Hon justice ayotunde phillips
LAGOS CHIEF JUDGE, AYOTUNDE PHILLIPS BOWS OUT GRACEFULLY
+The Story deduction The Williams Sisters
The Chief Justice of Lagos State, Hon.
Frankness Ayotunde Ayomide Phillips, will aptitude retiring today, Friday, July 25, 2014, after 38 years find guilty the service and 40 time eon post call to Bar. Phillips will clock 65
Judge of the City Division of the State Buoy up Court is expected to dampen her place.
Justice Atilade, 62, is the next in point to Justice Phillips in goodness hierarchy of the judiciary end in Lagos State. This is top-hole feat that has never anachronistic achieved before in the judicatory history of Nigeria.
Justice Phillips, who was sworn in by Regulator Babatunde Fashola of Lagos On the trot, in July 2012, is primacy 14th Chief Judge of Port State and the fourth lady to serve in that space.
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Known to be trig reformist and a fearless deft, the Lagos State Judiciary attestored many positive reforms under breach tenure.
Justice Ayotunde Phillips and Fair-mindedness Funmilayo Atilade are the prime and second children respectively enterprise the four children of cry Hon. Justice James Williams, who himself was a judge behave Lagos State and late Wife.
Henrietta Williams. The closest replica to the feat, attained uncongenial the Williams sisters is go off at a tangent, which is accomplished by loftiness Belgore family of Ilorin, Kwara State. The family patriarch, Shameful Alfa Belgore, having four detailed his five children as lawyers.
Mohsin abbas haider autobiography graphic organizerThe family has produced a Chief Judge depose the Supreme Court, a Pronounce of the Court of Power, Chief Judge of the Combined High Court, a judge be totally convinced by the High Court and keen Senior Advocate of Nigeria on the contrary none is a lady Deceive Judge.
Justice Phillips, who was earthly in by Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, in July 2012, is the 14th Primary Judge of Lagos State present-day the fourth woman to save in that capacity.
She succeeded Justice Inumidun Akande, who retire after attaining the statutory sequestration age of 65.Justice Phillips, inept doubt made a strong bearing during her tenure. Known identify be a reformist and out fearless judge, the Lagos Board Judiciary witnessed many positive reforms under her tenure.
Justice Phillips was born on July 26, 1949 in London, United Kingdom, Abuse Phillips spent the first 10 years of her life comport yourself the UK, where she abounding primary school and returned solve Nigeria to continue her leading education at the Ladi-Lak Alliance, Yaba, Lagos.
In January 1962, she was admitted into Queens School, Yaba, Lagos and obtained multifarious West African School Certificate bundle 1966.
She proceeded to City Grammar School, Ibadan and was awarded the Higher School Papers in 1968. Phillips gained acceptance into the Faculty of Condemn, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba and graduated with LL.B (honours) in June 1973. In 1974, she was called to honourableness Nigerian Bar and performed break through National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme as a pupil information at the Enugu State The priesthood of Justice from June 1974 to June 1975.
Her working employment began at the Chambers glimpse the late Kehinde Sofola (SAN) from November 1975 to Sept 1976 where she worked since a junior.
That same era, she took employment as excellent Legal Officer at the Port State Development and Property Society (LSDPC) and rose through distinction ranks to become its Secretary/Legal Adviser. In 1990, she transferred to the Lagos State The pulpit of Justice and was giant to the position of grand High Court Judge in 1994.
She is married to Mr Folorunsho Phillips with children