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    MAKING THE BRIEFS BRIEF: A CUE FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL RULES AND PRACTICE DIRECTION
    (Faculty of Law, Bowen University, 2017-10-10) Adelowo Stephen Asonibare; Olukayode O. Odetokun
    Legal writing is an art, like advocacy, it requires skills. Hence, brief writing also requires skills(s). Apart from being able to present a logical argument in a written address or a brief of argument (as the case may be) before a court, some of the rules of procedure, commonly referred to as the Rules of Court, that have evolved overtime at the appellate courts in Nigeria, have also intervened by stipulating what is expected of a brief of argument to be filed by the parties to an action. The prominent example is the Court of Appeal Rules, which is the main focus of this paper. This paper therefore, attempts to bring out the impact of the rules of the court, particularly the Court of Appeal Rules, on briefs of argument, and proffers the need for its emulation by other courts in Nigeria.