FEDERAL HIGH COURT CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

FEDERAL HIGH COURT (CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2009

ARRANGEMENT OF RULES                                               

ORDER 1 – REVOCATION, CITATION, SAVINGS, ETC.

1.     Revocation of Civil Procedure Rules 2000

2.     Citation and commencement

3.     Saving: Part heard matters etc.

4.     Fundamental objective

5.     Interpretation

6.     Meaning of other words.

ORDER 2 – PLACE OF INSTITUTING TRIAL OF SUITS

1. (1)        Place for trial of suits.

(2)    Suits relating to taxation, etc.

(3)    Suits for penalties

(4)    Suits upon contract

(5)    Suits relating to Customs, Excise, Tariff, etc.

(6)    Suits relating to foreign trade

(7)    Suits relating to passport, immigration, etc.

(8)    Suits relating to copyright

(9)    Other suits.

2.     Judicial Division of Court in which suit may commence.

3.     Suits commenced in wrong judicial Division.

4.     Transfer of proceedings.

ORDER 3 – FORM AND COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION

1.     Form of commencement of action

2.     Proceedings which must be begun by writ.

3.     Mode of beginning civil proceedings commenced by writ of summons.

4.     Form of writ.

5.     Form of writ for service out of Nigeria.

6.     Proceedings which may be begun by originating summons.

7.     Where right depends on construction of enactment.

8.     Discretion of the judge.

9.     Forms of originating summons.

10.    Originating process to be tested by its date.

11.    Preparing originating process.

12.    Sealing of originating process.

13.    What is to be done after sealing

14.    Copies to be served

15.    Duration of and renewal

16.    Validity and renewal of originating summons

17.    Endorsement of renewal

18.    Loss of originating process

19.    Concurrent originating process

20.    Concurrent originating process for service within and out of jurisdiction.

ORDER 4 – INDORSEMENT OF CLAIM AND OF ADDRESSES

1.     Endorsement

2.     Endorsement as to representative capacity

3.     What is endorsed where claim is liquidated

4.     Ordinary account

5.     Endorsement of address by plaintiff or by legal practitioner

6.     Originating process with no address

ORDER 5 – PETITION:

GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.     Application

2.     Contents of petition

3.     Presentation of petition

4.     Fixing time for hearing, etc. of petition

5.     Certain applications not to be made by petition

ORDER 6 – SERVICE OF PROCESS

A –SERVICE WITHIN JURISDICTION

1.     By whom service is to be effected

2.     Service of process: how effected

3.     When process need not be served.

4.     Special bailiff

5.     Substituted service

6.     Service on employee of Government

7.     Service on partners

8.     Service on corporation of company

9.     Service on board ship

10.    Service on prisoners and lunatics

11.    Service on infants

12.    Service on local agent of principal who is out of jurisdiction

B –SERVICE OUT OF JURISDICTION

13.    Service of writ out of jurisdiction

14.    Application to be supported by affidavit

15.    Order to fix time for appearance

16.    Service of notice

17.    Service of originating summons, etc.

18.    Service abroad by letter of request

19.    Service out of the jurisdiction under the Civil Aviation Act

20.    Service of documents abroad

21.    Saving for other modes of service

22.    Airmail

23.    Service for foreign tribunals

24.    Substituted service

25.    Order thereon.

C –GENERAL PROVISIONS

26.    Where violence threatened

27.    Affidavit of service

28.    Expenses of service

29.    Service on Sunday or public holiday

30.    Recording of service

31.    Interpretation

ORDER 7 – APPEARANCE

1.     Mode of entry of appearance

2.     Defendant appearing in person or represented by legal practitioner

3.     Memorandum of appearance with no address for service

4.     Defendants appearing through same legal practitioner

5.     Person under legal disability appearing

ORDER 8 – DEFAULT APPEARANCE

1.     Default of appearance generally

2.     Liquidated demand

3.     Liquidated demand: several defendants

4.     Several defendants

5.     Default of appearance by person under legal disability

6.     Judgment in default of appearance

7.     Detent ion of goods, damages and liquidated demands

8.     Judgment for costs: upon payment, satisfaction etc.

9.     Setting aside Judgment.

10.    Default of appearance in actions not otherwise specifically provided for

ORDER 9 – PARTIES

A –GENERAL

1.     Persons claiming jointly or severally

2.     Action in the name of a wrong plaintiff

3.     Misjoinder and Counter-claim

4. (1) class action

(2)    Opting in and opting out

5.     Any person may be joined as defendant.

6.     Action in the name of a wrong defendant

7.     Defendant needs not be interested in all the reliefs sought

8.     Joinder of persons severally or jointly and severally liable

9.     Plaintiff in doubt as to person from whom he seeks redress.

10.    Persons under legal disability

11.    Next friends

12.    Numerous persons

13.    Where there is no personal representative

14.    Proceedings not defeated by misjoinder or non-joinder.

15.    Application to add or strike out.

16.    Where defendant is added.

17. (1) Third party notice

(2)    How leave obtained

18     Form and issuance of notice

19     Effect of notice

20     Appearance

21     Default by third party

22     Procedure after default

23     Third party directions

24     Leave to defend

25     At trial or after

26     Actions by and against firms

27     Disclosure of partners’ name

28     Appearance of partners

29     Application of rules to actions between co-partners

30     Persons trading as firms.

C –ALTERNATION OF PARTIES

31.    Where change of interest. Court may make order enabling suit to proceed

32.    Application to discharge order by person under disability having a guardian

33.    Application to discharge order by persons under disability having no guardian

D – LEGAL PRACTITIONERS OR AGENTS

34.    Acts may be done by legal practitioner

35.    Party may change legal representative

36.    Where legal representative ceases to act

37.    Address of party

ORDER 10 – JOINDER OF CAUSES OF ACTION

1.     All causes of action may be joined

2.     Claims by joint plaintiffs.

3.     Counter-claim against plaintiff

4.     Court may order separate trials, etc.

ORDER 11 – CONSOLIDATION

1.     Consolidation

ORDER 12 -THE UNDEFENDED LIST

1.     Undefended list: affidavit

2.     Copies of affidavit to be served

3.     Notice of intention to defend

4.     Judgment in undefended suit

5.     Oral evidence

ORDER 13 – PLEADINGS

4-CENERAL

1.     Service of statement of claim

2.     Service of statement of defence

3.     Service of reply and defence to counter-claim

4. (1) Pleading to state material facts and not evidence

(2)    How facts are to be stated

5.     Particulars to be given where necessary

6.     Matters which must be specifically pleaded

7. (1) Further and better statement or particulars

(2)    Letter for particulars

(3)    Particulars before defence

8.     Order for particulars not a stay

9.     Specific denial

10.    Denial by joinder of issue

11.    Pleadings to be consistent

12. (1) Grounds of claim founded on separate facts to be separately stated.

(2)    The relief claimed to be stated

13.    Allegations shall not be made generally but specifically

14.    Denial of fact must answer point of substance

15.    Admissions

16.    Set-off or counter-claim to be pleaded

17.    Evidence in denial of allegation or in support of defence not set up in pleadings

18.    Further pleadings

19.    Costs in certain cases

20.    Striking out pleadings

21.    denial of contract

22.    Effect of documents to be stated.

23.    Malice, knowledge, or other condition of mind.

24.    Notice

25.    Implied contract or relation

26.    Presumption of law

27.    Technical objection

28.    Stated or settled account

29.    Defence of tender

30.    Defence of set-off

31.    Judgment for balance

32.    Close of pleadings

B – STATEMENT OF CLAIM

33.    Statement of claim

34.    Claim beyond indorsement

C –STATEMENT OF DEFENCE AND COUNTER-CLAIM

35. (1) Statement of defence

(2)    Evasive denial

(3)    Denials generally

(4)    Persons in representative capacity

(5)    Pleading to damages

(6)    Set-off and counter-claim

(7)    Title of counter-claim

(8)    Claim against persons not parties

(9)    Appearance by added parties

(10) Reply to counter-claim.

(11)  Judgment for balance

(12) Grounds of defence after action brought

(13) Further defence or reply

(14) Concession to defence

(15) Defence in originating summons.

