COURT SETS ASIDE LPDC’S THREE-YEAR SUSPENSION OF JOE GADZAMA, SAN

COURT SETS ASIDE LPDC’S THREE-YEAR SUSPENSION OF JOE GADZAMA, SAN

THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT SITTING IN ABUJA HAS SET ASIDE THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE’S THREE-YEAR SUSPENSION OF JOE GADZAMA, SAN

JUSTICE OBIORA EGWUATU GAVE THE ORDER IN ABUJA.

HAVING ASSUMED JURISDICTION ON THE MATTER FOR REVIEW, THE COURT GRANTED PART OF THE RELIEFS SOUGHT BY JOE GADZAMA, SAN, AGAINST THE THREE-YEAR SUSPENSION IMPOSED ON HIM BY THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE (LPDC).

THE COURT DECLARED THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE DISCIPLINARY DIRECTION AGAINST HIM UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND RAISED FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DISPUTES WITHIN NIGERIA’S LEGAL DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM.

THE COURT FURTHER DECLARED SPECIFICALLY THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE LPDC DIRECTION AGAINST JOE GADZAMA, SAN IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE APPELLATE MECHANISM, IS INCONSISTENT WITH SOME PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION