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I attended an AGM and when a resolution was proposed to re-elect a NED, I was the only one who voted against. The registrar read the results and said "one shareholder with 2 units voted against." I almost went under the table. ๐
To be seen as friends is what weโre trained for, but those big heads and sophisticated clients go dey act like boss.๐ what is in the reason?๐คทโโ๏ธ๐
I have this very good client who Iโve never charged for consultation because he pays well whenever thereโs actual work to be done.
He tells me about his life, things that arenโt even legal matters, and sometimes I think he sees us as friends at this point.
But honestly, I donโt really mind.
As lawyers, weโre always available to listen to you cry about marrying the wrong person, tell us about your dreams, or share your life stories, even when you havenโt taken any steps towards achieving those dreams.
Just make sure you pay for the consultation.
You see that barbing saloon shop that is down your street, go there and gist with boys. Youโve worked from Monday to Friday (6am-7pm daily), from one bus to another, from one draft to another, from one court to another, one meeting to another. Now itโs Friday evening. Dont just seat alone in your room. Go and listen to egbon adugbo gists at that saloon shop. Habba!
Sometimes ago my boss got a client who happened to be his neighbor discharged and acquitted only for the client to start beefing him after the case for calling him unreasonable person during the proceedings.๐
The adjective (unreasonable) that got him discharged and acquitted?๐
@focusEsq Whatโd you think weโre doing? late night researching and thinking on how to beat down the stubborn counsel in Cross-Examination requires four hands.
Meanwhile he is using his two hands like fours thinking exactly the same thing.๐คฃ
I have come to the realisation that in this profession, that there would always be something to do.
Your freedom is reliant on your ability to manage everything and keep the family happy.
I remember a day Access Bank debรฏted one man that was in front of me 60,000 twice without dispensing the cash. The man grabbรซd me and shoutรซd: โYou are not going anywhere oo!โ Because you are my only witness ๐ณ๐๐๐๐
I remember handling a matter where, after the prosecution closed their case, I opted for a No Case Submission on behalf of the Defendant, but it was overruled.
On the next date slated for the defence, the Defendant jumped bail. The prosecution's attempts to arrest him proved abortive, and the Court made an order to try him in absentia.
Faced with this situation, I decided to rest the Defendantโs case on the case of the prosecution. To my surprise, the Defendant was discharged and acquitted.
Till this moment, I have not informed the Defendant that the Court discharged and acquitted him in his absence. He is still living in hiding, believing that the Court is looking for him.
Yes, it is my own way of punishing him.๐
Hmmm Iโm not even joking . Iโm academically in trouble ๐ฅน I solve MCQ for corporate compendium 2016-2018 including results ๐ญ๐ญ the highest I hit was 10. God Iโm so discouraged God what is this?? 24 days ooo haaa. All my sleepless night my head is empty
A friend enter my DM for legal advice regarding monetary dispute btw him and his mother in-law.
I told him, โmy friend, pay this amount to the below account, tag it โProfessional Feeโ then let the narration beginโ
He had to call me with my native name to be sure I am the one.๐
You want to keep a secret? Donโt keep it with me.
You want confidentiality? Then youโve got me.
But remember, professional confidentiality comes with a fee. โ๏ธ
The saying has been the practice after any set of government go and another one come.๐ญ
The later has always been examined as worst than earlier. May this Tinubu era appears the last worst government we ever experienced l. ๐คฒ๐ญ
May we never find ourselves in a situation where we start saying, โThe Tinubu era was better than this.โ God forbid. I donโt even want to imagine the level of hardship that would make someone say that. Ah! God forbid, once again. ๐ฉ This hardship is too much. Nigerians are suffering.
January to September na pre-season. October to December, na where the real GOATs go separate themselves. ๐๐ฅ
God, we don ready. No more trailers, abeg. ๐คฒ๐ญ๐คฃ
@Phay8_hada I was deceived as a child by that golden Wig๐ญ๐
Now I canโt sleep all night without thinking what other counsel in that same golden wig will examine in court the next day๐๐๐
You wear golden wig but you sometime wish that stubborn counsel had never choose to wear same๐๐