Nigeria: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

Class actions have evolved in Nigeria through court rules and judicial decisions. However, the concept is still evolving in Nigerian jurisprudence and is restrictive in nature.

A picture of a person mirrors his own image, which is personal to him. It is a clone of an individual. For a business concern to take a picture of somebody, for pecuniary interest, without his consent or authorisation...

Talk is cheap but the liberty to create a social media account and surf the internet is not a universal license to contribute to or escalate reputational or physical harm.

Litigation Dispute Resolution Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Nigeria, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

The question of the exercise of jurisdiction by the Tax Appeal Tribunal ("TAT") and the Federal High Court("FHC") over disputes relating to the revenue of a state government, especially personal income tax, has elicited conflicting judicial decisions.

In matters involving foreign law, customary law or custom, or of science or art, or the identity of handwriting or finger impressions, the evidence of an expert witness may be required to assist the trial court...

No doubt, objections raised to the admissibility of confessional statements pose one of the greatest challenges to criminal trials as it slows down the pace of the proceedings when there is a trial within trial.

Since the enactment of the Third Alteration Act of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, which elevated the National Industrial Court of Nigeria to a superior court of record, there have been a lot of controversies as to the nature and scope of the constitutional right of appeal from decisions of the NICN.

Recently, the Court of Appeal ("CA") delivered its decision ("Decision") in the case of Central Bank of Nigeria v. Adani Mega System Limited (Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CV/1300/2023) (the "Appeal").