Court voids suit seeking to award Blue Silk rank on Nigerian lawyers

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking an order by applicants to confer the rank of a Blue Silk on legal practitioners in Nigeria as alternative to the rank of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Justice James Omotosho, in a judgement, held that the applicants’ suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/421/2026, was ...