Judgment No. SC 27/18 Civil Appeal No. SC 173/17 The rationale is that a registrar does not have the power to prevent a litigant from filing their court process, if it is filed within the times prescribed in the rules, as this falls outside the ambit of the registrar’s mandate. This is not a situation that is peculiar to this jurisdiction only but is found in a number of jurisdictions. I have examined the practice in various jurisdictions and found that it is the same. The registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada exercises the following functions: i. Processing, recording, preserving and directing the flow of all documents filed by parties and recording all proceedings which take place during the life of a case. ii. Providing information to litigants, the media and the public on the court's processes and activities and scheduling of cases. iii. Maintaining the court library and providing a full range of library and information services to judges, staff of the court and legal researchers. iv. Publishing the Supreme Court reports. Providing administrative and operational support to the judges and court staff. v. Providing protocol services to the judges. In Nigeria the duties of the registrars are also administrative in nature. Through these functions they aide in quick dispensation of justice, and this includes but is not limited to the following: i. As the head of the registry, he ensures proper day to day administration of the court registry. ii. He co-ordinates the handling of all court processes e.g. issuance of hearing notices, warrant of arrest, summons. 5