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  Inheritance Tussle: Is Marriage, not the big role player? (Pt.1)                                     “A good man leaves inheritance to his children’s children”                                                                 Proverbs 13:22(a) Hello Nigeria, few weeks ago on this platform, we had a discourse on Will, it was an extensive discussion and conversations are still on going. Please visit the blog to join in the conversation and don’t forget to leave your comment(s) on the blog.    I...

Is ‘Joromi’ any one’s creation? 🤔 In the past couple of weeks, we have had some trending issues on social media, one of which is the use of Joromi by the singer, Simi. Quick reminder, Uwaifo equally released a song titled Joromi in the not so distant past. As a legal practitioner, the Rules of my profession precludes me from commenting on an issue that is pending before the Court. Bearing this in mind, ample examples will be used to drive home the point. And what is the point? To enlighten you on the need to legally protect your ideas, innovations, artistic and or literary works amongst others.👌 As usual, for the ease of understanding, this discourse is devoid of legal terminologies (as much as possible). A separate detailed feature will be done on the blog with ample reference to law, the Applicable Statute, Case Law, the Stance of the Court in recent times etc. Stay with us🙏🙏 Firstly, we have heard the words, Copyright, Patent and Trademark thrown around all discussion...

Good Morning Nigeria, Last week on the family-law-series, we discussed the feature tagged: Make a Will: Not a death wish! It was an engaging session as our inbox was loaded with questions, which we tried to answer within the confines of law. This week, we have decided to share some of those questions with you while modifying them for illustration sake.👏 Problem 1: Mr. Social Media married Miss. Instagram at the Ikoyi Marriage Registry on the 27th day of January, 1986. The marriage was dissolved by the High Court of Lagos State sitting at Ikeja Judicial Division on the 2nd day of April, 2012. Custody of the 3 children of the marriage was given to Miss. Instagram.  Prior to the dissolution of the marriage, Mr. Social Media had made a Will on the 21st day of August, 2002, wherein his 5 properties were devised and/or given to Miss. Instagram and her 3 children. In 2013, Mr. Social Media married Miss. Twitter at the Ikeja Marriage Registry and they had 2 children. Mr. Social M...

It’s the Mini-Law-Series and we will continue with our discourse on the feature tagged: “Secret principles you don't know about contract” 📚 🎲 📚 As usual, this discourse is limited to basic knowledge of law and in view of the nature of this platform, legal terminologies will be used sparingly. 👏 Please recall, that we have discussed the meaning of contract, its element and basic must know principles, please click on the link below if you missed it. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=547989395974372&id=100022899504084 Friends, what happens when a call is made vide Newspaper publications, jingles on media etc.,for interested persons (contractors) to submit their bids (proposals) etc., in furtherance of a specific project? 🤔 💁 🤔 Here is another one, what happens where a person in honour of the invite submits the bid or proposal as the case may be? 💁 🤔 💁 I bet you don’t know the answers to the posers raised above? 😀  Generally, such a call to...

Its Wednesday the 30th day of October, 2019. Our feature on the Family-Law-Series 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦  is tagged: MAKE A WILL:Not a death wish! In view of the nature of this platform, and our targeted audience, this discourse will be limited to basic knowledge and devoid of legal terminologies (as much as possible). We will consider 6 talking points, subtitled: "THE 6 W'S OF WILLS" our aim with these talking points is to answer “often asked” questions about WILLS. 1. What is a will? 2. Who can make a will? 3. Why do I need a will? 4. What makes a will valid? 5. What can be done to protect my will? 6. What if I change my mind? WHAT IS A WILL? 🤔 A will is a written document, that states in details, the way and manner the maker’s properties are to be disposed, shared, distributed etc., upon death. These properties, include money, houses, cars, pets, land, money in the bank account, pension fund etc. WHO CAN MAKE A WILL? 🤔 🤔 Generally, any sane person above...