The Role Of Costs And Adjournments In The Expeditious Dispensation Of Justice In The Nigerian Courts

The old saying, “justice delayed is justice denied” remains valid today and is symptomatic of the current state of the Nigerian justice system. Delayed justice has indeed, assumed worrisome proportions in Nigeria. Cases drag on for years and are sustained in that state by highly institutionalized practices and procedures of court which are taken advantage of by legal practitioners and litigants to delay the resolution of cases before the courts. It is not unusual for a straight forward civil suit to linger on for decades. In the conduct of criminal cases, the situation is no different as delays are experienced in the disposal of cases