REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH LAGOS AREA V. RAHMAN A. AKINDELE

BRETT, Ag. C.J.N

These proceedings originated in a hearing before the Registrar of Titles of an application by the appellants for registration as owners of some land, to which the respondents objected. The objection was upheld and the appellants appealed to the High Court of Lagos, as they had a right to do under section 98 of the Registration of Titles Act. The appeal was, we have been told, fully argued on the merits, but instead of giving a decision on the merits, Sowemimo, J., dismissed it for the reasons given in a judgement which is short enough to be quoted in full-

‘The notice of appeal and the grounds of appeal in this case were given by J. A. Cole & Company and described as legal practitioners representing the appellants.

I have had occasion to draw attention to the fact that it is a condition precedent to. an appeal that Order 3 rule 2 should be complied with. The firm of J. A. Cole and Company is not a legal practitioner under the Legal Practitioners Act of 1962. Therefore, t…