FORM 11
(0.7 r 1)
MEMORANDUM OF APPEARANCE IN THE FEDERAL
HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA
In the………………………………………………………………..Judicial Division
Suit No………………………………………………………………………………
Between
……………………………………………………………………………………….Plaintiff (a)
And
……………………………………………………………………………….Defendant (b) Please enter an
appearance for ……………………………………….(give full name of defendant wishing to appear),
(sued as)………………………………………...(give name by which defendant is described in writ if this
differs from defendant's full name, otherwise delete words in square brackets).
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:
1.
(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
2.
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……………………………"
3.
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".
4.
Where the defendant is a limited liability company, the appearance must be entered by a legal
practitioner.
5.
Where the appearance is being entered by leave of the court, a copy of the order granting leave must
accompany this form.