Section 11 Legal Practitioners Act

Section 11 of Legal Practitioners Act 1975 is about Establishment of the Disciplinary Committee. It is under ‘Practice as a Legal Practitioner‘ of the sections of the Act. It provides as follows:

1. There shall be a committee of the Body of Benchers to be known as the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (in this Act referred to as “the Disciplinary Committee”) which shall be charged with the duty of considering and determining any case where it is alleged that a person who is a member of the legal profession has misbehaved in his capacity as such or should for any other reason be the subject of proceedings under this Act.

2. The Disciplinary Committee shall consist of—

a. a Chairman who shall not be either the Chief Justice of Nigeria or a Justice of the Supreme Court;
b. two Justices of the Court of Appeal one of whom shall be President of the court of Appeal;
c. two Chief Judges;
d. two Attorneys-General. who shall be either the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Attorney-General of a State or two State Attorneys- General; and
e. four members of the Association who are not connected with either the investigation of a complaint or the decision by the association to present a complaint against a legal practitioner for determination by the Disciplinary Committee.