Possible RPC Violation: Prepaid Legal Service Nig. Ltd Advertises, Pledges Cost Of Legal Services As Low As N3k

*Says Flyer Was Not Photoshopped 

The Prepaid Legal Services Nigeria Limited is offering legal
services for as low as N3, 000. This seems to be contrary to
section 8 of the Legal Practitioners Act which makes provision of
legal services an exclusive preserve of legal practitioners and
Rule 39 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal
Practitioners, RPC, 2007, which prohibits solicitation.

In a flyer made available to
Nairalaw, the company says the
services it offers include sales representation, legal referral,
landed properties, lease agreement, tenant rights, accident
victims, workplace settlements, prenuptial and divorced services
across Nigeria.

The Legal referral outfitted system has its Head office at Suite
GF 2 Busy Mart Plaza, No. 44, Ebitu Ekiwe Street, Jabi District,
Abuja.

All attempts to access their website,
www.prepaidlegalservice.com, proved
abortive. TheNigerialawyer, in a bid to ascertain if the flyer was
photoshopped or real, dialed the numbers on the flyer, and one
Joyce Ochuole picked the call.

Joyce confirmed that the flyer was real and not photoshop. She
also said the law firm is not a non-profit organization but a
private enterprise.

She further told TheNigerialawyer that Prepaid Legal Services
Nigeria Limited has offices in Lagos, Asaba, and Warri but new in
Abuja, hence the Publicity on the flyer.

However, TheNigerialawyer, asked why the website on the flyer is
not in existence, she noted that it is functional and promised to
share the website Url with me in the morning. she also stated that
they planned to have a branch in Port- Harcourt.

Rule 39 of the Rules of Professional Conduct(RPC), 2007
prohibits advertisement and makes it unprofessional for a lawyer to
solicit professional employment by circulars, an advertisement for
professional employment such as furnishing or inspiring newspaper,
comments amongst others. Section 24 on the other hand provides a
penalty for impersonation of lawyers.

*Says Flyer Was Not Photoshopped 

The Prepaid Legal Services Nigeria Limited is offering legal
services for as low as N3, 000. This seems to be contrary to
section 8 of the Legal Practitioners Act which makes provision of
legal services an exclusive preserve of legal practitioners and
Rule 39 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal
Practitioners, RPC, 2007, which prohibits solicitation.

In a flyer made available to
Nairalaw, the company says the
services it offers include sales representation, legal referral,
landed properties, lease agreement, tenant rights, accident
victims, workplace settlements, prenuptial and divorced services
across Nigeria.

The Legal referral outfitted system has its Head office at Suite
GF 2 Busy Mart Plaza, No. 44, Ebitu Ekiwe Street, Jabi District,
Abuja.

All attempts to access their website,
www.prepaidlegalservice.com, proved
abortive. TheNigerialawyer, in a bid to ascertain if the flyer was
photoshopped or real, dialed the numbers on the flyer, and one
Joyce Ochuole picked the call.

Joyce confirmed that the flyer was real and not photoshop. She
also said the law firm is not a non-profit organization but a
private enterprise.

She further told TheNigerialawyer that Prepaid Legal Services
Nigeria Limited has offices in Lagos, Asaba, and Warri but new in
Abuja, hence the Publicity on the flyer.

However, TheNigerialawyer, asked why the website on the flyer is
not in existence, she noted that it is functional and promised to
share the website Url with me in the morning. she also stated that
they planned to have a branch in Port- Harcourt.

Rule 39 of the Rules of Professional Conduct(RPC), 2007
prohibits advertisement and makes it unprofessional for a lawyer to
solicit professional employment by circulars, an advertisement for
professional employment such as furnishing or inspiring newspaper,
comments amongst others. Section 24 on the other hand provides a
penalty for impersonation of lawyers.