*Court To Introduce Electronic
Mailing System From July 2018*
The Supreme Court says from July 16,
2018, it will phase out manual forms of serving court processes in all cases
before it and commence serving processes by electronic means on all matters.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, said this on Friday in Abuja at
the formal presentation of the ‘newly retrofitted court and legal mail’ at the
Supreme Court.
He asked all judges and lawyers to
subscribe to and acquire the legal mail, pledging to have the system replicated
in all courts in the nearest future. The system according to the CJN has become
imperative to speed up justice delivery in the country. President of the
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Abubakar Mahmoud, also believes that the
policy is overdue and critical in moving the justice sector forward.
“The email system will undoubtedly
easy communication between the court and the bar. It will reduce paperwork,
speed up the court process and thereby improve the administration of
justice," he siad.
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