The Supreme Court has restated the law on the signing of a Court process by a legal practitioner in the case of Okpe v. Fan Milk that:
All processes filed in Court are to be signed as follows: –
(a) First the signature of counsel which may be any contraption;
(b) Secondly, the name of the Counsel representing;
(c) Thirdly, who Counsel represents;
(d) Fourthly, name and address of legal firm.[1]
Every process prepared and filed in a court of law by a legal practitioner must be signed by the legal practitioner and it is sufficient signature if the legal practitioner simply writes his own name over and above the name of his/or firm in which he carries out his practice.[2]
[1] (2017) 2 NWLR (1549) 282 para 312.
[2]Okonkwo v UBA (2011) 7 MJSC 1, Ashco Nig. Ltd. v Ward & Green (2010) 3 NWLR (1181) 302; Comptroller General, Nigeria Custom Services and others v Minaj Holdings Ltd (2017) LPELR-43055(CA).