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
Debt recovery is a process of recovering something or money owed to a person, bank, or company, from an individual or corporate body etc . In Nigeria, many businesses have shut down, individuals have gone bankrupt, while companies have been wound up as a result of the failures of some Read more
The European Union is set to update its 2001 Copyright Directive, legislation which aims to protect rights-holder in the internet age, with a committee vote on June 20 or 21. Under Article 13 of the legislation, sites that allow the public to post potentially copyrighted content would have to go Read more
There have been several inconsistencies in studies and reports on the subject of health hazards and risks associated with telecommunications base stations. While some reports say that, till date, no convincing evidence of telecoms masts causing diseases have been found (since the amount of radiation emitted by them remains very Read more