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Tag: National Industrial Court

Case Law

THE LEGALITY OF SERVICE BONDS IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

Whether employees can bolt after benefitting from employer training? A service bond under employment relations is a special agreement between an employer and an employee whereby the employee agrees to work for the employer for a specified period under certain conditions. The agreement is usually necessitated where, for instance, an employer trains an employee and […]

Ogbuanya J.
Case Law

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT BREAKS THE LOGJAM IN THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA

The move to appoint new judges for the Abia State Judiciary had suffered some serious setbacks since 2022. The problem was connected with the process of appointment of judicial officers in Abia State which the Abia State Judicial Service Commission (“the Commission”) has the constitutional power to oversee, subject to the approval of the National […]

Traquini v. ASC Nigeria Ltd
Case Law

TRAQUINI V. ASC NIGERIA LTD [2021] – PART II

Traquini v. ASC Nigeria Ltd (Suit No. NICN/LA/580/2017) Judgment was delivered on 10 March 2021. The Claimant (Jorge Allende Iriate Traquini), a foreigner, was employed as a General Manager for the Defendant (ASC Nigeria Ltd) in Nigeria through the Defendant’s parent company, Energy Resources International Ltd (member of the ONSTREAM Group) based in Anguilla, the […]

pension fund remittance
Case Law

[LOCUS CLASSICUS]: COURT RULES THAT IN SPECIAL CASES, AN EMPLOYER CAN PAY PENSION FUND DIRECTLY TO AN EMPLOYEE

Introduction It is rewarding for an employee to work through the years and have something to fall back on, in terms of pension – retirement funds. The law acknowledges this fact. Thus, necessary provisions are made as contained in the Pension Reform Act 2014 (“The Act”). The Act governs and regulates the administration of the […]

Ogbuanya J.
Case Law

HOW THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT STOPPED FEMI FALANA SAN FROM STRETCHING RIGHT TO FAIR HEARING TOO FAR

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) is a specialised Court created by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) with the exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine cases relating to employment. Unlike other courts, the NICN is one Court in Nigeria that has demonstrated the hunger of the Nigerian courts […]

The pain and hardship of young lawyers in the hands of senior colleagues has been judicially noticed.
Case Law

[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 […]

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