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The Gravitas Review of Business & Property Law Vol.6 No.3
0₦5,000.00In this issue of The Gravitas Review of Business & Property Law Vol.6 No.3, there are well researched articles on:
- Corporate Law & Practice
- Land Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Taxation
- Litigation Practice & Procedure
- Energy
- International Trade Law
- Economic Crimes & Sanction
- Practice Note
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Registration of Trademarks: Safeguarding Business Interests and Protecting Consumers against Confusion
0₦2,500.00Yahya Hambali, Deputy Director, Nigerian Law School and research student at the School of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, examines the provisions of the Trade Marks Act through decided cases and gives a practical guide on registration of trademarks.
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Corporate Insanity as a Defence to the Crime of Tax Evasion: Untying the Knotty Legal Issues in the Criminal Liability of Corporations
0₦2,500.00Odubunmi Olagoke in his article “Corporate Insanity as a Defence to the Crime of Tax Evasion: Untying the Knotty Legal Issues in the Criminal Liability of Corporations” explores the various theories of criminal liability and consider, from a distillation of the principles, the defence of Corporate Insanity to a crime of tax evasion.
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An Expository Study of the Legal Framework for the Regulations of Non-Oil Export in Nigeria
0₦2,500.00Dr. Ezra Yakusak, Legal Adviser/Board Secretary of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council in “An Expository Study of the Legal Framework for the Regulation of Non-Oil Export in Nigeria” examines the gamut of laws regulating non-oil export in Nigeria highlighting the contradictions and lacuna in some of them.
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Implications of Shale Oil Development and Alternative Sources of Energy on Nigeria’s Economy
0₦2,500.00It is not just another scare: Victor Onyenkpa and Tozaye Balogun, Partner and Senior Consultant respectively, KPMG Advisory Services, with facts and figures, examine the dire consequences of the development of Shale Oil on Nigeria’s economy. Their article, “Implications of Shale Oil Development and Alternative Sources of Energy on Nigeria’s Economy” however proffers a way out.
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Defining the Scope and Limit of Application of the Doctrine of Lis Pendens: Need for a Restatement of Principles
0₦2,500.00Gbenga Ojo, Lecturer, Lagos State University & Principal, Gbenga Ojo & Co in “Defining the Scope and Limit of Application of the Doctrine of Lis Pendens: Need for a Restatement of Principles” dissects several decided cases on the doctrine of lis pendens and argue that some of them including a Supreme Court case may have been decided per incuriam.
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Aggressive Tax Avoidance in Nigeria: Lifting the Corporate Veil as an Anti-Avoidance Tool
0₦2,500.00Derek Obadina, Associate Professor of Taxation, Lagos State University, in his article “Aggressive Tax Avoidance in Nigeria: Lifting the Corporate Veil as an Anti-Avoidance Tool” examines tax avoidance and the deployment of corporate veil lifting as an anti-avoidance tool.
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The Role of Trade Secrets in the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
0₦2,500.00John Onyido, Partner, SPA Ajibade & Co, in his article “The Role of Trade Secrets in the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights” explores the seldom walked path of Trade Secrets in the protection of intellectual property. He bemoans the absence of a Trade Secrets law in Nigeria despite the fact that, in the word of Karl Jorda, “…trade secrets cover over 90% of all new technology; and over 80% of all license and technology transfer agreements cover trade secrets or constitute hybrid agreements relating to patents and trade secrets”.
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An Examination of the Right to Compensation for Compulsory Acquisition of Land in Nigeria
0₦2,500.00Dr. Dorothy Nelson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Private Law, University of Uyo, in her article “An Examination of the Right to Compensation for Compulsory Acquisition of Land in Nigeria” discusses the right to compensation under the Land Use Act and argue that while compulsory acquisition may be necessary for societal growth, acquisition, via revocation of interest, must scrupulously comply with the template laid by the Supreme Court in the case of Osho v Foreign Finance Corp.
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A Comparative Review of the Environmental Liability of Parent Companies for the Acts of their Foreign Subsidiaries
0₦2,500.00Emwanta Ehigiato, Partner, Giwa-Osagie & Co in “A Comparative Review of the Environmental Liability of Parent Companies for the Acts of their Foreign Subsidiaries” examines the liability of parent companies for the acts of their foreign subsidiaries especially in cases of environmental infractions. He gives a robust overview of corporate liability in several jurisdictions while analysing the state of the law in Nigeria.
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Issues and Problems in Corporate Governance in Nigeria
0₦2,500.00Joseph Abugu, Professor of Commercial and Industrial Law, University of Lagos, Akoka, in his article “Issues and Problems in Corporate Governance in Nigeria” examines the problem of Corporate Governance in Nigeria and argue that in an environment of corruption, bribery and ethnic favouritism, adopting corporate governance codes informed by experiential evolution of other cultures could be counterproductive.
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The Gravitas Review of Business & Property Law Vol.6 No.2 – Print
0₦5,000.00In this issue of The Gravitas Review of Business & Property Law Vol.6 No.2, there are well researched articles on:
- Company Law & Practice
- Banking Law & Practice
- Investments & Securities Law
- Insolvency Law
- Maritime Law
- Taxation
- Tourism
- Practice Notes
- Book Review
