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Are you a singer, actor, writer, or any type of creative? Are you a professional who advises creatives? This is a webinar you can’t afford to miss. We are diving into the heart of the creative world and looking at legal issues that affect creatives. 📅 Date: Wednesday 21st May, 2025 🕐Time: 2pm WAT 📍Venue: Zoom and other social media platforms Panelists Dr. John Asein - Director General, Nigeria Copyright Commission Mobisola Odimegwu- Lead Counsel, Sofia Legal (Host) Monisola Tayo-Oyetibo - CEO, LAWFM 103.9 Richard Omos-Iboyi - CEO LionHills Studio Omotayo Queen Inakoju- Head of Legal, Ebonylife Group Joice Ize-Iyamu - CEO, Rouge Entertainment Secure your free spot now. Register here: https://bit.ly/sofialegalIPwebinar

How the Courts Work Nigerian high courts, generally allow a Claimant to withdraw or discontinue their entire case or part of it against the opposing party. The result of this withdrawal could be that the Court merely strikes out the case, such that the Claimant is able to bring the same case back to Court at a later date or it could be a dismissal, such that the Claimant is completely unable to re-institute the action against that Defendant. In the High Court of Lagos State, when a Claimant applies to withdraw or discontinue its case, whether the case will be struck out or dismissed it depends on the stage at which the Claimant applies to do so and the steps the Claimant has taken. By Order 25 of the…

It’s the international Workers’ Day today. As far as many people are concerned, anyone who works in any organization, whether private or government, is a “Worker”. Is this correct?Legally speaking, No.We therefore seize today’s opportunity to bring you 5 important things you should know about Nigerian Law and Workers! Who is a Worker? The Nigerian Labour Act of 1971 (the Act) which, till date, regulates the relationship between an Employer and its workers defines a “Worker” as: a) “Any person who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer, whether the contract is for manual labour or clerical work or is expressed or implied or oral or written, and whether it is a contract of service or a contract personally to execute any work or labour, but…