He spoke last week during the public presentation of two Law Reports by a Lagos lawyer, Mr. Adeyinka Kotoye. The Law Report entitled: “Judgments of Appeal Cases of Nigeria,” and a book entitled: “Practice Digest For Legal Practitioners,” co-authored with Mr. Babatunde Adebayo Esq. were launched at the conference hall of the NBA Secretariat, Lagos High Court, Ikeja, Lagos. Dr. Banire noted that over two decades since Ejigbo air crash in Lagos, there has been no book or journal that gave a vivid account of the event. He said the introduction of the Law Report was timely, especially at this time when many important decisions of appellate courts are underreported in the country. He urged Nigerians to embrace documentation of event for younger generation to be aware of the account of what happen at a state in our human life. “The introduction of this Law Report is timely at the stage when important decisions of appellate courts are underreported in the country, especially decisions that have to do with principles of law. “The practice digest is very imperative because, it will enable practitioners to have accurate reasoning that will convince the judge. It will also enable practitioners to challenge judges’ wrong decisions,” Banire noted. In his remarks, the author Mr. Kotoye said the two legal books were unveiled with the aim of improving the quality of lawyers’ briefs, emphasising that the books are products of over two years of legal research. Kotoye, who is the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Report, said the report was out to report cases of appellate courts of both the Court of Appeal from all divisions and the Supreme Court. He said the two books are concise, up-to-date statements of the law, and contain almost three scores of relevant topics, including the position of the Supreme Court as it relates to the Nigeria Bar Association stamp and seal. The book also contains legal practitioners Act Cap 1.11, 2004, rules of professional conduct, 2007 and comprehensive index. He further said the books contained up-to-date statements of law in various areas of law that all members of the legal profession need in their day to day legal research work. The lawyers further stressed that they also contained statements of law as pronounced by eminent jurists in the appellant courts on topics such as action, arbitration, constitutional law, company law, criminal law and procedure, damages, election cases and allied matters and jurisdiction. Kotoye said: “These have been succinctly covered in the practice digest for legal practitioners together with the latest judicial authorities/cases where these statements of the law can be found.” “This, no doubt, will serve as a great quick reference tool for the practitioners and students of the law alike,” he added. The books reviewer, Kola Abiri, described them as perfect jobs, saying they will key into legal challenges confronting the nation at this stage. Other dignitaries at the event included: Hariat Balogun (Principal Partners, Liberal Law Chambers), Justice Habeeb Abiru (Court of Appeal, Kaduna), Olalekan Yusuf (SAN) and Mrs Titilayo Akinlawon (SAN).]]>