Two lawyers out with books to aid legal practice
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NIGERIA: TWO new legal books have been added into the Nigerian law profession courtesy of two lawyers.
The legal practitioners, Adeyinka Kotoye and Babatunde Adebayo, on Thursday said at a public presentation that the books focused on how to improve the legal practice.
The law books authored by the lawyers – practice digest for legal practitioners and compilation of judgements of Appeal Cases of Nigeria – were presented at the Bar Centre, Ikeja in Lagos.
The books, according to the authors, are concise up to date statements of the law, and contain almost three scores of relevant topics, including the position of the Supreme Court as it relates to the Nigeria Bar Association stamp and seal, contains legal practitioners Act Cap 1.11, 2004, rules of professional conduct, 2007 and comprehensive index.
Kotoye while speaking with journalists said that the books contained up-to-date statements of law in various areas of law that all members of the legal profession need in their day to day legal research work.
The lawyers further stressed that they also contained statements of law as pronounced by eminent jurists on topics like action, arbitration, constitution law, company law, criminal law and procedure, damages, election cases and allied matters and jurisdiction.
Kotoye said: “These have been succinctly covered in the practice digest for legal practitioners together with the latest judicial authorities/cases where these statements of the law can be found.”
“This, no doubt, will serve as a great quick reference tool for the practitioners and students of the law alike,” he added.
The books were reviewed by Kola Abiri, who admitted their genuineness, and described them as perfect jobs by the authors.
Abiri stated at the event attended by Dr. Muiz Banire, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Hariat Balogun (Principal Partners, Liberal Law Chambers), Justice Habeeb Abiru (Court of Appeal, Kaduna), Olalekan Yusuf (SAN) and Mrs Titilayo Akinlawon (SAN) that the books are very important to the nation’s law practice.
