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The Supreme Court Rules, 2024 effectively repealed and replaced the longstanding Supreme Court Rules of 1985. The 2024 Rules have already sparked considerable interest within legal circles, particularly among practitioners in Nigeria's dispute resolution landscape. In lig..
This article explores the legal battle between Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd and the Federal Republic of Nigeria arising from a joint venture between Zhongshan and the Ogun State Government that led to a $70 million arbitral award and has culminated in t..
At the heart of the right to access justice is the right to legal representation. The lawyers’ role in the legal process therefore cannot be understated. Lawyers deserve to be compensated for their work because the practice of law is a career just like any other... There ..
Law no. 8/2024 of 7 June was approved, establishing the Legal Framework for the Electronic Processing of Legal Proceedings and creating the Justice Sector Technology Management Centre. Law 8/2024 applies to all proceedings before the courts of ordinary, special and specia..
On 31 July 2024, the Court of Appeal rendered its judgement in relation to the constitutionality of the Finance Act 2023. The Court of Appeal found that the entire Act was unconstitutional.
This article summarizes the key amendments introduced by the Act and..
On 31 July 2024, the Court of Appeal, in the case of National Assembly & Another v Okiya Omtatah Okoiti & 55 Others, declared the entire Finance Act, 2023 unconstitutional. This article is a brief summary of the matter and the implications of the judgment.
On the 7th of June 2024, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria issued a Practice Direction which will allow litigants to depose to affidavits electronically at the Federal High Court. The Practice Direction known as the Federal High Court (Practice Directio..
In its recent decision in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation v Fung Tai Engineering Company, the Supreme Court came out strongly in favour of arbitration by reaffirming the sanctity of arbitration agreements and the limits to the courts' intervention in arbitral proc..
On Wednesday, 21st February 2024, the Supreme Court of Ghana handed down a judgment in Unichem (Ghana) Limited and Anor versus Metropolis Healthcare (Mauritius) Limited and Metropolis Healthcare (Ghana) Ltd, unanimously upholding the decision of the Court of Appeal to ref..
