Legal insights
Practical commentary from the lawyers of Chidomerem Chambers on the questions Nigerian clients actually bring through the door.
The archive
Updated periodically
Corporate Law
Annual returns feel like paperwork until the day a bank, an investor or a regulator pulls your file. The penalties compound quietly, and the reputational cost arrives at the worst moment.
14 July 2026 5 min read
Criminal Law
Bail at the police station is free. You are entitled to a lawyer. You do not have to write a statement alone. Knowing these three things changes the outcome of a great many cases.
30 June 2026 6 min read
Intellectual Property
CAC registration and trademark registration are two different systems solving two different problems. Business owners routinely discover the difference only when a competitor adopts their name.
12 June 2026 5 min read
Dispute Resolution
Arbitration clauses are signed casually and invoked desperately. A frank look at where private dispute resolution genuinely outperforms the courts, and where it quietly fails you.
27 May 2026 6 min read
Family Law
A badly drafted will causes more family conflict than no will at all. Formal validity, customary law and dependants’ claims all have to be handled together, at the drafting stage.
9 May 2026 8 min read
These articles are general commentary on Nigerian law and are not legal advice. The application of any principle depends entirely on your facts — speak to counsel before acting on anything you read here.
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