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Case Law Analysis, Legal Writing & Editing, Tips & other Features
We offer analysis on rare and recent Nigerian judicial authorities and also provide useful hints and articles on various legal matters. We deploy our skills in legal research, writing and editing in assisting law firms, law students, screenwriters and news agencies.
Online Legal Department Services
We are an Online Legal Department. We attend to the needs of companies and businesses in Nigeria which do not have the capacity to have an internal legal department (or who have a lean legal department) to cater for their legal information needs.
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We offer free legal information services for Start-ups. It is an initiative to assist start-up businesses with the provision of adequate legal information as may be required for actualizing business goals, potentials and projections.
Court Case Prediction
We engage relevant skills and tools to predict possible outcome of potential lawsuits in order to assist prospective litigants to make informed decision before instituting a court action.
Legal Clinics
We offer free Legal Clinics – Capacity Building Programme for Law Undergraduates. The Programme seeks to volunteer a yearly informative session for Law Students of various Faculties of Law in Nigeria, at different intervals.
Mentorship Programme
In conjunction with relevant organisations, we provide mentorship and leadership programme for young people (including young lawyers).
Insights
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Can words alone constitute provocation so as to serve as a defence to criminal liability?
Ahungur v. State [2019] 2 NWLR (Pt. 1657) 393 at 404, paras. F-G, per Galinje, JSC: “In Edache v. The Queen (1962) NRNLR 56, (1962) 1 SCNLR 122, this Court held that circumstances could exist when words alone could give rise to provocation, grave enough to deprive an offender power of self-control. But whether words
March 18, 2019 -
Does a bank have an absolute power to consolidate the accounts of its customer?
UBA Plc v. Salman [2019] 2 NWLR (Pt. 1656) 304 at 325, paras. C-F, per Uwa, JCA: “There is no doubt in law that a banker may consolidate the accounts owned by a customer in his own right, unless precluded by agreement, express or implied from the course of business from doing so, in order to
March 11, 2019 -
Can a garnishee proceeding be commenced in one State against a garnishee in another State?
Darsey Digital Press Ltd. v. Ayo [2019] 1 NWLR (Pt. 1654) 379 at 393, para. G-H, per Ugo, JCA: “In other words, it is a precondition to a proper garnishee proceeding that the garnishee be resident in the very State where the order is sought. In this case, by first respondent’s own showing in his
February 21, 2019 -
[UPDATE]: The pain and hardship of young lawyers in the hands of senior colleagues has been judicially noticed.
Ifeanyi Okeke Esq. v. Wale Ogunade Esq. Suit No. NICN/LA/432/2014, per Amadi J: “This case once again shows the pain, hardship and difficulty which some young lawyers undergo in the hand of some senior colleagues, who ordinarily should encourage them. I commend the tenacity and dexterity of the Claimant in pursuing justice in this matter
February 14, 2019
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