Legal Practitioners Act 1975 LFN 2004

An Act to re-enact the Legal Practitioners Act 1962 as amended up to date.

Arrangement of sections

The General Council of the Bar

Section 1 Legal Practitioners Act – Establishment of bar council.

Section 2 Legal Practitioners Act – Entitlement to practise.

Section 3 Legal Practitioners Act – Establishment of Body of Benchers.

Section 3A Legal Practitioners Act – Power to accept Gifts.

Section 4 Legal Practitioners Act – Call to the Bar.

Section 5 Legal Practitioners Act – Conferment, etc., of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Section 6 Legal Practitioners Act – Privilege of law officers.

Section 7 Legal Practitioners Act – Enrolment.

Section 8 Legal Practitioners Act – Right of audience, and precedence.

Section 9 Legal Practitioners Act – Liability for negligence.

Section 10 Legal Practitioners Act – Functions of the Body of Benchers.

Section 11 Legal Practitioners Act – Establishment of the Disciplinary Committee.

Section 12 Legal Practitioners Act –  Penalties for unprofessional conduct. etc.

Section 13 Legal Practitioners Act – Disciplinary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

Section 14 Legal Practitioners Act – Restoration of Names to Roll, etc.

Section 15 Legal Practitioners Act – Scales of charges.

Remuneration of Practitioners

Section 16 Legal Practitioners Act – Recovery of charges, etc.

Section 17 Legal Practitioners Act – Applications for Taxation of Charges.

Section 18 Legal Practitioners Act – Taxation.

Section 19 Legal Practitioners Act – Supplementary provisions as to remuneration.

Safeguards for Clients, etc.

Section 20 Legal Practitioners Act – Accounts and Records for Clients’ moneys.

Section 21 Legal Practitioners Act – Special Provisions as to Client Accounts with Banks.

General

Section 22 Legal Practitioners Act – Offences.

Section 23 Legal Practitioners Act – Miscellaneous Supplementary Provisions.

Section 23A Legal Practitioners Act – Exclusion of Civil Proceedings.

Section 24 Legal Practitioners Act – Interpretation.

Section 25 Legal Practitioners Act – Short title.

First Schedule Legal Practitioners Act

Second Schedule Legal Practitioners Act