Parallel Imports – How to Manage the Problem
Until very recently – 2008, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) did not have any known policy on the exhaustion doctrine applicable to it …
International Carriage of Goods in Nigeria – “The MV Ndoni River” Case
The MV Ndoni River decision appears to have rejected some general rules by holding that an international convention, such as the Hague Rules, is autonomous and above domestic legislation of the subscribing countries and therefore binding on their citizens…
Injunctions and Protective Orders; Commercial Arbitration in Nigeria
Section 21 of the Arbitration Law of Lagos 2009 will entitle a court to make an interim measure prior to the commencement of arbitral proceedings where the court is satisfied that the applicant has a manifest intention to refer the matter to arbitration on the basis of a valid agreement to arbitrate.