Practical legal guidance on civil litigation protocols, breach of commercial contracts, tortious damages, specific performance, and civil court remedies across Nigerian High Courts.
Yes. Statements made in court pleadings, witness statements on oath, or spoken by lawyers and witnesses during judicial proceedings are protected by...
Yes. Nigerian courts have the jurisdiction to order a defendant found liable for defamation to publish a full retraction and unreserved public...
Yes, if the communication was made strictly to the person defamed without any third party hearing or reading it, no action for...
Yes. Parties to a civil suit in Nigeria have the absolute legal right to explore alternative dispute resolution and settle their matter...
No. Prefacing a defamatory and false allegation with the word ‘allegedly’ or claiming you were merely repeating what someone else said does...
No. In civil court proceedings in Nigeria, losing a lawsuit or being unable to afford a private attorney cannot result in criminal...
Generally no. Under Nigerian tort law, an action for defamation dies with the person; you cannot sue for civil defamation on behalf...
You can revoke a Power of Attorney for future actions, but you cannot unilaterally cancel or invalidate transactions already completed with innocent...
Yes. In Nigerian tort law, truth or justification is an absolute and complete defense to any civil action for defamation, whether libel...
Generally no. Under the long-established rule in L’Estrange v. Graucob, which is fully applicable in Nigeria, a person who signs a written...
