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NBA YOUNG LAWYERS FORUM ESSAY COMPETITION IN HONOUR OF MR. OYETOLA ATOYEBI SAN

The Nigerian Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Forum (NBA-YLF) announces National Essay Competition in honour of the youngest Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi SAN. The announcement is as contained in a letter dated 21 January 2020, signed by the Chairman, NBA Young Lawyers’ Forum, Mr. Tobi Adebowale. Topic “My Role as a Lawyer […]

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January 21, 2020
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Lawyer derobed for fraudulently increasing the price of property.

Summary of Facts Adapted from the Judgment of Bage, JSC: Anthony Ojigho v. NBA & LPDC (2019) LPELR-46895(SC); [2019] 9 NWLR (Pt. 1678) 399. A lawyer, Mr. Anthony Ojigho, was petitioned for fraudulently increasing the price of a property which the Petitioner (Banjo Onanubi) paid the vendor through the lawyer. It was alleged that the […]

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July 30, 2019
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Supreme Court maintains that NBA lacks legal personality.

Moses v. Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) [2019] 8 NWLR (Pt. 1673) 59 at 69, para. H, per Augie, JSC: “The bottom line is that the Respondent (NBA) cannot be sued in its name, which is what this Court held in Fawehinmi v. NBA (No. 2) (supra) decided in April, 1989, and it is safe to […]

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July 16, 2019
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Special Feature

RACE FOR THE NBA LAGOS CHAIR: 8 VISIONS OF YEMI AKANGBE

INTRODUCTION Time is here again for the Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA Lagos” or “The Branch”) to elect the person who will pilot the affairs of the Branch as Chairperson. NBA Lagos was the forerunner of what is today known as the Nigerian Bar Association. By this historic fact, it earned the title, […]

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May 18, 2019
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2019 Lagos High Court Rules – The Changes and the Problems.

Introduction It is no news that the High Court of Lagos State recently launched the High Court of Lagos State (Civil Procedure) Rules 2019 (“The New Rules”). Upon assumption of office as the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Hon. Justice Opeyemi Oke, pursuant to her powers under Section 274 of the Constitution of the Federal […]

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May 11, 2019
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Case Law

Use of expired NBA Stamp is not Fatal.

Emechebe v. Ceto Int’l (Nig.) Ltd. [2018] 11 NWLR (Pt. 1631) 520 at 534, paras. B-C, per Abubakar, JCA: “The originating processes were duly signed and stamped by the learned counsel for the Respondent, and a stamp of the legal practitioner affixed even though expired, in my view, there is no sufficient basis to strike […]

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August 25, 2018
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NSE Training Seminar: Legal and Risk Aspects of Derivatives and Central Counterparty Clearing (CCP) Transactions.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) proudly presents a Training Seminar on: Legal and Risk Aspects of Derivatives and Central Counterparty Clearing (CCP) Transactions. Date: Monday 20th to Tuesday 21st of November 2017. Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm daily. Venue: Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos. FACILITATORS Michael Voisin and Mark Drury, Partners, Linklaters LLP, […]

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October 18, 2017
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