A good contract review tests not only whether the words are legal, but whether the document allocates risk in a way the business can actually live with. Commercial contracts fail most often at the pressure points: payment, delivery, liability, termination, confidentiality, intellectual property, and dispute resolution. A review should therefore focus on what happens when…
Company incorporation is not only a filing exercise. Founders should settle ownership, control, governance, and compliance questions before the company is created. The easiest incorporation problems are the ones avoided before filing. Founders often focus on the name and certificate, but the more important questions are who owns what, who controls decisions, how shares are…
A shareholder agreement helps owners decide in advance how the company will be controlled, funded, transferred, and exited if relationships later change. Many companies begin with goodwill and informal understanding. That is precisely when a shareholder agreement is easiest to negotiate. Once the business grows, capital enters, or relationships sour, unresolved assumptions about control and…
Urgent court relief is used where waiting for the full trial may expose a party to serious harm that cannot be adequately repaired later. Some disputes move too quickly for ordinary timelines. Property may be sold, funds moved, documents destroyed, or a harmful step completed before the court can determine the full claim. In those…
A demand letter sets out the claim, the relief sought, and the time allowed for response before a dispute escalates into formal proceedings. Not every dispute should begin with a lawsuit. In many commercial matters, a properly framed demand letter is the first disciplined step. It records the grievance, identifies the documents or obligations relied…
Effective debt recovery usually starts with documents, not threats: the contract, invoice trail, admissions, payment history, and enforceability of the claim. Before recovery action begins, a creditor should know exactly what can be proved. That means reviewing the agreement, invoices, delivery records, messages, acknowledgments, and any payment schedule. The stronger the documentary position, the easier…
Governor’s Consent is part of the perfection process for certain land transfers in Nigeria and is commonly required after acquisition to regularise the buyer’s interest. Buying property is not always the final legal step. In many transactions, the buyer must still complete post-transfer formalities so that the transaction is properly recognised in the public record…
A survey plan helps identify the exact land being sold, its boundaries, and whether the land may be affected by acquisition, overlap, or location errors. One of the most expensive mistakes in a land purchase is buying a description instead of buying a clearly identified parcel. A survey plan helps connect the legal documents to…
Before buying land in Nigeria, a buyer should verify title, ownership history, survey status, acquisition risk, and pending disputes before paying or signing final documents. Property disputes often begin before completion, when a buyer pays on the strength of assurances that were never independently checked. A title search is the process of confirming whether the…