Donation of Educational Aids to Edward Blyden Memorial Nursery and Primary School, Lagos by Kenna Partners and AIFA Reading Society

To celebrate Children’s Day (May 27, 2019), volunteers from Kenna Partners and AIFA Reading Society, Mr Michael Ekpo and Ms Magdaline Oyoroh on Tuesday, May 28, visited Edward Blyden Memorial Nursery and Primary School to empower the students with educational materials. Over one hundred (100) students were empowered with branded mathematical sets as donated by […]

Kenna Partners Collaborates with AIFA Reading Society for “Celebrating The Gems Around Us” on Children’s Day

Kenna Partners Collaborates with AIFA Reading Society for "Celebrating The Gems Around Us" on Children’s Day

What makes a child special? Every child possesses unique characters, strengths and abilities that allows them express their individuality. It is this individual uniqueness that makes every child special. To truly harness and develop a child’s uniqueness and maximum potential, every child requires and deserves attention, love, support and protection. Children’s Day is a special day set aside to […]

Arbitration agreements remaining valid even though the main contracts are not.

Arbitration is a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), which is a legal procedure for settling disputes outside of the regular court system. When parties agree to use arbitration to settle their disputes, they take their dispute to one or more persons referred to as the arbitrator or arbitral tribunal. By doing this, they agree […]

The relativity of cost between arbitration and litigation.

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Arbitration is usually assumed to be more cost effective than Litigation because it is a less adversarial, private means of resolving disputes. One advantage of Arbitration is that parties may and can still maintain good commercial relationships after the proceedings which in turn prevents costs that may be incurred from severing such relationships or building […]

Litigation vs Arbitration – limitations of arbitration.

The world we live in today is full of “sticky” situations and messy disputes. Resolution is usually reached through litigation at the Courts or alternative dispute resolution methods like arbitration. In Arbitration, the disputing parties refer the matter to a private tribunal of persons for the settlement in a judicial manner. The arbitral tribunal or […]

Restrictions on Appointment of Auditors in Public Companies.

In recent years, several corporate scandals arising from financial carelessness and generally poor corporate governance practice have highlighted the importance of the role of Auditors and their independence in carrying out their duties. An Auditor is a qualified independent person or firm appointed by a company to investigate its accounts and Financial Statements in order […]

Average duration of a case in court.

Court proceedings around the world are notoriously slow and the Nigerian legal system is no exception. The length of a court proceeding – from inception to judgment – can take as little as a few months to as much as over a decade. There are various factors that determine the duration of a case in […]