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Tribunal fee increases will deny justice, Law Society…
Proposed fee increases of more than 500% at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal would deny justice to people…
Re: The Nigerian Antitrust Bill
In this commentary, I respond to the concerns expressed by Mr. Ikeogu Oke in his articles in the Thisday of 31 May…
Shell plans offshore legal centre to cut costs and…
Oil giant Shell is to open an offshore legal centre to support its in-house legal work worldwide, following the…
Banking system in Nigeria rife with regulatory and…
Banking and legal experts in Nigeria have attributed the challenges in Nigeria’s finance sector to inefficiencies…
Law firms’ bank debts jump 36%
Law firms’ bank debts have jumped 36% in the past year to an average of £38,000 per equity partner as firms seek to…
NBA PRESIDENCY: Gadzama addresses Igbo lawyers
There was palpable excitement at the meeting of the Otu Oka-Iwu last week as leading Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)…
Court rules Dell’s $24.9 billion buyout priced 22…
Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners underpriced their 2013 $24.9 billion buyout of Dell Inc by about 22 percent…
Outrage in multi-ethnic Malaysia as government backs…
Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government threw its support in parliament this week behind an Islamic penal code that…
Call for ban on solicitors’ agents in public hearings
The government has been asked to resolve an ‘anomaly’ in the Legal Services Act 2007, which the bar warns could…
Crucial Issues in the Power Sector in the Last 12 Months…
Proem
It is about a year that the current administration was sworn in, and although the current minister of power,…
Rule of Law and constitutionalism top priority in Lagos…
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem has assured residents of Lagos that…
The Bench and Conduct of Senior Lawyers
In the administration of justice, the role of the advocate is to help the court to take a right decision in a…