They won't tell you they are not are rich as they appear to be

They won't tell you SAN is not given by fighting case on social media or radio house

kglamour:

Go commit crime, He is ready to represent you at the court

what u fail to assimilate is dat, once u hand over ur life to Jesus christ, Master Lawyer, u wont av to commit urself to running away from crime, buh Crime wil commit itself to running very fast away from u..

Meanwhile I caught two young boys having sex at my back yard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZqhsp1Msco

ekene247:
many errors in this post, though some are true.

You have the right to draft documents yourself including Wills but if you think you can draft it, then go and read Savannah Bank v Ajilo (1989) 1NWLR Pt. 97, p. 305. You then understand that lawyers didn't spend 6 years reading for nothing. Meanwhile, all professional field share almost the true ones among the secrets you listed

Thank you

What if the supposed client drafted a will or agreement that truly reflected his intentions in the ordinary use of language? The courts wouldn't respect that?

Also why should laws particularly designate lawyers as the lawful drafters of an agreement? What is the benefit of such a weird law to the general public?

kolado:
How does my comment affect your frustrated soul? Your stupidity is epic!

Pls do me a favour and..

lawyers are liars

Rainmaker69:
Obviously this op went online to copy a load of crap or just conjured everything up. Are you aware that lawyers in Nigeria have a code of conduct? If op had bothered to even glance through, he would have been properly guided. I just weak for the op, nice title, ridiculous content- this is obviously a recipe for front page.
There's a reason we have professionals in various fields and even specializations within professions. If this fact is lost on the op, then I rest my case.

Does the code of conduct oblige a lawyer to reject a brief he cannot handle? And why aren't lawyers especially specialists advertising their skills to the general public? If I need a maritime lawyer would a regular Joe in the legal profession suffice?

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peacettw:



Thank you for sharing this. I am married to a lawyer myself for many years now and I can confidently say that this is 150% correct. It's nice seeing it in black and white. I will forward this to him right this minute as evidence No 1 pending further discoveries.

mumu wife mumu woman....re u even old enough to get married. ..such an immature act. I know ur kind always loving wahala. most of d fact here re wrong....tnk God ur husband is a lawyer. ask him how he charges his professional fees nd if he overcharged d risk of being de robed or ask him if lay men can draft deeds or even ask him if a man is an island of all knowledge. or I wish to ask u is it not dsame wit doctors?....

Kay17:


What if the supposed client drafted a will or agreement that truly reflected his intentions in the ordinary use of language? The courts wouldn't respect that?

Also why should laws particularly designate lawyers as the lawful drafters of an agreement? What is the benefit of such a weird law to the general public?

will he register the will himself? an unregistered will is as good as nothing. can a non lawyer draft deed of assignment or lease? hell no.

And they call themselves learned coliq fa..

jidxin:
will he register the will himself? an unregistered will is as good as nothing. can a non lawyer draft deed of assignment or lease? hell no.

The problem with most posts on NL is that they talk past the post they are replying to. You didn't address my concerns about the public good derived from having only lawyers draft deeds.

In respect to a will, a holographic will doesn't have to be registered. The purpose of a will is to fulfill the wishes of a dying man to this loved ones. How personal can that be

Kay17:


Does the code of conduct oblige a lawyer to reject a brief he cannot handle? And why aren't lawyers especially specialists advertising their skills to the general public? If I need a maritime lawyer would a regular Joe in the legal profession suffice?

The rules require lawyers to handle their briefs professionally. This includes reaching out to specialists or doing the necessary research when the lawyer is out of his depth. A lawyer's duty is not to know every law but to know where to find the law.
The same rules of conduct in Nigeria prohibit advertising.

SweetBoyFriend:

What type of drugs are you on ?? Stupidity pills ??

If you would copy an article from a crappy website written by a drunk dude at least try to edit it

Copy and paste is an unintelligent act, you forgot to remove the dollar in that writeup and replace it with naira ??

Let me school you a little bit, even if the writeup is correct, the dude who wrote it might live in Florida, every state in the USA has a different law, that your crappy lawyer write up doesn't work in Wisconsin or Ohio

A lawyer in the USA would never do that type of insincere business, people in the USA would sue a toothpaste company that says that their toothpaste whitens the teeth while it doesn't, just think about what would happen to a lawyer who exhibit some shady act, he will loose his license

u re at it again! must u make a comment wit out abusive word? u re a real sadist, stop acting like a nitwit plz.

Rainmaker69:


The rules require lawyers to handle their briefs professionally. This includes reaching out to specialists or doing the necessary research when the lawyer is out of his depth. A lawyer's duty is not to know every law but to know where to find the law.
The same rules of conduct in Nigeria prohibit advertising.

When you said the rule requires lawyers to handle their briefs professionally which includes reaching out to specialists, is it your own personal belief that acting professionally carries the implicit meaning that specialists ought to reached when the situation arises or you are relying on an express provision from the code saying so or a case decided by an appellate court stating so.

Which is it?

Why should advertising be prohibited? Imagine if other professions of comparable value to the general public like medicine restricted their advertising. Or pharmaceutical companies refuse to advertise life saving medicine how devastating would that be?

peacettw:



Thank you for sharing this. I am married to a lawyer myself for many years now and I can confidently say that this is 150% correct. It's nice seeing it in black and white. I will forward this to him right this minute as evidence No 1 pending further discoveries.

lolx, how do you even cope with him? I often avoid lawyers as friends cos dey are egocentric bastards and wud never accept that they are wrong

babyfaceafrica:
So one can draft his will alone?..where will he keep it?

and who will execute it

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What type of drugs are you on ?? Stupidity pills ??

