Justice Chambers

THE RADIANT JUSTICE CHAMERS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY PRE TRIAL⚖️ A pretrial hearing, sometimes called a pretrial conference, is a meeting of the defense, the prosecution, and the judge before a trial commences. During this hearing, a range of documents may be presented, evidence can be presented and excluded, and more. The pretrial hearing lays the foundation for everything that will come later. Order 25 of High Court of Lagos State ( Civil Procedure) Rules 2004 deals with Pretrial conferences and scheduling. The conference must be completed within three months of its commencement . The conference can be held in both criminal trials and civil proceedings. During this hearing, a range of documents may be presented, evidence can be presented an excluded, and more.  The purpose of a pretrial hearing is to find out whether the case may be settled before going to trial and in some cases, to determine whether there is a strong enough foundation for the matter to proceed to...