11 Legal Practitioners Remuneration (For Business, Legal Service And Representation) Order 2023

Paragraph 11 of the Legal Practitioners Remuneration (For Business, Legal Service And Representation) Order 2023 is about Committee to receive report on remuneration. It provides as follows:

(1) A person who has knowledge that a legal practitioner has charged or agreed to a remuneration in contravention ofthe provisions of this Order shall report such legal practitioner to the Remuneration Committee.

(2) The Remuneration Committee shall investigate the report and, upon establishing a case, report the infraction to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC).

(3) The Remuneration Committee shall have power to delegate the investigation of any complaint to—
(a) the branch of the legal practitioner against whom the complaint is
made; or

(b) to such other legal practitioners in a team of not less than 3 and not more than 5 as it may deem fit.

(4) The Nigerian Bar Association shall set guidelines to be followed by the Remuneration Committee in the performance of its functions under this Order.

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