Zick_The_Attorney

Lawyer|Realist|Believer

[Ogundipe, Esq. @The_Ogundipe]

Good morning.

I don't know you, but I don't have to.

May you win today.

[spence_cfc @spence28c]

Ferguson spent over 5 years before building a great team.

Wenger needed more than 3 years.
Pep took around 2 years.
Klopp spent 3 years.
Arteta took 7 years before truly building his team.

Xabi Alonso has barely been at Chelsea for 2 months.

Building a team takes time. Let’s be patient, trust the process, and give Xabi the time to build his Chelsea. 🔵💙

[weightlossmessiah @shredwithQpid]

You sha graduate 😂 you try

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@RidwanuLlah Malo Gusto's elder brother

[Ogundipe, Esq. @The_Ogundipe]

One hack that might be very useful for lawyers who want to start drafting pleadings is to model them on decided cases, preferably decisions of the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court.

For instance, foundational learning and most textbooks would expose you to the elements of contracts, but cases often give life to those elements and add nuances.

It is not uncommon to see textbooks stating that three elements must be established to sustain a claim, while decided cases would present four, five, or even six elements.

So, if you have a brief on the tort of defamation, for instance, you may need to get three recent decisions of appellate courts or one of those compendiums on libel and slander where cases are reported. It could form a blueprint for what your pleadings and witness statements should focus on.

You have it by your side while examining your facts to see where exactly they fit in.

If you meet the rigours of what some of those decisions prescribe, the chances of success are very high. Alternatively, you will immediately realise that your case isn't strong.

When you do this consistently for, say, two years across different matters, you become self-sufficient without having to rely on them. You then need to pay attention to more recent decisions and how they fundamentally or slightly depart from the blueprint that you know.

In addition, this suggested style comes with a bonus: foresight. You could almost certainly anticipate possible objections and defences to your claim. And if you are on the defence, you will easily spot omissions. I used this style for abiut 3 to 4 years and I often predict possible objections and when they come, I always smile.

For instance, I spotted a Supreme Court decision on the tort of defamation late last year (I won't disclose it). From it, I realised that two of the common reliefs sought in defamation matters cannot go together. You must choose one of those particular two.

Yet, there are many decisions of lower courts where the two reliefs are often granted, and I realised that this could be informed by the fact that the defence was not aware of it.

Law is actually a deeply strategic vocation and that's why I approach every opposing counsel with suspicion, respect, and caution, because if we do it like we are meant to do it, every lawyer you appear against is up to something.

And you might realise it when it is too late.

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@Blue_Footy He didn't back himself to excel at Chelsea

[Najib Adamu Usman, Esq. @NajeebAdamu1]

Courts are the last hope of the citizens against unlawful detention. If the procedure meant to give speedy protection is itself used to postpone that protection, then the purpose of the Rules is defeated. https://t.co/p0FK7yp94N

[Lasisielenu @lasisielenu]

To the president and 36 state governors 😔

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@mrfestusogun F.O I personally think that it depends. How about the Court of Appeal Rules that states that each written address shall not exceed 5 pages. Or. 6 R. 1 of the COA Rules.

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@ARISTOKENNya You did very well, I didn't see anything wrong in the video. You were confident and had so much conviction in what you advocacy. Your commitment and dedication to moot court sessions will pay off.

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@M_A_Edwin Edwin no vex abeg 🤣🤣🤣🤣. This guy needs help

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@siphillipssport @Santi_J_FM Jokers, why aren't they going for Brozovic

[Opeyemi O. Adeyemi @adeyemio78]

Warri and PH used to be boisterous and economically viable cities, until insecurity, unrest, street touting, extortion in the name of “deve” and “task force” and other irritating malaises ruined their reputations. Instead of domiciling their staff in these cities, some oil majors and other blue chip companies will rather fly or chopper them in from Lagos, and evacuate them once the specific reason for their visit is sorted.

Lagos unfortunately is beginning to acquire that insidious reputation of being hostile and extortionist to almost everyone. Visitors and locals alike have one ugly tale or the other to tell, about being extorted either for the flimsiest of reasons, or for no reason at all. By the time the chickens come home to roost in decades to come, hope we will not act surprised in sanctimonious righteousness and ask what happened.

If you think it cannot happen because there are no cities placed like Lagos in Nigeria, bear in mind that there numerous cities on the West African coast even better placed and well ordered to receive tourists and investors alike. Cities with open beaches where you don’t have to pay up to 20k to have the sea breeze on your face, pay touts because your car spoilt, or pay “Omo oniles” because you want to roof your house or move from one place to the other.

Keep romanticizing aggressive begging, touting, filth and intimidation you hear, don’t worry, the “streets” as you like to call it, will redeem you after serious investments pack up and leave.

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@NizaarKinsella Can you just fuck off with this PR stunt

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@SamC_reports Fuck off

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@israel_ajoje A quick fall from grace

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

Don't fucking think about it, just do it @ChelseaFC

[Sami Mokbel @SamiMokbel_BBC]

Folarin Balogun move to Everton in doubt, which could open the door to Chelsea reviving move for Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara. https://t.co/xBSnV25HxM

[Zick_The_Attorney @ZikEsquire]

@stetaxi82 @ChelsTransfer How about the depreciate value on the fee and the amortization?

[Jimi Poko @StreetLordPoko]

They make mockery of what puts food on your table and you join them to defend rubbish. Are you part of the bad system? Did you contribute to it? If you did, I didnt. There are bad eggs in every profession and business. Enjoy the retweets. You go touch grass soon.

[mislaw @mislaw178]

Again, shame on the immediate expired NBA President - @afamosigwe, the AGC organising Chair, and all the non-perceptive and FAILED Bar leaders who brought this DISREPUTE to us.

Bringing this pathetic CLOWN and a Social Media Charlatan (VDM) to the Bar Conferemce as a Discussant in the first place was a very bad decision that no responsible Bar leader should have ever made.

I hope appropriate lessions have now been learned for the future.