Nigeria: Lagos Courts To Go Paperless Soon - CJ

Opeyemi Oke

Paper and manual filing of court documents will soon end at the Lagos State High Court, the Chief Judge of Lagos, Justice Opeyemi Oke, has said.

She said the court would soon go digital with the deployment of an electronic platform.

Also, Justice Commissioner Adeniji Kazeem said a technology-driven judiciary would enable the state to achieve better efficiency and quicker results.

They spoke yesterday at the opening of the technical sessions at the Annual Law Week of the Lagos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), with the theme: Human Capital and the Legal Profession in the 21st Century.

The keynote speaker, who is also the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) President, Mr Yemi Candide-Johnson (SAN) said lawyers must adopt global best practices as legal services consumers no longer accepted anything less.

According to Justice Oke, who was represented by Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo, an information and communication technology (ICT) consultant was working on the digital platform.

The chief judge expressed optimism that lawyers practising in Lagos would not find it difficult to migrate to the platform.

She said: “It is clear that the Bar and Bench in Lagos are working in tandem towards bringing the practice of law and adjudication in the state in line with evolving trends and international best practices.


(THE NATION)



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