Refer NBA President to LPPC, impose sanctions on erring lawyers or face court action - NLS to CJN

Refer NBA President to LPPC, impose sanctions on erring lawyers or face court action - NLS to CJN

The Nigerian Law Society, NLS, has threatened court action if the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, fails to refer the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Afam Osigwe, SAN, to the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC. The NLS, an association comprising non-litigation lawyers, is also demanding that the CJN, who heads the LPPC, enacts a practice direction to impose sanctions on lawyers who commit ac…