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spongebob0006:
Good evening Counsels, I think a whatsapp group should be creates because not everyone surfs the net but at least 90% scroll through WhatsApp messages. #mythoughtsthough

It has been created. Although some of us are not members, but it doesn't prevent those interested from joining. I will remind anyone joining the whatsapp group to note the words of caution I included in the first post. All the best.

Fussbot:
Mr hidentity must be so busy I guess.

Right. But it isn't all about hidentity. This thread is not about a person, but everybody. Thanks brother.

Japhet04:
and this promising thread is dead. SMH

Hi friend. I believe it is not dead, people are probably engaged in other things too. Also, to keep it moving can't be a one-man thing. I created the thread, but that doesn't make me the owner. It is just an idea to bring us together and try helping our friends. Thanks for concern, it is valid.

adaksbullet:
Mine speeking eglish


Am alway do debate for mine sch and I'm alway winned

Obviously

LegitBoy:
i'm very sorry sir.. .the fault was from me from onset. I just realized the mail I'm using on Nairaland is not my email but old one.

solobabs0907@gmail.com is my active email

I apologize for the inconvenience.

It is okay. I sent you a mail.

LegitBoy:
Yes but I didn't include any chamber.. I have a contact person at the students affairs.

Okay. Send me a dm. I'll send the name. Let me know here once you get it, please.

LegitBoy:
A commercial Law firm based in Central Lagos, requires the services of a qualified candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lawyer
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
 We require the services of a Lawyer with bias for Commercial Litigation.
Requirements
 Interested Legal Practitioners with at least three (3) years post NYSC experience.
https:///9VkTEVyi7Aq9s089U0h1u5

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and CV’s to:
The Principal Partner,
P.O. Box 8542,
Marina,
Lagos State.
Or
By e-mail to: Salauwunmi17@gmail.com
Application Deadline 13th March, 2018.

The principal partner of where? An applicant should know the name of the firm he or she is applying to. 'The principal partner' doesn't suffice.

LegitBoy:
Okay sir.. .i didn't get the link.. .i was actually thinking you changed your mind. Please can you send it to me on Whatsapp 09034424898 since it won't be safe to drop yours here.

Thanks.

Thought you said you've filled it?

Gavel:
Port Harcourt based 11 years post call legal practitioner.

Whao. Eligible for the silk. Welcome Sir. We hope to learn from the wealth of knowledge and experience that come with being in the bar for over a decade.

skybeauty:
Gud day house... This is a really nice innovation. I am 4 years post call and have been into active legal practice since I was called but I had to quit my present law firm cos I just got married and I needed to relocate to Abj join my hubby. Currently I am looking for a law firm in Abuja... Pls I need recommendations from lawyers in Abuja

Welcome. I think knowing those areas of practice you've been active in will be good too.

Blawyer:
I think creating a WhatsApp group could be good too...it will avail us the opportunity to share information faster and better.

It may be for those interested, but some people do not like whatsApp group things. I don't too. It has been abused too much, and privacy is usually compromised. Again, those interested may form and join it.

ayatt:
Good morning hidentity, ...am a 500 level law student, i was recently given project on prohibition of human trafficking under international law.

please I need ur help in anyway way possible on how to get materials needed. thank you!

Good morning.

I think the practice is to submit about three project topics that reflect your areas of interest and strength? Appears like yours was given without an option of changing it- more like it was imposed. Getting materials won't be hard, but if you are not passionate about the topic, you may get stuck in the process. A thesis is too serious for one to start with a topic he isn't at peace with. If you want to continue, then get international instruments against human trafficking and legislation first. We will talk better, but make it open to other friends on the forum too.
Check these out:
1:https://www.customwritings.com/blog/essay-topics-and-ideas/20-topics-human-trafficking-critical-essay.html
2:http://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/crime/human-trafficking/
3:http://nerdfighteria.vanillaforums.com/discussion/2010/human-trafficking-research-paper-ideas
4:http://goodexamplepapers.com/example-research-papers/research-paper-on-human-trafficking/
5:http://dissertationsandtheses.com/research-writing.asp?tag=human%20smuggling%20and%20trafficking
6:https://www.enotes.com/research-starters/human-trafficking
7:https://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/researchdigest/trafficking/InternationalLaw.pdf
8:https://www.peacepalacelibrary.nl/
9:https://www.essaytown.com/subjects/paper/international-law-human-trafficking/303109
10:https://www.paperdue.com/essay/international-law-and-human-trafficking-22471 (this link will be helpful)

Do not plagiarise, please.

livebynite:
Good day all, what are the implications besides not being able to own a bank account if one files for bankruptcy in Nigeria? Does that mean one cant own money in the bank again?

