Lagos high court begins vacation July 22
The Lagos State High Court will, on July 22, begin its annual vacation to end the 2023/2024 legal year of the state judiciary.
The vacation would end on September 13.
This was contained in a notice dated June 3, 2024, and signed by the state Chief Registrar, Magistrate Tajudeen Elias.
Elias stated that the state Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba, approved the annual vacation pursuant to Order 49 Rule 4(D) of the High Court of Lagos Civil Procedure Rules 2019.
He stated that the criminal division of the high court will, however, sit during the vacation.
“Notwithstanding the long vacation, the Criminal Division of the High Court of Lagos State may sit throughout the period of the vacation. Where a judge of a criminal division is on vacation, a vacation judge may be assigned to deal with all pending criminal cases in that court.
“Notwithstanding the long vacation, any case or matter may be heard by a judge during the period of vacation (except on a Sunday or public holiday).
“Where such case or matter is urgent, a judge will at the consent of all parties concerned agree to hear it.
“Any application for an urgent hearing may be made by summons in chambers before the vacation judge or the judge before whom the substantive case is pending,” it stated.
The 2024/2025 legal year of the state judiciary will begin on September 16 while the new legal year service will take place on September 23, according to the notice.
