplinary tribunal for the discipline of members. An act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the legal profession and to make new provision in regard thereto. Practitioners council of nigeria the medical and dental practitioners act 1990 decree no 23 of 1988 now lfn 2004. Introduction to nigeria company law part 1 this was then ammended in 1917 to cover the whole country companies amendment and extension act of 1917. Court as done under the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria as altered. In terms of s 120 of the lpa, different provisions of the lpa will come into operation on dates promulgated in the government gazette and, in one instance, after a lapse of a number of years after ch 10 has come into operation. The bill seeks to merge the legal practitioners act and the legal education consolidation act cap. The principal law that governs the merger and acquisition in nigeria is the investment and securities act isa 2007. Legal practitioners act 15 of 1995 parliament of namibia. A commentary on the legal practice act is written by advocates pat ellis sc and albert.
Legal practitioners second amendment act 22 of 2002 gg 2892 brought into force on 1 november 2005 by gn 92005 gg 3529 there is an act named the legal practitioners amendment act 6 of 1999 gg 2126. Welcome to a new legislative day in the senate of the federal republic of nigeria. It will bring about dramatic change to the practice of law. Senior advocates of nigeria were combining the roles of party and counsel in. Nonappealable decisions of the national industrial court. Since 1962, when the two foremost enactments regulating legal practice in nigeria, namely, the legal education act, 19622 and the legal practitioners act, 19623became operational, legal. L10 lfn 2004 into one act titled the legal profession regulation act. It had the duty of considering and determining any case of misconduct against. An act to amend the legal practitioners act 1970 notified in act gazette s247. The creation of the lpdc is contained in section 10 of the legal practitioners act. This act, which amends the legal practitioners act, may be cited as the legal practitioners amendment act 2010.
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