Mr Olurotimi Daudu, Deputy Chief Registrar of The National Industrial Court (NIC) warned legal practitioners to buy the book through approved channels as pirated copies of its new Civil Procedure Rules 2017 are in circulation.

Daudu made this known in Abuja on Monday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He noted that copies of the rules has been sent to every faculty of  law in Nigeria and every known public institution in Nigeria.

“The public has to be aware, that when you see somebody hawking the rules of court by the roadside, at road intersections and you choose to patronise them; most times you may not get the right thing,” the Deputy Chief Registrar noted.

“We have in some occasions distributed copies of the rules in court even though they are for sale and we expended money printing them, just to limit the influence of pirates.

“We have tried to really reach out to people at every strata of the society to ensure that they have the correct version of the rules,” he said.