The CLA was delighted to collaborate with the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts in a webinar discussion which explored the commercial courts within the Commonwealth and their relationships with their users. The wide ranging discussion showcased the perspectives of the Jamaican, Malaysian, Kenyan and English panellists in relation to the practical ways in which…
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association extends its sympathy to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family following the death of His Royal Highness, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, has paid tribute to His Royal Highness on behalf of the Commonwealth family and all accredited…
Author : Richard Clayton QC In 2018 I was instructed to defend several judicial review claims in Trinidad brought against a Commission of Enquiry concerning the construction of the Las Alturas Housing Towers. These cases raised a number of interesting fairness challenges to Commissions of Enquiry. The first case to be decided was brought by…
According to a host of industry pundits and legal technology experts globally, the year 2021 looks set to push the trends accelerated in 2020 even further, with Artificial Intelligence (AI), analytics and intelligent legal research among the big issues to watch. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic, associated lockdowns worldwide and the sudden transition to remote…
What a rollercoaster of a year 2020 was! Unprecedented, daunting, challenging, and exhausting – just a few of the words that spring to mind when I think of it. I ran the full gamut of emotions last year. While I was happy to see it end, I reflected that it was not all chaos and…
While it is impossible to cover the subject of U.S. bar admission for foreign lawyers[1] in such depth given the different rules and decisions from various U.S. States, for the purposes of this article, what will be presented will be sufficient to enable the reader to glance at an overview of such a wide and…
The NBA-SBL launched its Competency Framework document on Friday, March 13, 2020 at the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) Download Presentation Download Competency Document
The Section recently developed and launched its Competency Framework. This Competency Framework effectively defines roles, responsibilities and expectations of organizational behaviour in a structured and analytical manner. It provides industry-wide standards by which business lawyers can be assessed and developed. It addresses non-legal as well as core legal skills in five different practice areas common…
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) in collaboration with the SBL and ENABLE2 (an affiliate of the UK DFID) jointly reviewed the legislative, regulatory, and other associated instruments affecting the ease of doing business in Nigeria. The exercise was an initiative of the National Assembly (NASS) and the SBL team led by Mr. Seni Adio…
Global banking-industry performance has been lackluster. Now comes the hard part: the rise of nonbanking platform companies targeting the most profitable parts of the banking value chain.