Whether the mistake of counsel can be visited on the litigant

"It is a well settled doctrine that the sin of counsel should not visited upon the client thereof does not amount to giving a blank cheque to parties.

The application of that rule is not merely as a matter of course.

Thus, it applies only where the mistake of counsel involves procedural matters that the Court can allow necessary amendment.

However, where it is so obvious, as in the instant case, that the mistake of counsel is self created, the Appellant cannot be heard to complain. See AKANBI v. ALAO (1989) 3 NWLR (Pt. 108) 118 @ 140 Paragraph A; 154 @ Paragraphs C-D; C.P.C. v. INEC (2011) 18 NWLR (Pt. 279) 493 @ 571 Paragraphs C-D; ROEGBU v. OKWORDU (1990) 6 NWLR (Pt. 159) 643 @ Paragraphs B-C, et al."

Per SAULAWA, J.C.A. in MOBIL PRODUCING NIGERIA UNLIMITED v. LAWRENCE DICKSON HOPE. (2016) LPELR-41191(CA)