By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun Background Marriage is a universal institution that has been in existence from time immemorial. It can be traced as far back as the very creation of man and is considered to have spiritual, moral, and social significance in society. It is therefore revered as sacred and thus heavily guarded by various […]
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By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun INTRODUCTION In the past few decades, Arbitration has become a mainstay in resolving legal disputes. There are a plethora of articles which showcase the advantages of Arbitration while ignoring or simply giving a brief outline of the inherent dark clouds or cons of Arbitration. A closer look at the recent trend of inserting
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Our ever evolving economic climate increases the pressure on us to protect their clients against the common ‘buyer beware’ concept. This means a necessary awareness and adoption of appropriate contractual, and negotiation skills. Client protection takes the form of Warranties, Indemnities and Guarantees. Although these concepts are similar in the sense that they all provide
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By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun Nigeria is one of Africa’s top oil producers and largest holder of natural gas reserves with about 187 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of proven gas reserves and 600 TCf of unproven gas reserves[1]. This translates to the fact that Nigeria possesses huge resources, sufficient to cover both domestic and international demand
By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun So I somehow walked into an argument with a friend of mine the other day of which the true and current position on the topic has been on my mind for a few days now. I really Don’t remember how that happened but the issue sent me into a frenzy as
By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun I went to a seminar on arbitration at the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) Speaker Series sometime in September 2017. It was my 2nd time being there, having been dragged there by my partner Olawale Balogun, Esq. or ‘Skuly’ as he is fondly called by all that know him well (I
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By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun Having written the first article on this topic I had intended to write another article on a second related topic which jumped into my mind, but I allowed laziness and procrastination to get the best of me. Now straight to the topic at hand: To whom belongs the intellectual property rights
By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun I have developed a lot of love for swimming these days. More of reviving the love! I learned to swim sometime in 2006 during one of the long A.S.U.U (Academic Staff Union of Universities)[1] strikes. Life happened, and I abandoned my newly developed hobby. 15kg and 12 years later, I remembered
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By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun I was in my office one fine day when my good friend Mr. B paid me a short friendly/business visit. While we had our usual chat exchanging pleasantries, he would take occasional pauses when he spotted anything new and interesting to show me and as usual I could not but look;
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By Abimbola A. Laoye-Balogun While window shopping in the mall one day, I saw something unusual through the window of one of the stalls. It was something I had always thought it would be cool to have if only I knew what to do with it. It was a drone. A DRONE? A DRONE in