Lagos State Judiciary stops collecting court processes directly from counsel and litigants

The Lagos State Judiciary has released a circular relating to Handling and Submission of Court Processes.

The Circular was directed to all the High Court Assistant Chief Registrars, Assistant Chief Registrars Admin of Magistrate Courts, High Court Registrars, and Magistrate Court Registrars.

In the circular, Chief Judge Justice K.O Alogba, directed that henceforth all Court Processes filed by Counsel shall be dispatched by the Record Section of the Litigation Registry and that on no occasion should Registrars receive processes from Counsels, Litigants, and/or Litigation officers.

The Circular which was signed by Mr. Adekeye N. A the ACR (Litigation), Ikeja directs all Registrars to adhere to the directive as failure to comply will attract disciplinary action.