How to make ADR work, by Solanke, others

Legal experts have identified ways to make alternative dispute
resolution (ADR) more effective.

First woman Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Chief Folake
Solanke said ADR had come to stay in Nigeria.

She said for ADR to be effective, technicalities should not be
permitted in arbitration, a form of ADR.

“People must be trained to know what arbitration is all about.
Non-legal practitioners must be conversant with laws regulating
arbitration,” she said.

She spoke in Lagos at the presentation of the book: Commercial
Arbitration Law and Practice in Nigeria through the Cases, written
by Mrs. Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour and published by LexisNexis, South
Africa.

Justice Chima Nweze of the Supreme Court and a distinguished
Professor of Law said the book supplies the missing link in
arbitration literature “as there has been no major work devoted
entirely to cases and materials on arbitration.”

Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade,
represented by Justice Joseph Oyefeso, said the exponential growth
of trade and investment, coupled with the drive to attract direct
foreign investment, has made it more imperative for Nigeria to
develop and sustain viable dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve
conflicts when they do arise.

“I am confident that this book will help to stem the tide of
unnecessary challenges to awards by disgruntled parties who do not
seem to understand the arbitration process,” she said.

Ogun State Attorney-General Dr. Olumide Ayeni, who represented
Governor Ibikunle Amosun, praised the author and reiterated the
role of arbitration in economic development

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN),
represented by Dr. K. U. K. Ekwueme, said the book was a
significant contribution to knowledge on arbitration.

“The book does not recycle the existing literature on
arbitration; but it is an original book, and an intellectual
ritual, which adopts a distinctively distinguishing methodology,
which is case review, widely regarded as the best way of following
legal developments,” he said.

A Life Bencher, Mrs Hairat Balogun, stressed that arbitration
was not only for lawyers, and that practitioners could be
accountants, architects, engineers, doctors and those in the
finance and insurance industry. The book, she said, fills a void in
the legal literature on arbitration.

Former Attorney-General of the Federation Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN)
said: “For the first time, a legal text on arbitration in Nigeria
considered arbitration law and practice through the prism of
cases.”

Mr. Mike Igbokwe (SAN) urged practitioners to share their
knowledge through books. He stated that the development of
arbitration in Nigeria is progressive and books of this nature will
assist Nigeria in being recognised as a seat of arbitration in
Africa and the world.

Nigerian Shippers’ Council Executive Secretary, Mr. Hassan
Bello, a lawyer, urged maritime operators to utilise alternative
dispute resolution for quick and fast resolution of disputes.

On what motivated her to write the book, Mrs. Rhodes-Vivour
said: “It was my desire to make available a one stop reference
material for all seeking knowledge on the state of Nigerian
arbitration law and its statutes as interpreted by the court.”

Source: The Nation

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Legal experts have identified ways to make alternative dispute
resolution (ADR) more effective.

First woman Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Chief Folake
Solanke said ADR had come to stay in Nigeria.

She said for ADR to be effective, technicalities should not be
permitted in arbitration, a form of ADR.

“People must be trained to know what arbitration is all about.
Non-legal practitioners must be conversant with laws regulating
arbitration,” she said.

She spoke in Lagos at the presentation of the book: Commercial
Arbitration Law and Practice in Nigeria through the Cases, written
by Mrs. Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour and published by LexisNexis, South
Africa.

Justice Chima Nweze of the Supreme Court and a distinguished
Professor of Law said the book supplies the missing link in
arbitration literature “as there has been no major work devoted
entirely to cases and materials on arbitration.”

Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade,
represented by Justice Joseph Oyefeso, said the exponential growth
of trade and investment, coupled with the drive to attract direct
foreign investment, has made it more imperative for Nigeria to
develop and sustain viable dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve
conflicts when they do arise.

“I am confident that this book will help to stem the tide of
unnecessary challenges to awards by disgruntled parties who do not
seem to understand the arbitration process,” she said.

Ogun State Attorney-General Dr. Olumide Ayeni, who represented
Governor Ibikunle Amosun, praised the author and reiterated the
role of arbitration in economic development

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Abubakar Mahmoud (SAN),
represented by Dr. K. U. K. Ekwueme, said the book was a
significant contribution to knowledge on arbitration.

“The book does not recycle the existing literature on
arbitration; but it is an original book, and an intellectual
ritual, which adopts a distinctively distinguishing methodology,
which is case review, widely regarded as the best way of following
legal developments,” he said.

A Life Bencher, Mrs Hairat Balogun, stressed that arbitration
was not only for lawyers, and that practitioners could be
accountants, architects, engineers, doctors and those in the
finance and insurance industry. The book, she said, fills a void in
the legal literature on arbitration.

Former Attorney-General of the Federation Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN)
said: “For the first time, a legal text on arbitration in Nigeria
considered arbitration law and practice through the prism of
cases.”

Mr. Mike Igbokwe (SAN) urged practitioners to share their
knowledge through books. He stated that the development of
arbitration in Nigeria is progressive and books of this nature will
assist Nigeria in being recognised as a seat of arbitration in
Africa and the world.

Nigerian Shippers’ Council Executive Secretary, Mr. Hassan
Bello, a lawyer, urged maritime operators to utilise alternative
dispute resolution for quick and fast resolution of disputes.

On what motivated her to write the book, Mrs. Rhodes-Vivour
said: “It was my desire to make available a one stop reference
material for all seeking knowledge on the state of Nigerian
arbitration law and its statutes as interpreted by the court.”

Source: The Nation

The post How to make ADR work, by Solanke, others
appeared first from online sources and was reposted by the community on Welcome to 9jalegal – Nigeria’s Leading Legal
Information and Services Portal.