21. (1) A bank with which a lawyer maintains an account for clients` funds shall not have recourse to or obtain any recourse or right against the funds in respect of any liability of the administrator to the bank that does not arise in connection with that account, whether by set-off, counterclaim, debit or otherwise, against the funds, which will be credited to this account. When he took office, Chief Olanipekun (SAN) acknowledged that the profession could have grey areas. „Whatever my position, I have always tried to represent our noble profession as an ambassador and role model, demonstrating the learning, excellent character and values for which the legal profession stands out, to the admiration of the non-legal population. (a) the exclusive right to sit in the indoor bar or, in the absence of facilities for an indoor bar, in the first row of seats for legal professionals; and the senior counsel noted that legislators have given the LPDC a high degree of independence as it plays a crucial role in ensuring that the highest form of discipline is maintained among lawyers in Nigeria. (b) in all other cases, to the Discipline Committee. (7) Subject to this Act, the Council of Councillors may make regulations requiring that the procedure be followed when dealing with complaints before the Appeal Committee. He explained that the heart of the resignation was to protect the independence of the LPDC and therefore of the legal profession. (b) a listed person is convicted by a Nigerian court competent to impose a custodial sentence for a criminal offence (whether or not punishable by imprisonment) that the Disciplinary Commission considers incompatible with the status of lawyer; In an apparently conciliatory tone, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, stressed the importance of the independence of the LPDC and called on the BoB to ensure immediate reform of the committee in order to restore public confidence in the legal profession. (k) Thirty lawyers appointed by the Nigerian Bar Association; and (c) intentionally adopts or uses names, titles, supplements or descriptions that falsely or otherwise imply that he is an attorney or that he is legally qualified or recognized to act as an attorney; or (3) A person whose name is given by that court before or after the coming into force of this Act or on the direction of the Discipline Committee is not entitled to bear his or her name re-registered. „lawyer“ means a person who, under the provisions of this Act, has the right to act as a lawyer or as a lawyer and advocate, either in general or for the purposes of a particular office or proceeding; 3.

(1) There is a body of legal professionals of the highest distinction in Nigeria, called the „Body of Advisers“, which is responsible for the formal appointment of persons who wish to become a lawyer and consists of the following members, i.e. „client“ means the person or one of the persons allegedly obliged to pay the fees of a lawyer. Practitioner; (e) subject to the provisions of Article 11(7) of this Law on the costs of proceedings before the Discipline Committee; (3) The remuneration rules apply to a partnership consisting of partnerships and to a lawyer. (1) The quorum of the Disciplinary Committee shall be present, three of which shall be appointed in § 10(2)(a) and (b) of this Act. (g) to publish in the Federal Gazette a directive of the Disciplinary Commission which has entered into force, according to which the name of a person is removed from the list or suspended from the practice of his profession. 2. The Chief Justice of Nigeria shall adopt rules for the purposes of each trial and on the procedure and rules of evidence to be observed in proceedings before the Disciplinary Commission. 4. The members of the Committee referred to in paragraph 3(c), (e) and (g) of this Section shall be appointed by the President of the Supreme Court in consultation with the Attorney-General of the Federation. (l) the number of persons, not more than ten, who appear before the body of advisers as respected legal professionals in Nigeria and who have served at least 15 years after the appointment. (a) by a lawyer for funds received, held or paid as a member of the federal or state public service; or 3. The Committee has the power to issue orders generally governing lawyers` fees and, without prejudice to the generality of that power, such an order may contain provisions on some or all of the following matters, that is, (2) The Committee shall have a quorum, one of whom shall be the Chair of the Committee or another member of the Committee designated by the Committee; to chair the Committee on that occasion.

(5) The Attorney-General of the Federation or of a State may, if he deems it appropriate, instruct the Attorney-General of the Federation or, as the case may be, the State to act in his place as a member of the Disciplinary Committee in any event; and references to an Attorney General in this Schedule or in section 10 of this Act shall be construed accordingly. According to him, the independence of the LPDC was crucial to maintain true professional discipline in the legal profession. „It is desirable that things remain that way for the time being, regardless of the direction of the boB, the personal interests of a member or the fact that the beef is eaten,“ he lamented. „I will try to improve on what my predecessors did in the office. I focus on advocacy. (a) in the course of his work as a pupil of a profession of lawyer, clerk or officer of a lawyer; (4) The board of directors may make an order under this division only if it has served a copy of the proposed resolution on the president of the Association and has not considered all written statements made by the Association to the Committee within three months of the date of service of the copy; and if the National Council of Ministers decides, on one of the twenty days on which it meets after the day of the entry into force of a regulation under this section, that the order shall be revoked, it shall act, except in respect of what has already been done under the decision, the day after the date of the decision, except in respect of something, previously made under the decision has come into force and is never deemed to have taken effect. The Disciplinary Committee of Legal Practitioners is to receive complaints against lawyers appointed and registered as lawyers and lawyers of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The complaint could be filed either by members of the public who are not lawyers themselves, or by other lawyers who claim that a lawyer is not operating within the limits of the law and the ethics of the profession. (5) Counsel who appear before a court, tribunal or person exercising statutory jurisdiction to hear and decide a matter (including an arbitrator) shall prevail over each other in accordance with the classification set out in the First Schedule to this Act. Godwin Ogboji, an Abuja-based lawyer, explained that he had two options under the provisions of the legal framework that LPDC and BoB have created. 8.

1. Subject to the provisions of the following subsection below and all laws in force in any part of Nigeria that prohibit or restrict a person`s right to be represented in proceedings before the Supreme Court or the Sharia Court of Appeal or a district or customary court, a lawyer shall have the right to be heard before all courts established in Nigeria.