CASE CITATION: M.M.S. LTD v OTEJU (2005) 5 S.C (PT. I) 55 @ 68
DATE OF JUDGMENT: FRIDAY, 13TH DAY OF MAY, 2005
COURT: SUPREME COURT
SUIT NO: SC. 80/2000
CORAM:
- SALIHU M. A. BELGORE, JSC – (Presided)
- SYLVESTER U. ONU, JSC
- UMARU A. KALGO, JSC – (Delivered the Leading Judgment)
- NIKI TOBI, JSC
- DENNIS O. EDOZIE, JSC
ISSUE(S): WHETHER PROFESSIONAL FOR COUNSEL TO WALK OUT ON OR FROM THE COURT?
CASE SYNTHESIS
Counsel who is ill or indisposed has a duty to apply for adjournment of the case to enable him seek medical assistance. He has no right whatsoever to walk out on or from the court just like that. That is certainly a rude and unprofessional conduct unbecoming of a Legal Practitioner – (M.M.S. LTD v OTEJU (2005) 5 S.C (PT. I) 55 @ 68)
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