The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has opened
invitations for lawyers to apply for the 2023 award for the rank of Senior
Advocate of Nigeria at N1m, per applicant.
The LPPC, in a notice issued by its Secretary/Chief
Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajo Bello, stated that the purchase of the
application which began on January 1, will end on March 31, 2023.
In the notice obtained by The PUNCH, on Tuesday, it stated
that the invitation was in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(2) of
the Legal Practitioners Act, Cap L11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and
Regulation 10 (1) (4) of the Guidelines for the Conferment of the Rank of
Senior Advocate of Nigeria 2022.
The notice read,” The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges
Committee (the LPPC” or “the Committee”) hereby makes a formal call for
applications preparatory to the award of the rank for the year 2023.
“Commencing with this year’s exercise, applications shall
only be made online and prospective applicants are directed to visit
www.lppconline.com to make their applications.”
It further directed prospective applicants that an applicant
must pay a non-refundable processing fee of N1,000. 000.00 only to any of their
bank accounts.
“Only clear copies of
materials presented shall be considered/acceptable by the Secretariat in
compliance with Regulation 9(2) of the Guidelines. In the case of Academic
applicants who may wish to submit publications that are too voluminous to be
conveniently scanned and uploaded, it shall be sufficient to scan and upload the
title page of such publications, whilst submitting the hard copies along with
the flash drives referred to in clause 25 below.
“After uploading copies of all mandatory or supporting
documents online, applicants shall also submit five flash drives containing a
copy of their completed application form (to be downloaded from the online
portal) as well as copies of all the mandatory and supporting documents
uploaded on the online platform to the LPPC Secretariat.
“Any application together with supporting documents
submitted in a manner contrary to the directives of the LPPC as enumerated
above will be rejected by the Secretariat.
“All applications together with their mandatory or
supporting documents must be submitted online at www.lppconline.com before
12:00 noon on March 31, 2023, whilst the flash drives referred to in clause 25
above must be delivered to the LPPC Secretariat before 4:00 pm on April 3,
2023.
“Upon conclusion of payment, an applicant should upload a
copy of the evidence of payment on the application portal. The applicant will
receive an email notification from the LPPC Secretariat confirming the
applicant’s payment and clearing the applicant to proceed with the application
process online.”
The LPPC warned further that Any submission made after the
deadlines “shall be treated as a non-submission.”
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