by Legalnaija | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mr Paul Usoro, SAN, the President elect of the NBA has set up a Transition Committee. The membership of the committee has been communicated to Mr A B Mahmud, SAN, the President of the NBA.
Mr Usoro proposed that his Transition Committee members working with the President’s counterpart Transition Committee, meet and start work from today, Friday, 24 August 2018 and throughout the Conference week so they could complete their assignment before the inauguration of the new Elected Members on Friday, 31 August 2018.
The contact person for Usoro’s Team is Mr Jonathan Taidi, the General Secretary elect, working under the direction and chairmanship of Chief Offiong E B Offiong, SAN.
by Legalnaija | Aug 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
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The Rules of Professional Conduct for Medical and Dental Practitioners also known as the Code of Medical Ethics highlights some instances that would amount to Professional Negligence. Some of these are:
(A) Failure to attend promptly to a patient requiring urgent attention when the practitioner was in a position to do so.
(B) Manifestation of incompetence in the assessment of a patient.
(C) Making an incorrect diagnosis particularly when the clinical features were so glaring that no reasonable skillful practitioner could have failed to notice them.
(D) Failure to advise, or proffering wrong advice to, a patient on the risk involved in a particular operation or course of treatment, especially if such an operation or course of treatment is likely to result-in serious side effects like deformity or loss of organ.
(E) Failure to obtain the consent of the patient (informed or otherwise) before proceeding on any surgical procedure or course of treatment, when such a consent was necessary.
(F) Making a mistake in treatment e.g. amputation of the wrong limb, inadvertent termination of a pregnancy, prescribing the wrong drug in error for a correctly diagnosed ailment, etc.
(G) Failure to refer or transfer a patient in good time when such a referral or transfer was necessary
H) Failure to do anything that ought reasonably to have been done under any circumstance for the good of the patient.
(I) Failure to see a patient as often as his medical condition warrants or to make proper notes of the practitioner’s observations and prescribed treatment during such visits or to communicate with the patient or his relation as may be necessary with regards to any developments, progress or prognosis in the patient’s condition.
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by Legalnaija | Aug 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
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Victims of Medical Negligence have a number of legal options available for seeking redress;
1. Such person may pursue a civil claim against physicians or other health care providers for alleged “tort”, meaning the breach of a duty that results in personal injury.
2. File a complaint with the regulatory body (e.g. the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria). 3. Report to the Police who would conduct a Criminal Investigation and where the investigation reveals gross negligence, recklessness or wanton disregard for life of the victim, the police can prosecute or forward the case file to the office of the Attorney General of the State for possible prosecution.
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by Legalnaija | Aug 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Funmi Quadri & Co is offering delegates for the NBA 2018 conference free download and use of the Law Companion Software on android devices for a period of 1 year.
Delegates will need to login using their email address and Enrollment number.
We will also be available at the conference to provide Wifi and Support for delegates who need help with installation.
The content of the Law Companion by Funmi Quadri & Co are stated below.
The Law Companion is an electronic library with the following content.
1.Judgments of the Supreme Court from inception – date
2.Judgments of the Court of Appeal
3.Selected Laws of Nigeria
4.Rules of Court
5.Updates of recent Judgments & legislations.
Please note this is not an app with summary Judgment or laws, you have access to all resources without restriction.
This is to celebrate 20 years of our Nigeria Supreme Court Quarterly Law Report (NSCQR).
The Law Companion by Funmi Quadri & Co can be downloaded via the link below.
Download law companion for free from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funmiquadrionline.elc
by Legalnaija | Aug 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
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by Legalnaija | Aug 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
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by Legalnaija | Aug 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
No one is asking if Kofi was African, American, black or white? Everyone on the globe felt his passing.
Kofi lived a life in service to humanity and the world thanks him deeply.
Lesson – Service to humanity is the ultimate call.
Kofi AnnanFormer Secretary of the United Nations.
8th April, 1938 to 18th August, 2018
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by Legalnaija | Aug 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Your Law companion mobile library is now available for iphone for just N10,000. The first Nigerian Law library available on the iphone.
Contents Include –
● All Judgments of the Supreme Court
Judgements of the Court of Appeal
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by Legalnaija | Aug 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the past 24 hours, false messages and threats have been going out to deceive lawyers to vote in a particular way citing Section 9(3) and 2.2(a-e) of the second schedule of the Constitution of the Nigerian Bar Association 2015 and giving it a mischievous interpretation that it is the turn of the Igbos to produce the NBA President.This false hood is the oldest propaganda since the inception of this electioneering process.
