MEMORANDUM OF APPEARANCE IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA

IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA

IN THE ABUJA JUDICIAL DIVISION

HOLDEN AT ABUJA

SUIT NO________

BETWEEN

A.B Plaintiff(s)

AND

C.D and E.F Defendant(s)

MEMORANDUM OF APPEARANCE IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA

Please enter an appearance for C.D. who is sued as C.D. (Defendant) in this action.

Dated the………………day of…………………20…………

Signed…………………. (by defendant or legal practitioner entering the appearance) whose address for service is………….............................................… (a defendant entering in person must give his residence or some other place within the……………Judicial Division of the Federal High Court to which communication for him should be sent. Where he appears by a legal practitioner, the legal practitioner's place of business).

Note:

• (a) The defendant must give his or her full name. (b) Give name by which the defendant is described in the writ if this differs from defendant's full name, otherwise delete words. (c) A defendant appearing in person must give his residence or some other place within the Judicial Division of the Federal High Court to which communications for him should be sent. Where he appears by a legal practitioner, the legal practitioner's place of business
• Where the defendant is a firm, the appearance must be entered by the individual partners by name with the description "Partner in the firm of……………………………"
• Where the defendant is an individual trading in a name other than his own, the appearance must be entered by him in his own name with the addition of the description 'Trading as".
• Where the defendant is a limited liability company, the appearance must be entered by a legal practitioner.
• Where the appearance is being entered by leave of the court, a copy of the order granting leave must accompany this form.
• Where the defendant has no defence or admits the plaintiff's claim, the entry of appearance will delay judgments and may increase the costs payable by the defendants.
• Acknowledgment of service shall be as follows:

I, ………………………..acknowledge that on the……………day of……20……………at (a time and place) received the following processes: