Some Lagos lawyers on Saturday reacted differently to the recent judgment of the Supreme Court which vested jurisdiction in the Court of Appeal on appeals from the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN).
The lawyers described the decision as a welcome development, but cautioned that there was need to check what they called potential arbitrariness by the finality of NICN’s decisions.
The Court of Appeal in Lagos had in 2014 referred to the Supreme Court an appeal in the case of Mainstreet Bank Ltd vs Victor Anaemen Iwu.
The case was consolidated with a related appeal in the case of Coca-Cola Nig. Ltd vs Titilayo Akinsanya, in which the Court had in 2013 held that there was no right of appeal against the decision of the NICN, except as limited in Section 243(2)-(4) of the 1999 Constitution.
The appellate court had referred the appeal to the Supreme Court, seeking a…
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