Customary Courts are uniquely positioned to administer cheap, simple, non-technical but substantial justice. These features make the Customary Courts Judicial System poor-friendly. A party may appear in person because the processes in Customary Courts are conceived to be simple and user friendly. Moreover, the technical rules and principles of English Law are inapplicable in Customary Courts. The essence of Customary Courts is to do substantial justice by applying rules and principles of common sense and good reasoning. Although the Law Reports are replete with decided cases on Practice and Procedure of Customary Courts, yet there is scarcity of textbooks on this subject. The concept which informed the emergence of this book is to present Practice and Procedure of Customary Courts in a systematic manner.

Thus, the book is divided into Seventeen chapters which deals with topical issues on Practice and Procedure usually applied in Customary Courts. Some principles are further illustrated by reference to proceedings in an imaginary court called the Abaka Customary Court. It might be necessary to emphasize that one distinctive feature between a Customary and other Courts is the absence of pleadings and the application of technical rules of Practice and Procedure. Therefore, it will be foolhardy to require practice in Customary Courts to upload pleadings or statement of witnesses.