DUTY OF COUNSEL WRITING LETTER OF ADJOURNMENT

ON DUTY OF COUNSEL WRITING LETTER OF ADJOURNMENT TO FORMALLY FILE SAME: "It is important to point out as well, that if a document is mearnt for the court to take note and act thereon, rules of court have made provisions for formal filing of such a document or documents with the registry of the court, for which a norminal fee is payable upon assessment by the registry staff, who authenticate the filing of that document and proceed to file same for the court's attention. It is only by formal filing when the court become seised of the document. All other ways or methods such as writing letters or petitions informing the Chief Judge/Chief Justice/Head of Court and or Chief Registrar(including his subordinate registrars) are purely administrative and have no force of law......I have all reason to believe therefore, that the said letter cannot be regarded as a legal document. Even if it is placed before the learned trial Judge, the best the learned trial Judge could do was to discountenance it." I.T. Muhammed, JSC - Regt. Trustees, P.C.N. v Etim, 2017 (Pt. 1581) 13 NWLR, pg. 1 @ pgs. 41-42, paras. E - B.