1.) Available data shows that Lagos State High Court treated over 6163 cases in January, 2019; while 1848 were civil, 1264 were criminal. The State judiciary only have 51 Judges #OpenJustice Thread
2.) In February, 2019 there was an increase in the cases treated at the High Court of Lagos from 6163 in January to 6670 cases in February, 2019 with substantial increase in both Civil and Criminal cases. @InnoJustice @Mullersam #OpenJustice #CourtCongestion
Most of these Courts take proceedings in long hand, hence, a slow trial time and slow pace of justice delivery. For example, on Monday 11th February, 2019, one of the Court had 52 cases; a regular phenomenon in Lagos State High Courts. #Data4Change #Data4Justice
With this workload and the prevalent practice of recording court proceeding by hand, there will always be a long trial time unless tech for justice tools are administered, more judges are recruited, specialization is pursued and number of adjournments are restricted
cc: @LagosChiefJudge
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