This book highlights in a most condensed form judicial pronouncements by the superior courts of records as they relate to practice and procedures in civil litigation in Nigeria. Judicial pronouncements on civil aspects of the law in Nigeria are on the increase, rendering brief-writing more challenging, if not herculean, in the absence of a resource guide for the citation of authorities and knowing which changes have taken place in the law. For lawyers not to be taken by surprise in courts when issues relating to practice and procedures are raised without notice, makes the need to have a resource book that should serve as a quick guide the more compelling. This book is thus intended to be a reference guide.

Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi was born in Sokoto State of Nigeria and had his early education there but subsequent higher education in both Sokoto and Plateau States of Nigeria. He has LLB (Common and Islamic Law) from the Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto where he graduated with a Second Class Upper Division; BL (Barrister at Law) from the Nigerian Law School Bwari, Abuja; LLM (Master of Laws) and PhD in Law from the University of Jos where he is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Private and Business Law. He has published extensively and is a member of several professional bodies and a Fellow, Resource and Human Development (FRHD).