Timothy Akinola AGUDA, (Justice)

Biographical record

Title

Hon. Justice

Surname

AGUDA, (Justice)

First Name

Timothy

Other Names

Akinola

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

Who is Who In Nigeria (1978)

Date of Birth

June 10, 1923, at

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Ondo State

Place of Birth

Akure,

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Profession

Legal practitioner
Lecturer
Author

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

St. David's School, Akure, June 1930-1938; Government College, Ibadan, January 1939 - December, 1944; Higher College, Yaba, January 1946-December 1946; London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1949-1952; School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London), 1962-1963; Council of Legal Education (Lon don), 1949-1951; Academic qualifications LL.B (Hons) London, 1951, LL.M., (London), 1959, Ph.D (Lon don), 1963; called to the Bar, July 1, 1952 (The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn);

Previous Appointments

Private legal practitioner at Ibadan, July 1952 - May 30, 1955; Crown Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Western Region June 1, 1955- December 31, 1957; Senior Crown Counsel, Grade Two, January 1st, 1958- July 16, 1959; Senior Crown Counsel, Grade One, July 17, 1959- June 30, 1961; Administrator- General and Public Trustee for Western Nigeria, July 1, 1961-June 30, 1965, Legal Draftsman in the Western Nigeria Ministry of Justice, July 1, 1965-May 19, 1967; Head and acting Dean of the faculty of Law, (University of Ife), September 1, 1965 to July 17, 1966; Director of Public Prosecutions for the Western State, May 20, 1967-May 1, 1968; A judge of the High Court of Western State, May 2, 1968 - February 2, 1972; April 1, 1975 - October 31st, 1975; Chief Justice of the Republic of Botswana; a member of the Court of Appeal for the Kingdom of Lesotho; member of the Court of Appeal for the Kingdom of Swaziland, February 3, 1972 - March 31, 1975; Chief Justice of the Western State, November 1, 1975 - June 30, 1976; Chief Judge of the Ondo State, July 1 - Chief Judge Ondo State, former Chief Justice of the Western State

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Awards and Honours

National Honour of Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (O.F.R.) October, 1976; Commission: Chairman of the Committee on the Settlement of Boundary Disputes (Western State of Nigeria Government), 1975; Chairman of the Committee on the Federal Capital of Nigeria (Federal Government), 1975

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

wrote over ten books, including "Mens Rea in Nigerian Law" - Ph.D. Thesis, 1963; "Principles of Criminal Liability in Nigerian Law', and "Law of Evidence in Nigerian",


published over twelve articles in learned journals, including "Illiterates Protection Ordinance Examined in Nigerian Bar Journal; "Legal Development in Bot swana Notes and Records (1973) and 'The Role of the Judge with special reference to Civil Liberties" in East African Law Journal (1975); Law Reports: Secretary, Western Nigeria Law Reports, 1959/60; member of the Editorial Board of The Nigeria Monthly Law Reports, 1964- 1967; chairman, Editorial Board of the Nigerian Monthly Law Reports, 1967-1968; Correspondent to All African Law Reports, 1965-1968; member, Editorial Advisory Board of The Nigerian Monthly Law Reports, 1968 to date; member of Western Nigeria Law Reports, 1975; gave many public law lectures and presented many learned papers

Hobbies

Table Tennis; Reading