D-REPLY

36. (1) Filing of reply

(2)    Reply to counter-claim

ORDER 14 -DEFAULT OF PLEADINGS

1.     Claim for debt or liquidated demand

2.     Several defendants: default of one

3.     Damages and detention of goods

4.     Default of one or more defendants

5.     Debt or damages and detention of goods or damages

6.     Where a defence is filed to part of claim only

7.     Defendant in default

8.     One of several defendants in default

9.     Default of third party

10.    Setting aside Judgment by default

11.    Interpretation

ORDER 15 – ADMISSIONS

1.     Notice of admission of facts

2.     Notice to admit document

3.     Notice to admit facts

4.     Judgment or order upon admission of facts

5.     Costs, where documents unnecessary

ORDER 16 -PROCEEDINGS IN LIEU OF DEMURRER

1.     Demurrer abolished

2.     Points of law may be raised by pleadings

3.     Dismissal of action

4.     Striking out pleading where no reasonable cause of action is disclosed

5.     Declaratory Judgment

ORDER 17 – AMENDMENT

1.     Amendment of originating process and pleadings

2.     Application

3.     Amendment of originating process: additional witnesses

4.     Failure to amend after order

5.     Filing and service of amended process

6.     Date of order and amendment to be displayed

ORDER 18 – SETTLEMENT OUT OF COURT AND SETTLEMENT OF ISSUES

1.     Period for settlement

2.     Formulation of issues for determination

3.     Party may apply for issue to be tried

4.     Formulation of issues by Court

ORDER 19 – PROCEEDINGS AT TRIAL

1.     Non-appearance of both parties

2.     Default of appearance by defendant at trial

3.     Default of appearance by plaintiff

4.     Judgment by default may be set-aside on terms.

5.     Adjournment of trial

6.     Time of commencement and termination of trial

7.     Order of proceedings

8.     Burden of proof by party to begin

9.     Documentary evidence

10.    Additional witness

11.    Close of case of parties

12.    Exhibits during trial

13.    Custody of exhibit after trial

14.    Office copy of list of exhibits

15.    Indolent prosecution

ORDER 20 – EVIDENCE GENERALLY

1.     Facts; how proved

2.     Particular of facts

3.     Limitation on use of documentary evidence

4.     Revocation and variation

5.     Certified true copies admissible in evidence

6.     Examination of witnesses abroad

7.     Form of order for examination of witnesses abroad

8.     Order for attendance of person to produce document

9.     Disobedience to order for attendance

10.    Expenses of persons ordered to attend

11.    Contempt of court by witness

12.    Examination of witnesses

13.    Depositions not to be given in evidence without consent or by leave of a judge

14.    Oaths

15.    Attendance of witness under subpoena for examination or to produce document

16.    Practice as to taking of evidence at any stage of cause or matter.

17.    Special directions as to taking of evidence.

18.    Evidence in proceedings subsequent to trial

19.    Form of praecipe of a subpoena

20.    Form of subpoena

21.    Subpoena tor attendance of witness in Chamber

22.    Correction of error in subpoena

23.    Personal service of subpoena

24.    Duration of subpoena

25.    Action to perpetuate testimony

26.    Examination of witness to perpetuate testimony

27.    Such action not to be set down for trial

28.    Notice to produce to other party

29.    Notice to produce in pleadings or in separate notice

30.    Sufficient particulars

31.    Fees

32.    Failure to produce document

33.    Court may order inspection, etc

34.    Costs

35.    Expressions relating to banker’s book.

ORDER 21 – NON-SUIT

