The UK’s Practice Direction 51ZH launches a two year pilot to improve public access to documents used in hearings in certain business courts. Broadly, the practice direction is intended to move from ...

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the preparation of materials filed with the courts has been the subject of recent practice directions, with certain Canadian courts requiring that any ...

The Administrative Review Tribunal has updated 6 of its practice directions following feedback from applicants, representatives, advocates and other ...

After a long hiatus, this writer appeared before a Magistrate court over a small claims case (less than N10 million liquidated money demand), and the experience before Magistrate Odubayo Oluwafumilayo ...

The Canadian Federal Court has issued a practice direction aimed at streamlining complex litigation. The practice direction formalizes and extends to all practice areas various initiatives that have ...

Although the National Industrial Court of Nigeria Practice Direction aims to promote access to justice and expeditious disposal of cases, Kingsley Ibe and Damilola Ajayi argue that this intention is ...

The Taraba State Judiciary has adopted a new Administration of Criminal Justice Law Practice Direction 2025, a move the Chief Judge, Justice Joel Agya, described as “a decisive step towards a faster, ...

The Chief Judge of Edo State, Hon. Justice D.I. Okungbowa, has expressed readiness to issue a judicial practice direction that would streamline enforcement of Nigeria’s Freedom of Information Act ...

The Lagos State Judiciary on Tuesday launched its Non-Custodial Sentencing Practice Direction, a reform measure aimed at reducing overcrowding in correctional centres and strengthening Nigeria’s ...