Employment is a relationship between two parties, usually based on a contract for work where one party is the employer and the other is the employee. A contract of employment can be brought to an end by Termination or Summary …
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Difference Between Termination of Employment & Summary Dismissal Under the Nigerian Legal System
A New Dawn in Cricket History in Nigeria Girls Cricket has received a major boost in Nigeria as PATRELI PARTNERS sponsored the maiden edition of the Secondary Schools Girls Cricket in Edo State. The colourful event which saw five (5) …
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Patreli Partners, Legal Practitioners & Arbitrators, Managing Partner, Mrs. Obosa Akpata, Chair NBA-SBL Committee on Arbitration & ADR, Asama Kadiri, Vice Chairman NBA-SBL Committee on Arbitration & ADR, Chairman NBA-SBL- Mr. Olumide Akpata, Speaker; Mrs. Funmi Roberts FCIArb. and Panelists …
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Issues to consider in choice of Business Entity for doing Business in Nigeria INTRODUCTION The term “business entity” in this paper loosely refers to the choice of business identity that a businessman or businessmen choose to give to their business; …
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INTRODUCTION The Federal Inland Revenue service is empowered by section 2 and schedule 1 of Federal Inland Revenue Service Act, 2007 to administer on the following taxes: 1. Company Income Tax (Amended) Act, 2007 2. Personal Income Tax (Amended) Act, …
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Introduction: Most employment relationships in Nigeria are based on an employment contract entered into by parties. Being a capitalist nation the tendency of employers to exploit employees is in some instances considered normal and typical. Although we have several Statutes …
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A practitioner’s perspective by Obosa Akpata, LLM, FCIArb. A presentation delivered to the Maritime Arbitrators Association of Nigeria (MAAN) 5th Annual One-day Workshop held at the Lagos Court of Arbitration, Lekki, Lagos, on the 20thof November, 2015. Introduction It …
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A presentation delivered by Mrs. Obosa Akpata at the Chief G.O. Sodipo Memorial Lecture held at the Regional Centre for Commercial Arbitration, No. 1 Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi, Lagos on 7thDecember, 2015. Mrs. Obosa Akpata, LLM, FCIArb. Obosa holds a …
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INTRODUCTION: With increasing attention being given to alternative dispute resolution in different jurisdictions, the continued focus on this concept by the Lagos State Government is timely. Traditionally, the speedy resolution of disputes has been said to be the main …
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