1.     Power of court to non-suit

ORDER 22 – FILING OF WRITTEN ADDRESS

1.     Power to order for written address

2.     Court to order written addresses

3.     Written address by the other party

4.     Written address by party beginning

5.     Right of reply

6.     Content of written address

7.     Summary of address

8.     Oral argument

9.     Address to be deemed adopted where party absent.

10.    Copies of written address

ORDER 23 – JUDGMENT, ENTRY OF JUDGMENT

1.     Delivery of Judgment

2.     Judge unable to deliver Judgment

3.     Date of Judgment pronounced in Court

4.     Date of Judgment directed to be entered

5.     Judge may direct time for payment or performance and interest

6.     Payment by installment

7.     Time to be stated for doing any act

8.     Judgment by consent where defendant appears by a legal practitioner

9.     Judgment by consent where defendant has no legal practitioner

10.    Notice when Judgment reserved

11.    When parties deemed to have had notice

ORDER 24 – DRAWING UP OF ORDERS

1.     Signing of orders

2.     Date of order when drawn

3.     What orders need not be drawn up

4.     Form of order

ORDER 25 – COSTS

1.     Security for costs by plaintiff or defendant

2.     Principle to be observed in fixing costs

3.     Security for costs

4.     Security for costs by plaintiff temporarily within jurisdiction

5.     Action founded on Judgment or bill of exchange

6.     Bond as security for costs

7.     Costs at discretion of court

8.     Costs out of fund or property

9.     Stay of proceedings until costs paid

10.    Stage of proceedings at which costs to be dealt with

11.    When costs to follow the event

12.    Matters to be taken into account in exercising discretion

13.    Costs arising from misconduct or neglect

14.    Personal liability of legal practitioner tor costs

ORDER 26 – INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION

A- MOTIONS GENERALLY

1.     Time to apply

2. (1) Application by motion

(2)    Motion list

3.     Affidavit and written address

4.     Affidavit to be served with motion and written address

5.     Counter affidavit to motion

6.     Hearing of motions

7.     Motion to be on notice except in emergency

B – EX PARTE MOTIONS

8. (1) Affidavit in support of ex parte motion

(2)    Where anton piller order is applied for

9.     Arguments on motion

10.    Orders on ex parte motions

11.    Court may vary or discharge order

12.    Duration of ex parte order.

C – ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

13.    Return day to be specified

14.    Counter evidence

15.    Further service in certain cases

16.    Appearance or proof of service

17.    General powers as to orders

D-NOTICEOFMOTION

18.    Notice of motion

19.    Service of notice

20.    Service on solicitor

21.    Copy of affidavit to be served with notice

22.    Order of service

E-EVIDENCE IN INTERLOCUTORY PROCEEDINGS

23.    Oral evidence

24.    Evidence in addition to or in lieu of affidavits

25.    Notice to parties and interested parties

26.    Evidence how taken

27.    Affidavit not filed with motion paper

ORDER 27 – AFFIDAVITS

1.     Evidence of motions, etc

2.     Title of affidavit

3.     Use of defective affidavit

4.     Special time for filing affidavits

5.     Affidavits in support of ex parte application

6.     Notice of intention to use affidavit

7.     Alterations in accounts to be initialed.

8.     Exhibits

9.     Certificate of exhibit

10.    Affidavit taken in Commonwealth country admissible without proof of seal, etc.

ORDER 28 – INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION AND INTERIM PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY

