Like the dictionary definition of a hailstorm, the news of the signing into law of ‘The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act’ hit the ambient air. The Act, which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in February, 2019, and applauded by many, dissolved the Consumer Protection Council, CPC Read more…
During my lecture ‘Key Issues in Nigerian Telecommunications Legal and Regulatory Framework’, delivered recently at the Osun State University (Ifetedo Campus), one of the questions the Law Students left triangulating on me was why there is a dearth of legal experts/law firms when it comes to the area of Telecommunications Read more…
On 27th June, 2019, HARLEM Solicitors paid a visit to the Ifetedo campus of the Osun State University upon the invitation by the Justice & Equity Chambers of the Law Students of the great institution. HARLEM Solicitors is delighted to have taken part in the public lecture as a speaker Read more…
Executive Summary: Dissatisfaction has consistently been expressed concerning the lack of effectiveness of the Copyright Laws in Nigeria, particularly evident from the high rate of piracy still present in the country, notwithstanding the presence of these laws. This paper seeks to examine the Copyright Act Chapter C28 Laws of the Read more…
There are different options available to companies wanting to engage each other in forming a stronger business organization for continuation of their object and, perhaps, to salvage a state of recession or total shut down. These options are generally referred to as ‘External Corporate Restructuring’. External Restructure of corporate bodies Read more…
Interconnection-related issues are ranked by many countries as the single most important problem in the development of a competitive marketplace for telecommunications service. This exemplifies the importance of the role that telecommunications regulators have on interconnection[1]. The Nigerian Communications Commission, “the Commission”, is the independent regulator of the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. The Commission is governed Read more…
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, adoption is “the statutory process of terminating a child’s legal rights and duties towards the natural parents and substituting similar rights and duties towards adoptive parents”. Adoption, simply put, is the act of one who takes another’s child into his own family treating him or Read more…
As the debate about health hazards on telecoms base stations rages on and becomes obstreperous in its stridency, the end-result is neither-nor……Harlem Solicitors’ Principal Partner, Babatunde Lawal, Esq., weighs in. Check out the video below:
HARLEM Solicitors recorded another epoch-making history on Wednesday, 27th February, 2019 when the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Olufolake Solanke, SAN, C.O.N, O.O.N, visited the firm and addressed the team, giving them useful tips and pieces of advice, while also explaining some of the legal principles of Law Read more…
Public officer means a person holding any offices specified in the second schedule to this Act[1]. In the second schedule to the Act, public officers include the President, Vice President of the Federation, Governors and Deputy Governors of the state, Chief Justice of Nigeria and all judicial officers, Ambassadors and Read more…