REGISTRAR GENERAL NCC-DRC LEADS CONVERSATION ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION AT 2023 INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION (IBA) CONFERENCE
The Registrar General of Nigerian Chambers of Commerce Dispute Resolution Center (NCC-DRC), Aisha Ado Abdullahi on 1st November 2023 at the just concluded International Bar Association (IBA) Conference in Paris,France led a conversation at a session titled “Commercial Mediation in Africa” on tackling the Challenges posed by the Dispute Resolution Protocols provided under The African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) in relation to the Singapore Convention On Mediated Settlement.” Aisha who organized and spoke at the session, observed amongst other things, that whereas the dispute resolution protocols provided under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) encompasses vital principles
INSTITUTE OF ADR REGISTRARS APPOINTS 1st DEPUTY PRESIDENT
The Institute of ADR Registrars (IAR) is announcing the appointment of Mr. Lloyd Duru Esq. FCArb , FICMC, FIILAG, FCIBMA, pnm., as its 1st Deputy President. Mr Llyod Duru who is currently the Registrar of Mediation Training Institute Nigeria, Fellow of ICMC and Faculty member of ICMC where he has served as Director of Training and later as Vice President, Exams and Records is a thoroughbred ADR coach and mentor. Mr. Llyod Duru as 1st Deputy President would be expected to bring to bear his wealth of experience to the benefit of the Institute to better promote the Institute’s objectives in accordance
INTEGRATING ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TAX DISPUTES IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND WAY FORWARD (SERIES ONE)
BY EDIM EFFIONG EDIM ABSTRACT Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has come to stay in the Nigerian polity and has now been widely accepted as a quicker and more effective route to the settlement of commercial disputes. ADR has rightly been described in various quarters, as a surrogate to litigation in the Nigerian Judicial System. This description is not strange because the advantages of ADR which include amongst other things - time saving, cost effectiveness and preservation of the pre-dispute relationships, clearly outweighs those associated with litigation. The extant National Tax Policy has encouraged the use of arbitration in the resolution of