Filing for bankruptcy is not the same as being declared bankrupt. I think until the Court declares such, no implication can arise yet. The mere filing of an application to seek an order of court does not translate to the order sought being granted. What if the said filing isn't competent or court doesn't find merit in it?




An act of bankruptcy is committed by a debtor only if a creditor -


1:has obtained a final judgment or final order against him for any amount, and execution thereon not having been stayed, has a bankruptcy notice served on him, and

2:does not, within fourteen days after service of the notice, comply with the requirements of the notice or satisfy the court that he has a counter-claim, set off or cross demand which equals or exceeds the amount of the judgment debt or sum ordered to be paid, and which he could not set up in the action in which the judgment was obtained or the proceedings in which the order was obtained.

EXCEPT the person files in the court a declaration of his inability to pay his debts or presents a bankruptcy petition against himself.

This isn't an area I am deft at though.

adeyanju65:
... I reached your mail, you can as well WhatsApp me on 07038257219

Please ensure you do a thorough job. If you need help, I can refer you to lawyers in Oshogbo who will help. Regards

Chukazu:
Good day!
On intellectual property...how do I copyright my songs

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I can highlight a skeletal approach to doing that for you, but I will advise you meet a lawyer. I do not intend that my opinion online be taken as the exhaustive position of law in any field. They are intended as the basic and guide. Exhaustive opinions should be taken from your lawyers. It is upon proper briefing and a thorough appreciation of facts that you can get an exhaustive and reliable opinion. Where no lawyer-client relationship exists, no liability will be taken for the consequence emanating from reliance on an opinion that is not exhaustive. Thank you.

However, you may check this for an idea:

Basically, a copyright is a legal right that vests the creator of an original work exclusive right to its use and distribution. However, this exclusiveness is usually for a limited time. In the case of sound recordings like in your case, the owner enjoys Copyright for 50 years from the time the work was first published. The work goes to the public domain when the term of protection expires and third parties are allowed free use of it.

Primary legislation on Copyright in Nigeria is the Copyright Act. Nigerian Copyright Commission is the body in charge.

WORKS ELIGIBLE FOR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
Copyright protects original creations in the literary and artistic fields, which are fixed in medium from which they can be reproduced, or otherwise communicated. In this case, your work-Musical Works inclusive.

However, there are other related things not covered i.e ideas or methods.

For your work to pass to be copyrighted, same must be sufficiently original, and must be in a form which is expressed. e.g. a musical recording in the instant case.
The creator of a copyright work who is the author, creator or maker of the work owns the copyright in the work in the first instance. However, he can confer the right, transfer or share it with a third party e.g an artiste may confer his copyright with his record label

In such a case, the person who has obtained the right by transfer or other legal means becomes the owner of copyright.

REGISTRATION OF A COPYRIGHT
It should be noted that registering for copyright is not a precondition for protection. You do not have to register your copyright. It subsists automatically in a work from the moment the work is created.

However the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has established a voluntary copyright registration scheme, designed to enable authors and right owners notify the Commission of the creation and existence of a work.

The NCC justifies the establishment of this scheme based on the Following benefits:

It provides an independent source of verifying data relating to a work or its author to the general public.
The acknowledgement certificate issued provides prima facie evidence of the facts shown on it.
It provides a depository for preserving original copies of works notified.
The information and data contained in the Notification data base offers reliable rights management information to members of the public and prospective licensees to the work.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR COPYRIGHT
In the case of physical submission, someone can submit application directly through an agent for registration to any office of the Commission’s office nationwide. You will need to submit to the Commission, a completed registration form, along with copies of the work, and evidence of payment of the prescribed fee. E-registration is also permitted.

RIGHT OF AN AUTHOR OR COPYRIGHT OWNER OF A WORK
The rights which an author or copyright owner enjoys in a work include the right to be acknowledged in any use made of his work and also to prevent any derogatory use; alteration; distortion or mutilation of same (referred to as moral rights).

More importantly, the author enjoys the right to earn money from his work by determining the condition under which the work may be commercially used by a third party (economic rights).

