Rule 11 LPDC Rules 2020

Rule 11 of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) Rules 2020 is about Previous findings of record. It provides as follows:

(1) In any proceedings before the Committee which relate to the decision of another court or tribunal, the following rules shall apply if the Committee is satisfied that the decision relates to a relevant party to the Originating Application.

(2) A conviction for a criminal offence may be proved by the production of a certified copy of the judgment or certificate of conviction relating to the offence and proof of a conviction shall constitute evidence that the person in question was guilty of the offence. The judgment or certificate of conviction shall be conclusive proof of the facts on which the conviction is based.

(3) The finding of and penalty imposed by any Committee in or outside Nigeria exercising a professional disciplinary jurisdiction may be proved by producing a certified copy, or acceptable evidence of the order, ruling, direction or judgment, or a satisfactory translation thereof and the same shall be conclusive proof of the facts on which the order, ruling, direction, or judgment is made.

(4) The judgment of any civil court in any jurisdiction may be proved by producing a certified copy or acceptable evidence of the judgment or a satisfactory translation thereof of the judgment which shall be conclusive proof
of the facts on which the judgment is made.

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