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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…

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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…

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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…

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Veil of Incorporation Torn: When Courts Unmask Corporate Wrongdoing

CASE TITLE: DILLY MOTORS LTD V. NUJUUM VENTURES LTD & ORS LPELR-81603 (CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH JUNE, 2025JUSTICES: BALKISU BELLO ALIYU,…

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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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Claim for Declaratory Reliefs: A 40-Year – Old Misconception of The Applicable Law By The Supreme Court, That Requires Correction.

By Kola’ Awodein S.A.N, FCTI, FICI (Arb.) and Mutiu Ganiyu Esq. ABSTRACT The decisions of the Supreme Court as the…

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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…

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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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Effect of Failure of an Accused Person to Object to the Procedure used in Taking/Recording His Confessional Statement

CASE TITLE: ADEGBOYEGA v. PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE (2025) LPELR-81490(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH JUNE, 2025 PRACTICE AREA: CRIMINAL LAW AND…

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