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A lot has been said about the ex parte order granted by the Judicial Court of Paris on 14th August 2024 for the interim attachment of three aircrafts belonging to the Nigerian government. This development...

On 28 June 2019, the Federal High Court affirmed the data privacy rights of Nigerian citizens and directed the National Identity Management Commission.

On the 27th of October, 2015, the Tax Appeal Tribunal, Lagos Zone delivered a judgment in favour of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited in the above stated case.

On 8 November 2019, the Tax Appeal Tribunal ("TAT" or "the Tribunal"), sitting in Lagos, upheld the applicability of excess dividend tax on franked investment income in the case between UAC of ...

The effect of the Rules of Court in civil jurisprudence especially as it relates to determining the rights and liabilities of individuals and businesses in non-criminal proceedings before the Courts cannot be over-emphasized.

On Wednesday, 21st February 2024, the Supreme Court of Ghana handed down a judgment in Unichem (Ghana) Limited ("Unichem Ghana") and Anor versus Metropolis...

Mr. Onyema eventually resumed on December 6, 2013, on completing the second suspension; however, the Bank refused to pay his salaries for his subsequent services.

The effect therefore is that such action will be struck out.

The enforcement of intra state judgment is one of the practices of law and ways of enforcing judicial pronouncements in the court of law.

Judicial sale exists in every Jurisdiction globally. It is a forced sale conducted under the authority of a Court judgment or Court order1; this legal concept is applicable in almost every field of law.

On 22 November 2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered a significant judgment in Attorney-General of Lagos State & Ors v. Attorney-General of the Federation & Ors (SC/1/2008)...

If you have just received a demolition notice in Lagos, one of the most strategic decisions you can take is to get independent legal advise.

The Tax Appeal Tribunal, Lagos Zone (TAT or the Tribunal) on the 15th of April 2016 delivered a landmark judgment in favour of Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (Star Deep).

On 24 June 2019, the Court of Appeal (COA or the Court) affirmed the decision of the Federal High Court, and held that Nigerian recipients of imported services such as supply of bandwidth capacities

On 5 July 2019, the Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT or Tribunal) held that where a company pays out dividends that exceeds its taxable profits in a given year of assessment, such dividends

On 17 September 2019, the Tax Appeal Tribunal ("TAT" or "the Tribunal"), sitting in Lagos, upheld a notice of objection to a tax assessment sent to the e-mail address of the Tax Controller of the ...

It is a trite and settled principle under the Nigerian legal system that for a lawsuit to be validly instituted, the Plaintiff must have the capacity to initiate the same.

Nigeria's environmental rights litigation has evolved through landmark cases that tested constitutional boundaries and expanded access to justice. From the groundbreaking Gbemre decision recognizing environmental protection as a fundamental right, through judicial restraint in Opara, to the Supreme Court's standing expansion in Centre for Oil Pollution Watch...