CJN bars lawyers from using ‘Barrister’ title in official correspondence
“Consequently, all officers concerned are hereby directed to discontinue the use of the title ‘Barrister’ before their names in all official correspondence, records, documents, identity materials, and any other official engagements with immediate effect,” the memo further read.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has barred legal practitioners in the country from using the title “Barrister” as a prefix to their names in all official correspondence.“It is only in this country that we see some practitioners use ‘Barrister’ as a title before the name of a lawyer,” the legal body stated during a Call-to-Bar ceremony held in Abuja recently.
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