Blue Silks’ rank: ALDRAP files notice of appeal, says judge erred by granting restraining order

The Association of Legislative and Advocacy Drafting Practitioners, ALDRAP, has filed a announcement of entreaty against an Abuja Federal High Court judgement which stopped the conferment of the Blue Silks fertile connected non-litigation lawyers.

The court, presided by Justice Omotosho, had successful its judgement granted an bid of perpetual injunction restraining ALDRAP from conferring the Blue Silks fertile of Senior Counsel of Nigeria, SCN.

ALDRAP had introduced the Blue Silks fertile arsenic an alternate to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, rubric conferred connected lawyers adjudged to person merited the honour.

But the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, rejected the Blue Silks rank, describing it arsenic illegal. In the aforesaid vein, the NBA’s Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, which is liable for conferring the SAN title, warned that lawyers parading the Blue Silks fertile hazard being sanctioned for nonrecreational misconduct.

Following the threat, ALDRAP, approached an Abuja Federal High Court to support its members’ cardinal rights, and besides halt the NBA and others from interfering successful matters concerning the Blue Silks rank.

The tribunal nevertheless ruled successful favour of the NBA and different respondents, and went up to marque an bid of perpetual injunction restraining the applicants – ALDRAP and its Executive Secretary, D...