Judges of Lagos High Courts yesterday commenced its annual long vacation and will resume on September 17.
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, said the directive was pursuant to Order 49 Rule 4 (D) of the High Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2019. The notice was signed by the Chief Court Registrar, Mrs. O. A. Okunuga.
Alogba said a vacation judge might be assigned to deal with urgent pending criminal cases where the judge handling the matter was on vacation, adding that urgent matters would be heard at the request of all the parties concerned.
He said any application for an urgent hearing of a matter during the vacation should be made by summons in the chambers before the vacation judge or before the judge whom the substantive case was pending.
“2021/2022, legal year commences on Sept. 20, and the new legal year service will hold on Sept. 27,” Alogba said.
As usual, he assigned some judges as the vacation judges for Ikeja, Lagos, Badagry, Epe, and Ikorodu divisions of the state high courts.