It is important that lawyers know that the relevant section of the NBA constitution zoned the Presidency to the Eastern Zone which is made up of *Abia,Akwa Ibom,Anambra,Bayelsa,Cross River,Ebonyi,Enugu and Rivers.*
It is important to know that the zone is made up of Old Rivers,Old East Central and Old Cross River. It is also important to know that all the zones have produced an NBA President except the Old Cross River where Paul Usoro comes from. Let us also be reminded that the NBA constitution recognises the sharing of power among interests in zones thus the need for Paul Usoro from Cross River/Akwa Ibom who is also eminently qualified.
Many Igbo learned friends are in support of this which they believe will create a balance in the zone and ensure equity and justice. The bigotry and threat messages to our Igbo lawyers are appalling and unbecoming of lawyers let alone persons who aspire to lead the Bar.
We thank the astute and conscientious Igbo lawyers for their understanding especially taking into consideration the fact that ALL NBA Presidents from the Eastern zone have been Igbo speaking. We sincerely thank all Nigerians from Anambra to Sokoto from Maiduguri to Lagos,from Katsina to Bayelsa and so on who have supported our cause.
We are proud that we have maintained a clean campaign without trying to throw mud at anybody.The only mud you can see around us are the ones thrown at us.
Let us ignore this last minute propaganda and head to the polls with the best interest of the bar at heart. A new bar beckons as we vote for Paul Usoro.
Team Paul Usoro
by Legalnaija | Aug 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Shortly after news went out that lawyers complained that their names were hidden from their branch voters list but was found on the database, the hidden names were deleted from the website.
This has come as an embarrassment to many lawyers whose names were not listed on the verification list. A further check revealed that those names were not transferred to the voters list but were completely removed from the portal. This is bad news as voting is slated to commence in less than 16 hours.
Some lawyers have been unable to find their names listed in their branch or any other branch when they search their names under their branch but where able to find their name when they click on the arrow in the menu (top right) which shows another drop down menu that has two options
Check by Branch
Check Verification data
When you search some names with Check by branch, some names will not be found but when you search the names with Check verification data, the details of the names appear even with an indication of their branch. Now those names are suspiciously missing
Again the readiness of the ECNBA to conduct the election which has been postponed three times has come to question. The ECNBA has given no explanation to the suspicious removal of the hidden names on the platform.
Again,the Gombe branch of the Nigerian Bar Association Has written the ECNBA over the exclusion of more than half of its verified members on the list. Many other branches are gearing up for a showdown with the ECNBA for excluding their members from the voters list.
The ECNBA has so far done a good job taking into consideration the pressure this whole electioneering process has put them. I know this year’s election committee will definitely be voted as the hardest committee so far in NBA’S recent history. They deserve some accolades.
Going forward, since the list of verified candidates were released, some some issues have cropped up from people who complied with the verification process who could not see their names on the list to people whose details were missing.I sincerely hope that ECNBA and Crenet anticipated these problem and will provide solutions to them before the voting begins.
Another complaint about the verification list that calls for urgent attention is the complaints of those whose details are on the data base but not listed in any branch.
ECNBA and Crenet released two batches of names listed according to branches with the following instructions:
The final list of verified voters is hereby published and made available for members to access to confirm their status. It is important to note;
Only names in the list of members submitted by branches can be found on this final verified list
Only names of members who participated in the verification exercise can be found on this final verified list.
Members may check their verified names on either the BATCH A verified list or BATCH B verified list.
To confirm verification status, members are advised to follow the following steps;
Check your information by entering your Supreme Court enrollment number in the appropriate column
You may check your information under your branch
Some lawyers have been unable to find their names listed in their branch or any other branch when they search their names under their branch but where able to find their name when they click on the arrow in the menu (top right) which shows another drop down menu that has two options
Check by Branch
Check Verification data
When you search some names with Check by branch, some names will not be found but when you search the names with Check verification data, the details of the names appear even with an indication of their branch.Now those names are suspiciously missing
The questions now become,
What is the status of these names that are hidden in the branch list but can be found on the verification data?
Is it an issue to worry about, if not, why are those names not listed in any branch?
What are these people supposed to do if it is a problem to avoid being disenfranchised?
To ensure transparency and proper voters’ education, ECNBA and Crenet must answer the three questions above with an unambiguous explanation of why those names were hidden from the branches.
Atata of Courtroom Mail