1.     Application for injunction.

2.     Detention, preservation, etc. of subject matter of action.

3.     Power to order samples to be taken

4.     Sales of perishable property, etc.

5.     Order for early trial

6.     Recovery of personal property subject to lien, etc.

7.     Directions

8.     Allowance of income of property pendente elite.

ORDER 29 – DISPUTING THE COURT’S JURISDICTION

1.     Disputing the Court’s jurisdiction

2.     Defendant disputing must file memorandum of appearance

3.     Defendant not to lose right to dispute jurisdiction.

4.     Time and mode of application

5.     Failure to apply within time.

ORDER 30 – INTERIM ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY

1.     Interim attachment of property: where ordered

2.     Application for attachment

3.     Form of order

4.     Where defendant fails to show cause or give security

5.     Rights of third parties not to be affected

6.     Removal of attachment

7.     In which Court proceedings may be taken

ORDER 31 – NEEDLESS DETENTION OFCHATTLESAND REPARATION FOR IT

1.     Damages for needless detention, etc.

ORDER 32 – STAY OF PROCEEDINGS OR EXECUTION PENDING APPEAL

1.     Stay of proceedings or execution pending appeal.

2.     Court may grant or refuse order for stay

3.     Compilation of records

4.     Application for stay to be treated as urgent

5.     Formal order to be drawn up.

ORDER 33 – INTERPLEADER

1.     Entitlement to relief by way of interpleader.

2.     Claim to goods, etc., taken in execution

3.     Mode of application

4.     Matters to be proved

5.     When application to be made by defendant

6.     Stay of action

7.     Order upon summons

8.     Failure of claimant to appear; or neglect to obey summons

9.     Costs etc.

ORDER 34 – APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

1.     Cases appropriate for application for judicial review.

2.     Joinder of claims for relief

3.     Grant of leave to apply for judicial review

4.     Time within which to bring application

5.     Mode of applying for judicial review.

6.     Statement and affidavits

7.     Claim for damages

8.     Interlocutory application

9.     Hearing of application for judicial review

10.    person acting in obedience to an order of mandamus

11.    Consolidation of applications

ORDER 35 – COMMITTAL FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT

1.     Committal for contempt of court

2.     Application of Court

3.     Saving tor power to commit without application for the purpose

4.     provisions as to hearing

5.     Contempt in face of Court: saving for

6.     Power to suspend execution of committal order

7.     Discharge of person committed

8.     Saving for other powers

9.     Return.

ORDER 36 – WRIT OF EXECUTION

1.     Definition

2.     When leave to issue any writ of execution is necessary

3.     Leave required for issuance of writ in aid of other writ.

4.     Application for leave to issue writ.

5.     Application for leave to issue writ of sequestration

6.     Issuance of writ of execution

7.     Duration and renewal of writ of execution,

8.     Return writ of execution.

ORDER 37 – GARNISHEE PROCEEDINGS

1.     Attachment of debt due to Judgment debtor

2.     Application for order

3.     Service and effect of order to show cause

4.     Non appearance or dispute of liability by garnishee

5.     Dispute of liability by garnishee

6.     Claims of third persons

7.     Discharge of garnishee

ORDER 38 – PROCEEDINGS IN FORMA PAUPERIS

1.     Duration of provisions

2.     Who may sue or defend in forma pauperis

3.     Conditions to be fulfilled

4.     Fees and costs

5.     Assignment of legal practitioner

6.     Procedure to be followed

7.     Revocation of order: discontinuance, etc

8.     Payment to legal practitioner

9.     Duty of legal practitioners

10.    Leave to appeal.

ORDER 39 – ASSESSOR

1.     Assessor sitting in Court

2.     Assessor not to write Judgment

3      Assessor to give advice only on his subject

4      Judge not bound to accept assessor’s advice

5      Assessor shall take oath of secrecy

ORDER 40

RECEIVER

1.     Application for appointment of Receiver and injunction

2.     Giving of security by Receiver

3.     Remuneration of Receiver

4.     Receiver’s account

5.     Payment of balance, etc. by Receiver

6.     Default by Receiver

ORDER 41 – REFERENCE TO REFEREE

1.     Instructions to Referee

2.     Interim inquiries or account

3.     General powers of the Referee

4.     Evidence

5.     Referee’s authority in the inquiry

6.     Limitation in certain particulars

7. (1) Reports made in pursuance of reference

(2)    Referee may report questions of facts specially

ORDER 42 – PAYMENT INTO AND OUT OF COURT

1.     Payment into and out of court

2.     Plaintiff may take out money

3.     Money remaining in Court

4.     Several defendants

5.     Counter-claim

6.     Persons under legal disability

7.     Payment into and withdrawal of money from court.

ORDER 43 – DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION

1.     Discovery by interrogatories

2.     Form of interrogatories

3.     Interrogatories to corporation or company

4.     Objection to interrogatories by answer

5.     Affidavit in answer, filing of

6.     Form of affidavit in answer

7.     Order to answer, or answer further

8.     Application for discovery of documents

9.     Process filed after close of pleadings

10.    Verification of business books

11.    Committal of party after service on legal practitioner

12.    Committal of legal practitioner

13.    Using answers to interrogatories at trial

14.    Discovery of documents in marine insurance policies

15.    Affidavit of documents

16.    Power to order list of documents in lieu of affidavit

17.    Production of documents

18.    Inspection of documents referred to in pleadings or affidavit

19.    Notice to produce

20. (1) Time for inspection when notice given under rule 19

