BusinessDay 17 Aug 2017

22 BUSINESS DAY C002D5556 Thursday 17 August 2017
INDUSTRYFILE
Lawpavilion concludes plans
to celebrate 120 SANs
Africa’s leading Legal Technologies Solution
Provider and Software Developers,
LawPavilion has in an unprecedented
recognition of intellectual sagacity and immense
contribution to the development of
law and justice in Nigeria concluded plans
to celebrate 120 Senior Advocates of Nigeria,
SANs who have been registered on its platform
and users of the award winning LawPavilion
Electronic Law Reports (LPELR) during the
forthcoming NBA Conference which also coincides
with the Company’s 10th commercial
year anniversary.
Speaking, Ope Olugasa, Managing Director
of LawPavilion stated that “Words in Gold for
Senior Advocates of Nigeria” is a recognition of
the immense contributions of the 120 Learned
Silk which became obvious during the development
of the Company’s latest ambitious Legal
Analytics product, the LawPavilion Prime,
Africa’s First legal Analytics Software. He
stated that because data was being mined from
available reported cases from the Supreme
Court and Court of Appeal in the creation and
development of LawPavilion Prime, many of
the identified Learned Senior Advocates of Ope Olugasa, MD, Lawpavilion at a Conference in Las Vegas
Nigeria had appeared in many of these cases
either as Lead Counsel or part of the representation
team and their contributions have been Advocate or others. Furthermore, it becomes a He stated that as part of its commitment to the
instrumental to the development of Nigerian veritable tool in the compilation of books, essays
or biographies about the life and practice Africa’s First Legal Analytics software – The
industry, it will be unveiling commercially
law and jurisprudence.
As part of the planned celebration, each of such Learned Senior Advocate of Nigeria. LawPavilion Prime, which is the result of more
of the identified tech-adept Senior Advocate According to its Managing Director, Ope than 4 years of intense research and development
which involved more than 150 lawyers
of Nigeria will be handed a compilation of Olugasa, the LawPavilion brand has been servicing
the legal services industry for the past and software developers.
his/her submissions in all the cases in the
Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in which 10 years and the Company is using the opportunity
of the 2017 NBA-AGC to celebrate with being slow to adopt technology, the innova-
For an industry that has been portrayed as
such Learned Senior Advocate had appeared.
In the immediate, it serves as an invaluable its teeming subscribers and appreciate their tions provided by LawPavilion have changed
memorabilia and portable testament of the patronage and loyalty for the past 10 years. that narrative and shown that with tailor-made
legacy of such Learned Senior Advocate. On He stated that the Company would not rest solutions, legal practitioners in Nigeria are
the other hand, it will also serve as a first reference
tool for future cases regarding similar trail for other service providers to follow in the contemporaries from advanced jurisdictions
on its oars of being innovative and blazing a able to compete and rub shoulders with their
cases to be handled by such Learned Senior legal services industry and Nigeria in general. without hindrance.
Oba Olateru-Olagbegi, Akwa Ibom
state CJ, others, to receive honours
BDLegalBusiness
Why over 44,000
companies were delisted
from CAC database
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
has disclosed its reasons for delisting
over 44,000 companies. According to
sources at the commission, it was based on
an inordinate number of breaches against the
Companies and other Matters Act (CAMA)
amidst several other extant regulations of the
commission, notably, late and outright refusal
to file returns.
It announced that the first batch of delisted
companies had been over nine thousand while
the second batch came up to over 35, 000
companies totaling 44,000 firms delisted from
its database. The commission stated that most
Bello Mahmud, Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs
Commission.
of those delisted were ‘briefcase’ companies
without legitimate addresses, noting further
that it plans to continue the process until these
sharp practices are totally eradicated.
The move by the CAC is part of efforts by
the government to institute the Ease of Doing
Business and enhance business practices
across the country. These deceptive practices
in the past hindered the development had
resulted in the loss of revenue to the commission,
44,000 companies were recently delisted
from the database of the Corporate Affairs
Commission, CAC, while 1.5 million companies
have been registered.
A
group of lawyers under the auspices of
Class of 1985 at the Nigerian Law School
will on Monday honour their teacher and
former Secretary of the Council of Legal Education
(CLE) Oba Olateru-Olagbegi at their annual
reunion luncheon scheduled to hold in Lagos.
Oba Olateru-Olagbegi will be honoured
alongside a member of the Class and the Chief
Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Justice Godwin
Abraham and other deserving members of the
class who have distinguished themselves in various
spheres of the legal profession
The popular annual reunion of the set will
hold on the sidelines of the 2017 Annual General
Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association taking
place in Lagos.
According to a press statement by the Chairman
of the Class, Chief Emeka Ngige SAN, 5 judicial
officers, 5 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN,
a professor of law, 5 top executives in the federal
bureaucracy and another traditional ruler will
also be honoured at the annual reunion holding
at the prestigious Four Points by Sheraton,
Victoria Island, Lagos.
Among the judges to be honoured are US
based jurist, Judge Adetokunbo Fasanya of Family
Court , State of New York; Hon. Justice A. B.
Mohammed and Hon. Justice Angela Otaluka,
both of the High Court of FCT, and Hon. Justice
Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the High Court of Lagos
State.
Among the Senior Advocates to be honoured
are Chief Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman of
Multi-Choice Nigeria; Mr. Elisha Kura, a Kaduna
based trial lawyer; Mr. James Ikeyi and Mr Ayo
Akintunde. The only scholar in the honours list is
Prof. Jerry Agbo Madaki of School of Law, Catholic
University of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Also to be honoured are the National Commissioner
at Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and former Thisday Lawyer
Editor, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu; the newly
appointed Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court
of Nigeria, Hadiza Mustapha; Executive Secretary
of Pension Transition Arrangements Directorate
(PTAD), Ms. Sharon Ikeazor, and Group
Legal Adviser of Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Hajia Hadiza Coomassie.
Also to be awarded are Dr. Alexander Adeyinka,
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Canadian
National Insurance Crime Services (CA-
NATICS) in Ottawa Canada; Mr. Alex Ugwuanyi,
Company Secretary, Capital Hotels Plc, owners
of Abuja Sheraton, and the Onogie of Ihieve-
Ogben in Owan East Local Government of Edo
State, Chief Andrew Otokhina.
The leader of the class, Prince Lateef Fagbemi,
SAN is expected to chair the occasion.
Chief Ngige enjoined members of the class to
turn out in their large numbers for the exquisite
reunion dinner.