BluntCrazeMan:


Source:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/02/uk-signs-deal-to-allow-british-lawyers-practise-in-nigeria/

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-signs-landmark-economic-partnership-with-nigeria

Kc3000:
Can Nigerian lawyers equally practice in the same capacity in the UK? Just asking, because our folks in government sabi mumu.

philiancoop:
British airways and virgin Atlantic can enter Nigeria but air peace can't enter UK.

Bad government with a touch of tribalism

BluntCrazeMan:



That's another question that needs to be answered by those who are signing this deal.

killsmith:
Omo we need to comot this people hand from our politics.

BluntCrazeMan:


Source:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/02/uk-signs-deal-to-allow-british-lawyers-practise-in-nigeria/

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-signs-landmark-economic-partnership-with-nigeria

Catapault:


Slave air head.

The only reason you can read and write today is because we gained independence in 1960 and our leaders began building thousands and thousands of schools under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) policy which raised literacy rate from 5% in 1960, after a century of British looting and theft of your resources which left Nigeria an undeveloped BUSH at independence.

Nigerian leaders raised that literacy rate to just over 70% so far. Were it not for them, you would be a village illiterate today. Because mass education was NOT a policy of the colonial administration.

Which is why most of our grandparents were village illiterates.

Look around you and tell me ONE infrastructure or industry or even major hospital that was built by the British in their time here.

One thing you mentally colonised, dumbass white worshipping Nigerians need to understand is that the ONLY REASON a white country will come here to rule or control you is because they want to EXPLOIT YOU.

They’ve been doing this for centuries, yet your thick skulls still see them as angels.

I actually suspect they did some occult thing on you guys to make you so subservient and trusting of them, despite all the terrible atrocities they committed against you and your ancestors, including looting your ancient treasures after burning down your cities and palaces, and mass murdering your people in various colonial invasions.

They actually have your stolen bronze treasures proudly displayed in their museums right now!

Where are the “honest British lawyers and judges” in confronting that theft and brigandage?

Honest fuckries.

Jogs1900:

The IELTS is justifiable because of people from a particular section of the country that most of their graduates find it difficult to communicate in English language except in their local language which has become their official language.

Blitzking:

Hope they pass iplts(pigin test) before practicing and fulfil all other criteria...we need to charge 140k for ipglts and it should expire every 2 yrs

killsmith:
Omo we need to comot this people hand from our politics.

BluntCrazeMan:


Source:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/02/uk-signs-deal-to-allow-british-lawyers-practise-in-nigeria/

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-signs-landmark-economic-partnership-with-nigeria

kolosman:
This is a welcome development

DeLaRue:
This is positive in some ways

1. Lawyers from Nigeria and other Common law countries have been able to practice in the UK for decades. All you have to do is write the Qualified Lawyers Test (QLT). Most newly qualified lawyers from Nigeria can pass the test at first attempt. It is not difficult at all. Once you pass, you will be inducted as a Solicitor of Supreme Court of England and Wales, and be given a practising certificate. That's it. You can practice like any other British Solicitor. You can complete the whole process within a few months.

All these years that Nigerians have been able to do this, Nigeria did not have a reciprocal simple route for UK lawyers to practice here and there was no histrionics from the UK side.

2. Having global UK firms like DLA Piper opening their own office here will give foreign investors confidence that the same firm handling their matters in Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris etc will handle their matters in Lagos/Abuja Nigeria. Many large foreign companies prefer such seemless arrangement.

3. Nigerian law firms have not particularly covered themselves in glory when it comes to corruption. Many of the international scandals surrounding large contracts where Nigeria's interest were traded cheaply to foreigners in return for bribes were drafted by Nigerian lawyers. Having UK legal firms here who are subject to the UK Bribery Act and who know how much costly and damaging allegations of bribery can be to their reputation is a good thing. Large international contracts involving Nigeria may be better handled on behalf of the country by a global UK law firm based in Nigeria than by Nigerian law firms who time and again have proven themselves ready to sell out Nigeria for a few dollars.

Overall, I believe people are right to ask questions about whether Nigeria is getting anything in return. That's for the government to answer. But, I personally believe this is a positive move.

nedekid:
Can anyone explain how this will be beneficial to Nigerians? As I did not see the part where Nigerian lawyers will reciprocatively practice in UK courts.
Lawyers in the house should kindly enlighten us.

Jman06:
You're actually the airhead here, because it is on record that we had the best of education during the colonial era with university of Ibadan being a campus of the university college London. Many of our professors and professionals today we're educated by the colonial masters. Then Nigerians didn't need visa to travel abroad and many were offered scholarships to study in choice universities abroad.

Infrastructures done by colonial masters were of high quality. Those roads and bridges constructed by the British colonial leaders stood the test of time. Our people got the best of healthcare as British doctors were the ones in charge of healthcare. Same British doctors were the ones who later trained our people on orthodox medicine which then replaced our crude and ineffective traditional medicine practice.

The list goes on

South Africa is much more developed today than Nigeria because the colonial masters stayed longer there compared to Nigeria that hurriedly got Independence only for our evil and selfish politician to start looting our common wealth instead of developing the country. Sometimes, I wish that the colonial masters stayed longer in Nigeria. I'm sure the country would have been better than it is today.

nedekid:
Can anyone explain how this will be beneficial to Nigerians? As I did not see the part where Nigerian lawyers will reciprocatively practice in UK courts.
Lawyers in the house should kindly enlighten us.

BluntCrazeMan:
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This one that UK originated the whole idea,, I am beginning to suspect foul-play here Ooo

DeLaRue:


1. Nigerian lawyers have been able to practice in the UK for a long time by writing a simple test called the Qualified Lawyers Transfer test. Even without the test, you can still practice, just that you have to inform prospective clients you are a 'Foreign Lawyer'.

2. UK law firms that set up office in Nigeria will primarily be targeting commercial/business/cross-border transactions. 99% of their work willl be office based. It is unlikely you'll see them wearing a robe and appearing in a court, even though though they might be able to do so.

These people are not coming here to handle Chieftancy, land, election matters, or Mr A ran away with my wife type of cases etc

They will be targeting big transactions.

SuccessfulRichi:
British should come and recolonize Africa please please... Black can't rule themselves. Look at what white South Africans are doing in South Africa. Development here and there. Let's go. Let's go.

codemaniacs:


they are targeting Nigeria's political system and total control of Nigerians..

what it means is they will now be able to freely deploy soldiers to Nigeria and build U:K owned soldier barracks and bases of operations all over Nigeria.