(2)    Form of notice

21. (1) Order for inspection

(2)    Affidavit in support of application when required

22. (1) verified copies

(2)    Power to order discovery of particular document or class of documents

23.    Premature discovery

24.    Non-compliance with order for discovery

25.    Service on legal practitioner of order for discovery

26.    Liability of legal practitioner

27.    Using answer to interrogatories at trial

28.    Discovery against sheriff

29.    Order to apply to infants

30.    Power to revoke order made.

ORDER 44 – ACCOUNTS AND INQUIRIES

1.     Summary order for accounts

2.     Court may direct taking of accounts, etc.

3.     Directions as to manner of taking account

4.     Account to be made, verified, etc.

5.     Erroneous account

6.     Delay in prosecution of account, etc.

7.     Distributions of fund before all persons entitled are ascertained.

ORDER 45 – ARREST OF ABSCONDING DEFENDANT

1.     Defendant leaving jurisdiction or removing property

2.     Warrant to arrest

3.     Bail for appearance or satisfaction

4.     Deposit in lieu of bail

5.     Committal in default of security

6.     Cost of subsistence of person arrested

ORDER 46 – COURT SITTING AND VACATION

1.     Days of sitting

2.     Public or private sittings of court

3.     Office hours

4.     Days of sitting: long vacation

5.     Vacation courts.

6.     Vacation not reckoned in computing time for pleadings, etc.

7.     Chambers

ORDER 47 – CAUSE LISTS

1.     Weekly cause lists

2.     Posting of weekly cause lists

3.     Where any Thursday is a public holiday

4.     Notice boards

5.     Weekly cause list

ORDER 48 – COMPUTATION OF TIME

1.     Computation of time

2.     Holiday

3.     Time of service

4.     Court may extend time

5.     No enlargement of time by consent of parties

ORDER 49 – TRANSFER

1.     Transfer of cause or matter

2.     Re-assignment of cause or matter

3.     Action by the Chief judge on transfer

4.     Evidence of part-heard cause or matter

5.     Transfer of proceedings- from the Court to a High court

6.     Transmission of order and copies of entries to the appropriate High Court

ORDER 50 – WITHDRAWAL AND DISCONTINUANCE

1.     Withdrawal of appearance

2.     Discontinuance of action without leave

3.     Discontinuance of action, etc, with leave

4.     Effect of discontinuance

5.     Stay of subsequent action until costs paid

6.     Withdrawal of summons

ORDER 51 – EFFECT OF NON-COMPLIANCE

1.     Effect of non-compliance

2.     Application to set aside for irregularity

ORDER 52 – ARBITRATION

A- REFERENCE TO ARBITRATOR

1.     Nomination of Arbitrators and appointment

2.     Court may appoint Arbitrators

3.     Form or order of reference

4.     Umpire where necessary

5.     Attendance of witnesses

6.     Extension of time for making award

7.     Power of court in case of death, incapacity, or refusal to act

8.     Finding

9.     Special case for opinion of the Court

10.    Court may modify or correct award

11.    Power as to costs

12.    Power of Court to remit award for reconsideration

13.    Setting aside award

14.    Filing award; effect of

B –ARBITRAL PROCEEDINGS

15.    Applications under Arbitration and Conciliation Act

C – ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARD

16.    Mode of enforcing awards

D –REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARD

17.    Awards made in proceedings in foreign territory

ORDER 53 – APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS UNDER THE TRADE MARKS ACT AND PATENTS AND DESIGNS ACT

A-GENERAL

1. (1) Application of general procedure rules

(2)    Appeal from registrar

2.     Notice of motion, etc.

3.     Time within which appeal may be heard

4.     Amendment of notice of motion

5.     Power of the Court on appeal

6.     Reference by Registrar

B –TRADE MARKS

7.     Procedure for action on infringement of registered trade mark

C –PATENTS AND DESIGNS

8.     Procedure for nullification of patents or designs

9.     Restriction on evidence

10.    Procedure for action on infringement of patent or design

11.    Appointment of expert

12.    Interpretation under this order

ORDER 54 – APPEAL TO THE COURT FROM PROFESSIONAL BODIES

1.     Application

2.     Methods of appeal

3.     Evidence

4.     Service

5.     Content of notice and date of hearing

6.     Reasons for appeal to be filed

7.     Copies of affidavits to be served on the parties

ORDER 55 – FEES AND ALLOWANCES

1.     Fees

2.     Exemption

3.     Allowances

4.     Regulations

ORDER 56 – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

1.     Orders to be made

2.     Other procedure rules in Appendix 1

3.     Recovery of Penalties and costs

4.     Notices

5.     Filing

6.     Fees. Appendix 3

7.     Days of opening Registry to the public

8.     Where no rules exist

9.     Forms of writ of summons, etc.

ORDER 57 – POWERS OF THE CHIEF JUDGE TO AMEND RULES AND ISSUE PRACTICE DIRECTIONS

1.     Powers of Chief Judge over new Rules

2.     Publication of new Rules

3.     Chief Judge’s Powers to issue practice directions, etc.

4.     Practice directions etc. to be published

ORDER 58 – ESTABLISHMENT OFCOMMUNICATIONS AND SERVICE CENTRE FORE-FILINC,

1.     Powers of the Chief Judge

2.     Further Rules thereof

3.     Time for establishment

S. I. 3 of 2009

FEDERAL HIGH COURT (CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2009

In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 254 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of

Nigeria 1999, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, Abdullahi Mustapha, OFR, Chief Judge,

Federal High Court, hereby make the following Rules.

ORDER 1 – REVOCATION, CITATION, SAVINGS, ETC.

Revocation of Civil Procedure Rules 2000

1.     The Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2000 is hereby revoked.

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA