Court battle: Body of Senior Counsel of Nigeria, Nigerian Legal Society take over conferment of Blue Silks rank

Amid the ongoing ineligible conflict implicit the Blue Silks fertile introduced by the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, arsenic an alternate to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, title, indications person emerged that a caller acceptable of organizations person taken implicit the conferment of the arguable rank.

A connection released on Thursday announced that the Body of Senior Counsel of Nigeria, BOSCON, and the Nigerian Legal Society, NLS, would henceforth confer the Blue Silks fertile connected funny and deserving lawyers.

Following a suit filed by ALDRAP and its Executive Director, Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja, to halt the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, from interfering successful the conferment of the Blue Silks rank, an Abuja Federal High Court presided by Justice James Omotosho granted an bid of perpetual injunction restraining ALDRAP from conferring the title.

ALDRAP has filed a announcement of entreaty and enactment of execution against the judgment, arguing that Justice Omotosho lacked the jurisdiction to adjudicate connected the substance due to the fact that helium had already been confirmed for elevation to the Court of Appeal astatine the clip helium handled the suit.

ALDRAP besides argued that the justice should not person granted the restraining bid since nary supplication for specified was earlier t...