An author whose music is copyrighted can prohibit or authorize the following acts;

The reproduction of the work in various forms such as printed publication, photocopying or making a recording in any media.
The public performance of work such as staging a play in a theatre.
The recording of work in the form of compact disks, cassettes, videotapes, etc.
The broadcasting of the work by radio, cable or satellite.
The translation of the work into other languages or its adaptation such as from a novel to a screenplay.
The distribution of the work commercially by way of sales, hiring or rental.

IMPLICATION IN LAW
The Owner has an exclusive right over the work and it is unlawful for any other person to reproduce, publish, translate, perform in public, make, rent, lease, hire, broadcast, adapt or tamper with the work without the Owner’s licence or assignment.



I acknowledge resolutionlawng.

tochukwu75:
Good Morning Sir, I am a legal practitioner serving in Uyo0 Akwa Ibom State. I will pass out in June I would love to practice in Abuja.
Areas of interest :corporate, property law and Arbitration etc
Please Sir, can I have your phone number.

. Good morning, we can talk via mail for now. I will reply your messages as soon as I get them. Thanks

caketake3:
Good morning to my seniors at the bar.
I'm in 500level. I have interest in arbitration, real estate and civil litigation.

@hidentity just sent a mail now. would love to create a relationship with you.

@swaginton @specter @lugbe I greet Sir

Good morning. I responded.

LegitBoy:
You didn't reply me on the internship post Sir....i have filled it anyway.. But was looking forward to hearing from you.

I responded. I sent you the name of the firm and the address. I was even thinking you have filled it as agreed. Maybe it dropped in the spam. I still have a copy of the mail I sent you. You should have raised it before now. Apologies for the inconvenience.

A good law firm in Lagos has a slot for a male youth corp member who has a flair for litigation. Interested individuals should forward their CVs to me. Thanks

omalichaabn:

Lol.. Dele Exposed Woli Agba After Telling A Lie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ybsaaa8kY

...

royalads:
add Justice Banjoko of the High court of FCT Gudu.... she is way smart and knows her onions

I agree

This is an unhealthy generalization. Maybe you should go to Justice Opeyemi Oke's Court in Lagos. You can also go to the Supreme Court panel where Justice Kekere-Ekun is among the sitting justices. Then read about Retired Justice Mariam Aloma-Mukhtar. Go to Minna and observe proceedings in Justice Buari's Court. Ask about Justice Anyanwu of the Court of Appeal. Then Justice Eunice Ajumogobia of National Industrial Court, Abuja. Finally, try imagining what a bench with someone like Mama Folake Solanke, SAN will look like.

But for Justice Rhodes-Vivour and what I read of Late Justice Kayode Esho, I have met better female judges than their male counterparts. After late Justice Kayode Esho and Justice Rhodes-Vivour, I will pick about 10 female judges who are good ambassadors of the bench before any other male judge comes to mind. Maybe mode of getting to the bench should be reviewed, not gender of who gets there.

Reedahgado:
Wow it's good to hear that you bought shirt of 20k. Only rich people like you buy expensive stuff but the wise ones don't go around seeking attention on social media. Keep shining and continue updating us on ur personal life, that shows how reserved and matured you are

That guy?

DifferentCase:
Boss, please I need you to assist me in looking into an issue, and advice me accordingly. Will pm you now, thanks. [1quote author=Hidentity post=65235164]This is the lowliest I think anybody should go. Anybody, let alone a body as revered as the Nigerian Bar Association.

I mean, this is a body that purportedly has in its organs the best legal brains and intellectually exposed individuals. You turned someone down with reckless abandon, picked up the work that supposedly doesn't worth its salt and went ahead to present same. Who does that?

If a poor lawyer in Igbosere striving to make ends meet had been the one involved in this mess, these well suited hypocrites would have constituted a kangaroo panel to strip him of his licence to meal and made a fool of such person. They would have chorused: He has no business being a lawyer! Now, like a friend will say: The masquerade has farted!

This is a further validation of my indifference towards NBA. It is a body that has outlived its usefulness and purpose. At the expense of the interest of young lawyers, they dine and wine with no iota of discretion. Young lawyers earn 10,000 monthly in Lagos, as low as 8,000 in Benin, 12,000 in Enugu. Mockery of salaries that can't even afford a pair of good shoes. Instead of dealing with this anomalies and many more, they would rather hike conference fee, and some jesters among them will even claim licence to practice law is not a meal ticket, but a ticket to learn law. So, when will it become a meal ticket? When they turn wretched all in the name of learning? That moment you realized you just ate pizza for 5,000-half of a colleague's salary in Oshogbo. You can't help but shudder. Here they are, supposed faces of the profession. Buffons!

