{
  "id": 15094159,
  "title": "Court Delays Drive Up Cost of Justice, Says Youngest Female SAN",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/court-delays-drive-up-cost-of-justice-says-youngest-female-san",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T02:08:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/17/court-delays-drive-up-cost-of-justice-says-youngest-female-san/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The youngest female SAN in Nigeria, Mrs. Olamide Mojigbotoluwa Adekunle, has highlighted delays in the justice system as a significant factor contributing to high litigation costs and limited access to justice. She emphasized that prolonged litigation imposes substantial financial burdens on litigants, forcing them to accept unfavorable settlements or abandon their claims. Adekunle urged Nigerian courts to adopt more effective case-management strategies to expedite dispute resolution, citing the importance of firm deadlines in ensuring timely adjudication. She also proposed expanding the categories of cases where decisions of the Court of Appeal would be final and establishing specialized commercial divisions in every state to streamline the resolution of contractual and debt disputes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}