Mediation and Court Congestion

MEDIATION AND COURT CONGESTION

  1. Mediation is the best alternative means of resolving conflict without injuries on both parties.
  2. Mediation is the only alternative option to reduce congestion of cases in the court.
  3. The Punch Newspaper of December 29, 2016, how congestions and delays in court cases had resulted in  civil and criminal cases spending years in the court. Unquote!
  4. Stenographers and court congestion: by Felix O. Adewumi – January 2, 2017. Sir: the case of court  congestions and delay in the administration of justice is not new in this country with reports of how congestions and delay in court cases had resulted in civil and criminal cases spending years in the court. Unquote! The Nation News Paper!!
  5. The Newtelgraph News of February 27, 2017; Quote: Rage Over Congestion in Court: A major problem which has over the years militated against speedy dispensation of justice system is congestion in our courts.  Congestion connotes an instance where cases are filed at a rate far in excess of what judges in the courts’ jurisdiction can dispose of within a reasonable time. Unquote!
  6. Case Congestion In Courts:…It is no exaggeration that our Courts are unduly congested especially in this  time when Nigerian justice system is still prepping to embrace technology. By Unini Chioma – Jan 11, 2018, @ thenigerialawyer.com; unquote.”
  7. Major challenge in the nation’s legal profession
    The challenges are many. Majorly, the courts are too congested. Today, congestion in the Courts leaves judges completely overwhelmed. At the Court of Appeal, the story is the same; ditto, Supreme Court. This is really sad as congestion in courts is killing advocacy. By Eyimofe Atake (SAN). The Guardian 13 March, 2018.
  8. Justice Jumoke Pedro of a Lagos High Court on Friday 5th October, 2018 urged lawyers to acquire training in mediation as part of efforts to reduce congestion of cases at the courts. She spoke at the 4th induction  ceremony of the Associate Mediation Advocates in Nigeria organised by the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates (SCMA) at Lagos Multi-Door Courthouse, Igbosere High Court on Lagos Island. The mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) used in resolving disputes between two or more parties with concrete effects. Independent Newspaper; By Agency Report October 5, 2018.
  9. The former chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, on September 22, 2011 testified before the  Nigerian senate saying, “We have over 1500 appeals before the Supreme Court, at the moment we are still dealing with 2000 and 2001 appeals in 2011. This is the problem.” unquote! The solution to this problem is MEDIATION.
  10. Mediation therefore, remain the ONLY reliable option to overcome “major challenge in the nation`s legal profession”, as an alternative means to drastically reduce court cases congestions and justice delayed.