Application for Leave to Serve by Substituted Service

IN THE [COURT_NAME] IN THE [JUDICIAL_DIVISION] SUIT NO: [SUIT_NO] BETWEEN [CLAIMANT_NAME] CLAIMANT/APPLICANT AND [DEFENDANT_NAME] DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT MOTION EX-PARTE BROUGHT PURSUANT TO ORDER 7 RULE 5 OF THE HIGH COURT OF LAGOS STATE (CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES, 2012 AND UNDER THE INHERENT JURISDICTION OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT TAKE NOTICE that this Honourable Court may be moved on the [DATE] at the hour of 9 o’clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as counsel on behalf of the Applicant may be heard for the following — 1. AN ORDER OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT GRANTING LEAVE TO THE CLAIMANT/APPLICANT to serve the Writ of Summons and other accompanying processes on the Defendant by means of substituted service, to wit: by [MODE_OF_SERVICE] at the Defendant's last known address at [DEFENDANT_ADDRESS]. 2. AND FOR SUCH FURTHER ORDER OR ORDERS as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances. Dated this [DATE]. ……………………………………. [APPLICANT_COUNSEL] COUNSEL TO CLAIMANT/APPLICANT [APPLICANT_COUNSEL_ADDRESS]