If you would copy an article from a crappy website written by a drunk dude at least try to edit it

Copy and paste is an unintelligent act, you forgot to remove the dollar in that writeup and replace it with naira ??

Let me school you a little bit, even if the writeup is correct, the dude who wrote it might live in Florida, every state in the USA has a different law, that your crappy lawyer write up doesn't work in Wisconsin or Ohio

A lawyer in the USA would never do that type of insincere business, people in the USA would sue a toothpaste company that says that their toothpaste whitens the teeth while it doesn't, just think about what would happen to a lawyer who exhibit some shady act, he will loose his
please

please a law student should counter this.

Kay17:


Does the code of conduct oblige a lawyer to reject a brief he cannot handle? And why aren't lawyers especially specialists advertising their skills to the general public? If I need a maritime lawyer would a regular Joe in the legal profession suffice?

ask am oo, can I sue a lawyer fr negligence in nigeria by the way?

this post eh

it is quite similar to other professions... Doctors use their jargon so as lawyers

nothing in this post abegi

law001:
I can boldly tell you that all what you wrote above represents what is obtainable and even more.

Lawyers are trained to be highly professional. Their training cut across all fields, from accounting, engineering to medical law, etc. That is why they are referred as the only Learned people on earth.

And yes! They know everything, I mean everything. To whom much is given, much is expected.

For example, Dr. Ken carried out an operation on Mrs Kate to remove a cyst from her. Her upper abdomen was cut open as against her lower abdomen she was told before the operation.
Can she sue Dr. Ken for professional negligence?

As a lawyer, if you we are briefed with the above scenario, you must consult medical books to know if the Doc. acted beyond the scope of his profession. This includes going deep into the modus of carrying out operation on a patient.

God forbid if a Lawyer says "I have nothing to say".

LOVE A LAWYER, IT IS LEGAL.

A lady must have written this or I bet a wig.

"Out of the ignorance of many shall a lawyer profit"

If you think it's easy, I have seen a friend lose 235 million naira cash he invested in the business of a,friend. Till date the money can't be recovered cos of a,badly drafted contract agreement.
He had done similar thing in the past for some fee, simply copy paste with consulting a lawyer n here he is today. Not even the efcc could help him recover his money.
Learn to always be guided by legal advise. You will be much safe that way. I rise.

jidxin:
mumu wife mumu woman....re u even old enough to get married. ..such an immature act. I know ur kind always loving wahala. most of d fact here re wrong....tnk God ur husband is a lawyer. ask him how he charges his professional fees nd if he overcharged d risk of being de robed or ask him if lay men can draft deeds or even ask him if a man is an island of all knowledge. or I wish to ask u is it not dsame wit doctors?....

You must be very silly.

Genea:
lolx, how do you even cope with him? I often avoid lawyers as friends cos dey are egocentric bastards and wud never accept that they are wrong

I know most of them esp my hubby's friends and they can be quite nice. Once you get past their need to argue over every little thing which isn't any fault of theirs since it comes with the job, then you can truly learn to enjoy them

I never argue with a lawyer but then again I hardly ever argue especially when I know I am right.

Kay17:


When you said the rule requires lawyers to handle their briefs professionally which includes reaching out to specialists, is it your own personal belief that acting professionally carries the implicit meaning that specialists ought to reached when the situation arises or you are relying on an express provision from the code saying so or a case decided by an appellate court stating so.

Which is it?

Why should advertising be prohibited? Imagine if other professions of comparable value to the general public like medicine restricted their advertising. Or pharmaceutical companies refuse to advertise life saving medicine how devastating would that be?

Interesting... the provisions of the code that call for professionalism are express. The expectations of professionalism are universal, every profession has these expectations, you won't find an exhaustive list in any "express provision". They aren't informed by my 'own personal belief' or a decision of an 'appellate court' (even though there are several that talk about unprofessional conduct for lawyers). I don't have to be a lawyer to know that paying money to a judge is unprofessional.
The issue of advertising is left to them determine. It is regulated by their law in the same way that advertisement of tobacco, drugs and pharma products are regulated by law. You will find out that some professions have restrictions as to the way and manner in which they advertise. I think the restriction for lawyers is quite outdated because the uk permits restricted advertising.

thanks OP! This is gonna be useful to someone

receive sense

rozayx5:




in Nigeria the field is living on past glory


most of their graduates now dey scatter dust for road

broke lawyers everywhere

I thought unemployment is a national phenomenon. Is it peculiar to lawyers alone? Just asking

Genea:
lolx, how do you even cope with him? I often avoid lawyers as friends cos dey are egocentric bastards and wud never accept that they are wrong

Egocentric bastards? All lawyers?

Philosophy 101 teaches something about faulty generalisation.

You must be rolling with some proud persons or perhaps you need to search yourself.

Note that I have carefully chosen my words to avoid sounding abusive. If you must respond, keep it clean.

peacettw:



Thank you for sharing this. I am married to a lawyer myself for many years now and I can confidently say that this is 150% correct. It's nice seeing it in black and white. I will forward this to him right this minute as evidence No 1 pending further discoveries.

You obviously married the one that doesn't know his onions. You find them in all professions. Some of us are exceptions and don't fit into the mold. Either be a lawyer or marry one, the benefits are unlimited.

Kay17:


The problem with most posts on NL is that they talk past the post they are replying to. You didn't address my concerns about the public good derived from having only lawyers draft deeds.

In respect to a will, a holographic will doesn't have to be registered. The purpose of a will is to fulfill the wishes of a dying man to this loved ones. How personal can that be

pls support dz wit evidence....dat u dont nid to register dz