Duty of Counsels to properly cite the cases they seek to rely on in their briefs of arguments

"Counsel has the duty to properly cite the cases they seek to rely on in their briefs of arguments in order to assist the court.

A situation where a counsel cites a case and put a wrong citation, the assumption is simple, the case does not exist, and such an act is condemnable.

Decisions of the courts particularly decisions of this court are case laws which under the principle of stare decisis are binding on this court and all other courts below, hence in citing his case counsel have to ensure accuracy."

Per MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE, J.S.C. in CHUKWUKA OGUDO v. THE STATE
CITATION: (2011) LPELR-SC.341/2010