If there’s one thing a Nigerian lawyer loves to do, it’s to show off! They show off in many ways, but by far the favourite way they do this is by interspersing their conversations with latin terms (and also using big grammar like ‘interspersing’). Latin terms are a...
Process for registering a Patent in Nigeria What is a Patent? Before you decide to register a patent, you need to know what a patent is. A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing...
Starting a Restaurant in Nigeria: The Legal Issues Restaurants in Nigeria are big business. In this article, we will discuss the legal considerations entrepreneurs should have when looking to start a restaurant in Nigeria. Unfortunately, we will not be looking at the...
First things first, in Nigeria there are no juries in Nigerian courts. Nigeria uses a bench trial system instead, and this is where one person (or in the case of an appeal court, more than one person) sits to hear a case and listens to arguments from both sides and...
Setting up a Business in Nigeria Setting up as a business in a new country can sometimes be a daunting possibility. You are moving into a terrain which you know very little about, there are all the business challenges which you would normally face, and on top of that...
