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NEW COURT rules have been made to allow the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to file an indictment electronically in the decade-old case of the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal in 2014.

Fraud involving digital assets, specifically cryptocurrency, is rapidly increasing on both sides of the Atlantic. In the UK, the value of reported crypto-fraud increased 41% between...

Since the enactment of the Monetary Authority (Administrative Fines) (Amendment) Regulations (2022 Revision) (the “Fines Regulations”), the Cayman Islands has witnessed a continuous...

In this article, paralegal and former independent domestic violence advisor (“IDVA”) Lea Levine considers the potential damage the presumption of parental involvement can have in children proceedings that involve allegations of abuse (and specifically coercive and controlling behaviour) by one parent towards the other.

In this article, paralegal and former independent domestic violence advisor (“IDVA”) Lea Levine considers the potential damage the presumption of parental involvement can have in children proceedings that involve allegations of abuse (and specifically coercive and controlling behaviour) by one parent towards the other.

A former employee of Overland Airways, an airline based in Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, Ms. Olubukola Oni, has raised the alarm over alleged intimidation and harassment by her former boss.   She said her former boss – Overland Airways General Manager, Mrs. Aderonke Emmanuel James – accused her of cyberstalking and cyberbullying and demanded N20 million in damages, in her petition sent to the Lagos State Police Command.  

Lawyers and those helping victims express concern that woman was stopped from testifying behind a screen in recent trial.

The Borno State Government has established Small Claims Courts for speedy resolution of low-grade commercial disputes involving a maximum of N1m.

In its recent judgment in UniCredit Bank GmbH v. RusChemAlliance LLC, the Court of Appeal granted a mandatory final anti-suit injunction in support of a French-seated arbitration...

Litigation funding (also known as litigation finance) enables parties to obtain funding to conduct or defend litigation from third parties who are otherwise uninvolved in the litigation.