Babban Lauyan Najeriya
Senior Advocate of Nigeria ( SAN ) laƙabi ne da za a iya ba wa masu aikin shari'a a Najeriya waɗanda ba su wuce shekaru goma ba kuma suka bambanta da su a fannin shari'a. Yayi dai-dai da matsayin Lauyan Sarauniya a Ingila, inda Najeriya ta samu ƴancin kai a shekarar 1960 ( Jamhuriyar 1963), haka nan a Kudancin Ostireliya, Arewacin Territory, da Kanada (sai dai Ontario da Quebec ). Ƙasashe da yawa suna amfani da irin wannan naɗi irin su Babban Mai ba da shawara, Mashawarcin Shugaban kasa, Mai ba da shawara na Jiha, Babban Lauya, da Mai Ba da Shawarar Shugaban Ƙasa. An ce an shigar da muƙamin Babban Lauyan Najeriya a matsayin "Inner Bar", kamar yadda aka bambanta da "Outer", ko "Utter", Bar, wanda ya ƙunshi ƙananan masu ba da shawara ( Duba Call to the bar ). 

An ba da wannan bayyani ne bisa ga Dokar Ma'aikatan Shari'a ta 207 Sashe na 5 (1) ta kwamitin kula da gata na ma'aikatan shari'a, wanda babban alkalin alkalai (a matsayin shugaban kasa) ke jagoranta, kuma ya ƙunshi babban mai shari'a, ɗaya mai shari'a na Kotun Koli (wanda Babban Mai Shari'a da Babban Mai Shari'a ya zaɓa na tsawon shekaru biyu, wanda za'a iya sabunta shi a lokaci ɗaya kawai), Shugaban Kotun ɗaukaka ƙara, biyar daga cikin manyan Alkalan Jihohi (wanda babban alkalin kotun ya zaba kuma ya zaba. Babban Lauyan Janar na wa'adin shekaru biyu, wanda za'a iya sabunta shi a lokaci guda kawai), Babban Alkalin Babban Kotun Tarayya, da wasu Lauyoyi guda biyar waɗanda manyan Lauyoyi ne na Najeriya (wanda babban alƙalin Alkalai da babban mai shari'a suka zaba a matsayin mai shari'a). wa'adin shekaru biyu, sabuntawa a lokaci guda kawai).

An fara ba da taken Babban Lauya Najeriya ne a ranar 3 ga watan Afrilu, 1975. Waɗanda su ka karbi laƙabin sune Cif F.R.A. Williams da Dr Nabo Graham-Douglas. Ya zuwa ranar 7 ga Yuli, 2011 lauyoyi 344 ne suka zama manyan Lauyoyin Najeriya. Shugaba (Mrs. Folake Solanke ita ce mace ta farko da ta samu matsayin SAN shekaru 6 bayan a 1981.

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Tun daga shekarar 1975, an ba wa wasu masu fafutuka daban-daban a Najeriya matsayi a jere, in ban da shekarun 1976, 1977 da 1994. Duk da haka an takaita bayar da shawarwarin ga ƙasa da masu bayar da shawara 30 a duk shekara, kuma babban alƙalin Alƙalan Najeriya ne ke bayar da shi bisa shawarwarin kwamitin da’ar ma’aikatan shari’a.

Ya zuwa ranar 9 ga watan Satumba, 2019, jimillar masu fafutuka 526 sun zama manyan Lauyoyin Najeriya.

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