COLUMNISTS

SANDRA OKE

Pearls of Law A pearl is revered for its purity, elegance and beauty. Similarly, Pearls of the law will address an assortment of legal issues ranging from trending matters to matters that will shape our future as lawyers. It will also consider the time-honoured principles and traditions of the law with a view to restoring the purity, elegance and beauty to the practice of law. Sandra Oke is a graduate of the University of Lagos and obtained her LLM from Queen Mary University London and an MBA from Liverpool John Moores University. She is a Counsel at Norfolk Partners.

MICHAEL JONATHAN NUMA

The word“Canvass”in legal parlance means to discuss thoroughly, to advance an issue, to examine a question in details. This column will attempt to critically analyse trending legal issues across several jurisdictions bordering on topics making rounds at the material time, ranging from judicial decisions to policy statements guided political simulations and socio-economic matters to statutory interpretations by commentators within and outside the legal profession, proffering constructive criticism based on different well thought out perspectives. The writer, Michael obtained his LL.B (Hons) and LL.M (Hons) from Delta State University and Queen Mary University of London respectively. He is a member of the School of International Arbitration London, Member of the Chartered institute of Arbitration UK, Member of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys U.K. He is the Managing Associate of Messrs Karina Tunyan (San) & Co in F.C.T, Abuja. He is an Intellectual Property and a Private international law practitioner.