Section 186 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959

Section 186 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Protection of solicitor and trustees adopting Law. It provides as follows:

(1) The powers given by this Law to any person, and the covenants, provisions,
stipulations, and words which under this Law are to be deemed to be included or
implied in any instrument, or are by this Law made applicable to any contract for
sale or other transaction, are and shall be deemed in law proper powers, covenants,
provisions, stipulations, and words, to be given by or to be contained in any such
instrument, or to be adopted in connexion with, or applied to, any such contract or
transaction, and a solicitor shall not be deemed guilty of neglect or breach of duty,
or become in any way liable, by reason of his omitting, in good faith, in any such
instrument, or in connexion with any such contract or transaction, to negative the
giving, inclusion, implication, or application of any of those powers, covenants,
provisions, stipulations, or words, or to insert or apply any others in place thereof,
in any case where the provisions of this Law would allow of his doing so.

(2) But, save as expressly provided by this Law, nothing in this Law shall be taken
to imply that the insertion in any such instrument, or the adoption in connexion with,
or the application to, any contract or transaction, of any further or other powers,
covenants, provisions, stipulations, or words is improper.

(3) Where the solicitor is acting for trustees, executors, or other persons in a
fiduciary position, those persons shall also be protected in like manner.

(4) Where such persons are acting without a solicitor, they shall also be protected
in like manner.