Negotiability And Assignability; Endorsement And Delivery; Presentment And Notice Of Dishonour (Part A)

  An instrument is said to be transferable when it can be freely passed from one person to another either by delivery alone or by endorsement and delivery without the need to notify the party liable on it. Read more

Nature Of Conciliation

  Conciliation is the process whereby the third party (known as the conciliator) in the settlement process is the one to reach a non-binding decision on behalf of the parties, having carefully listened to the facts of the dispute. Read

Money Laundering In Nigeria

  Money laundering has been described as the process of trying to manage the product of crime. The phrase “money laundering” means simply “the washing of money” but a thing is laundered only when it is dirty with the goal

International Export Contracts

  International trade contracts are usually entered into between buyers, sellers, transporters and any other actor in the import-export business and they usually involve the sale of goods between buyers (importers) and sellers (exporters) in different countries. Read more about

Letters Of Credit And Performance Bonds

  There is a significant amount of money involved in international trade, and many times, traders will have to take out loans or perform their end of the bargain on a promise to third party vendors to pay on a

Institutional And Regulatory Framework For The Establishment And Operation Of Banks Under Nigerian Law

  Bank means any person who carries on banking business. banking business is defined as the business of receiving money on current account from the general public, of paying or collecting cheques drawn by customers and making advances to customers.

Formation Of The Contract Of Insurance

  Contract of Insurance is a contract whereby one party (called ‘the insurer’) in consideration of a price, known as premium, agrees to indemnify or pay a sum of money to another person (known as ‘the insured’) upon the happening

Double Taxation

  Under Double Taxation, what usually transpires is that the income of a taxpayer is taxed several times under different taxing statutes such that a single tax base will end up being subjected to more than one tax. Read more

Confidentiality Agreements Under Intellectual Property Law

  Many of the people who possess intellectual property rights may not have the funding or other resources to make the property available to the public, or even to register the property; so, many times, they approach individuals or institutions

What You Should Know About Competition Law Part 2

  Competition Law In Nigeria’s Legal History There is currently no comprehensive legislation on competition law in Nigeria. This area of commercial law, although it has generated significant interest, has not received commensurate representation in the country’s law books. Read

Anti- Corruption Laws And Policies In The Nigerian Legal System

  Corruption is the abuse of public power for private benefit. The notion of corruption as the abuse of public power for private gain could be seen as a conflict between the obligation to exercise public power in the public’s

What You Should Know About Competition Law

  Competition law is that area of law that regulates business practice so that national or regional markets are not dominated by certain big players but rather, it makes the market open to all players on a somewhat level playing

Alternative Dispute Resolution: Its Methods And Advantages

  Conflict is bound to arise in any society, and it is the duty of the law to find peaceful ways to resolve those conflicts. The major forum that states have provided for addressing and resolving these disputes is the

Websites We Love: JUDY

  Legal research is often cumbersome. Lawyers have to plough through numerous documents in search of an answer to their legal questions or to find a legal precedent that could help their case. Until recently, this was a universal problem,

Websites We Love: LawPadi

LawPadi is an online platform that provides Nigerians with answers to their legal questions. This website is devoted to keeping people informed about the intricacies of the law and how it affects aspects of their life that they care about.

The Lack Of The Jurisdictional Competence Of The Various Judicial Panels Of Inquiry

  ‘The judicial panel of inquiries set up by the various state governors lack the jurisdictional competence to entertain the subject-matter of police brutality and human right violations.’ Following the demands made by the #EndSARS protesters on police brutality and

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