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Whether Affidavits Can Contain Legal Argument and/or Conclusion

CASE TITLE:  GTB PLC v. INNOSON (NIG) LTD (2025) LPELR-81486(SC) JUDGMENT DATE: 20TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT:…

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On Whom Lies the Discretion to Relist a Struck-Out Matter?

CASE TITLE: ABDURAHAMAN v. KEYSTONE BANK LTD & ANOR (2025) LPELR-81593(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH JULY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: PRACTICE AND…

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4 Features Offline Legal Research Software Every Lawyer Must Know

What Differentiates Manual and Offline Legal Research?Why Offline Legal Research Still Matters in Nigeria’s Legal LandscapeThe Offline Legal Research Features…

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5 Popular Legal Research Tools for Nigerian Law Firms

Do you have an answer to this? What would you think makes the difference between a struggling lawyer and a…

3 months ago

Ingredients of the Offence of Buying, Selling, Hiring, Letting or Obtaining Possession or Disposal of a Person for Exploitation

CASE TITLE: ONYEABOR v. FRN (2025) LPELR-81417(CA) JUDGMENT DATE:  11TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE LEAD JUDGMENT: ABBA…

4 months ago

Effect of Failure to Register an Agreement Under the National Office of Technology Acquisition and Promotion Act?

CASE TITLE:  CHAMPION BREWERIES PLC v. BRAUEREI BECK GMBH & CO. KG (2025) LPELR-81422(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 20TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE…

4 months ago

Whether the Signature of the Registrar is a Substitute for the Requirement of the Signature of Parties or Their Counsel on a Court Process?

CASE TITLE: ODU & ORS v. BAMTEFA & ORS (2025) LPELR-81564(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 3RD JULY, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: PRACTICE AND…

4 months ago

The Nigerian Court of Appeal Upholds South African Choice of Court and Choice of Law Agreement

Dr. Chukwuma Samuel Adesina Okoli (Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws at the University of Birmingham). Originally posted on…

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Whether The Duty of the Police Includes the Settlement of Civil Disputes or Debt Collection

CASE TITLE: IGP & ORS v. OKO & ANOR (2025) LPELR-81412 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE:  11TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW…

4 months ago

Whether the Issue of Payment of Demurrage for Overstay if Vessels Falls Under the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Federal High Court

CASE TITLE:  CONOIL PLC v. NIMEX PETROCHEMICALS LTD. & ANOR (2025) LPELR-81349 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 10TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CIVIL…

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