Steve Aya
In a bold step aimed towards decongesting Police cells, and a means of giving justice to various suspects who couldn’t get access to court due to the ongoing nationwide industrial action by judiciary staff under aegis of JUSUN, the Lagos State Government has ordered all State counsel in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice, to mobilise and visit various Police Stations in the State.
The directive was initiated by the State’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN, to cushion the effects of the protracted JUSUN strike.
A statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Kayode Oyekanmi, explained that all Counsel in the Directorate were mobilised and sent to Police Divisions in the State to carry out the work of District Prosecutors, by sifting through IPOs files for matters which fall within the purview of criminal trials.
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As the Nigerian state has been bedevilled by poverty and unemployment, the Federal Government has been urged to perform her constitutional functions of providing her with the citizenry, especially the youths with the basic needs of lives, especially employment through which food could be put on the table of the masses in order to tackle insecurity.
Also, the President of, Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, decried the spate of insecurity and other challenges bedevilling the country.
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Cheryl Christensen, 61, was charged with negligently subjecting an at-risk individual to abuse-causing death in the November death of her son.
Christensen is additionally charged with misdemeanor resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.
Jamie McClendon, the defendantâs attorney, argued successfully that she should be allowed to withdraw from the case due to conflicts with her client.
For her part, Christensen had been trying to get a new attorney since the preliminary hearing in February.
âShe is not working for me â sheâs working against me,â the defendant said of her attorney.
The Office of the Public Guardian protects people in England and Wales without the mental capacity to make certain decisions for themselves. We also help people plan ahead for others to make decisions for them if they find it difficult to or can’t because they no longer have mental capacity.
There are 3 types of legal documents that give someone the power to make such decisions – about health and welfare or property and money – for someone else: lasting powers of attorney, enduring powers of attorney and deputy orders.
Below you’ll find links to samples of these documents. These samples are meant to help people identify valid powers of attorney and deputy orders.