Supreme Court fines lawyer N50m, bars him from courts over ‘abusive’ filing (opens original article in a new tab)

The Nigerian Supreme Court fined lawyer S.M. Danyaro N50 million and barred him from appearing in court for submitting an 'abusive' and 'unprofessional' application that sought to reopen settled legal matters.

• Supreme Court of Nigeria fined lawyer S.M. Danyaro N50 million and barred him from courts over 'abusive' filing
• Court ruled that Danyaro's application was 'vexatious, irresponsible, abusive and unprofessional' and a 'gross abuse of judicial process'
• Danyaro's application sought to reopen settled issues, violating legal principles of final judgments