Litigation Law, Mediation Law and Arbitration Law

The Land Use Act of 1978 revolutionized Nigeria's land ownership system by centralizing control and vesting title to all land in the governor of each state, who holds it in trust for the people.

Let us assume that Mr. Buga litigated a commercial dispute against the government (Federal or state) in Court and won.

Sports disputes arise more often than those outside the industry realise and can take on many forms, from the complex and contentious, such as doping and integrity disputes...

It should come as little surprise that a faltering economy is often accompanied by an increase in litigation.

In January 2011, the Gambian Industrial Property Regulations, 2010 ("the Regulations") came into effect.

Section 34 of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936, as amended ("the Act") requires a trader who, (in terms of a contract), transfers any business belonging to him, or the goodwill of such business or any goods or property forming part thereof (except in the ordinary course of that business or for securing the payment of a debt), to advertise the proposed transfer in the manner specified in the section.

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Class actions have evolved in Nigeria through court rules and judicial decisions. However, the concept is still evolving in Nigerian jurisprudence and is restrictive in nature.

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