I made an innocent plea in the law school for the reduction of law school fee to pave way for children of Cab drivers, less patronised tailors, market women and those financially less fortunate to be able to study law, the supposed rep of the Council responded with piercing insults. People take to insult when the flower of logic ceases to grow in their backyards.

If a lawyer can't get justice among his colleagues, the common man is doomed. Justice in Nigeria is a paper term, a shadow not for catch. They should be made to go through the rigours of the law. They have desecrated the profession, let them be made to face the fire.

Okay. I hope I'll be able to help

[quote author=amstamon post=65235954]Only just 2 likes u got for all this your long epistles
Eya... Sorry o... Take heart OK?
Oya write anoda one maybe u fit get 100000 likes..
Gerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrout jor[/quote

I must confess, I am tempted to join issues with you, but I won't be proud of myself if I do so. You play for the applause, so you presume that like you, I leave my happiness in the hands of the audience. No, you missed it.

This is the lowliest I think anybody should go. Anybody, let alone a body as revered as the Nigerian Bar Association.

I mean, this is a body that purportedly has in its organs the best legal brains and intellectually exposed individuals. You turned someone down with reckless abandon, picked up the work that supposedly doesn't worth its salt and went ahead to present same. Who does that?

If a poor lawyer in Igbosere striving to make ends meet had been the one involved in this mess, these well suited hypocrites would have constituted a kangaroo panel to strip him of his licence to meal and made a fool of such person. They would have chorused: He has no business being a lawyer! Now, like a friend will say: The masquerade has farted!

This is a further validation of my indifference towards NBA. It is a body that has outlived its usefulness and purpose. At the expense of the interest of young lawyers, they dine and wine with no iota of discretion. Young lawyers earn 10,000 monthly in Lagos, as low as 8,000 in Benin, 12,000 in Enugu. Mockery of salaries that can't even afford a pair of good shoes. Instead of dealing with this anomalies and many more, they would rather hike conference fee, and some jesters among them will even claim licence to practice law is not a meal ticket, but a ticket to learn law. So, when will it become a meal ticket? When they turn wretched all in the name of learning? That moment you realized you just ate pizza for 5,000-half of a colleague's salary in Oshogbo. You can't help but shudder. Here they are, supposed faces of the profession. Buffons!

I made an innocent plea in the law school for the reduction of law school fee to pave way for children of Cab drivers, less patronised tailors, market women and those financially less fortunate to be able to study law, the supposed rep of the Council responded with piercing insults. People take to insult when the flower of logic ceases to grow in their backyards.

If a lawyer can't get justice among his colleagues, the common man is doomed. Justice in Nigeria is a paper term, a shadow not for catch. They should be made to go through the rigours of the law. They have desecrated the profession, let them be made to face the fire.

Bifrost:
Sir, but it's "A Eulogy".
The letters "Eu" in "Eulogy" is a consonant sound followed by the long u: sound; "ju:"

Okay

Lawyers needed.
1-3 years experience. Salary is very attractive.
Interested applicants who are available to work at short notice in Lagos should send their cvs to; olusholad@Phillipsoutsourcing.net

I think one doesn't stop the others. With proper planning, the three will work.

I would not contend that the students were flogged if they claim they were not. However, if they were, what is at play is what Fela has summed up in his song: Suffering and smiling. Ours is a country where people have normalized anomalies and celebrate what should be rebuked.

We are the people who find joy in having power for 2 hours when other climes have it 24 hours without batting an eyelid. We celebrate political office holders who provide good roads as if the fund was from their pockets. The level people in other climes with more humane and mentally stable leaders can never imagine enduring is a level too high for our dear nation to reach.

Feeding, security, education, employment and other benefits that make life worthwhile and should be regarded as birth rights are earned through a race against odds.

We were the giant of Africa, not anymore.
Gone were the days poverty was fought, now policies of government fight the poor. It is night again, and we have the oppressed red-carpeting the oppressor. Will it be strange if these young men and women grow to be weaklings who cannot stand firm for justice? Is it now strange that even when the ship of our nation is plunged in the deep sea of mess, some people still echo "Sai Baba" with reckless abandon and disregard for what may become of us all? When exactly will morning come?

Students, your protest is noted.

The part of deleting their songs got laughing