Policy Book of the 2019 ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION Theme: FACING THE FUTURE Date: 23 – 29 August 2019 Venue: Eko Hotel & Suites / Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria 1 | P a g e Table of Content Page CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW_____________________________________________________________________ 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION___________________________________________________ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 1.2 WELCOME REMARKS ______________________________________________ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 1.3 OPENING REMARKS _______________________________________________ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 1.4 GOODWILL MESSAGE ______________________________________________________________________ 8 1.5 KEYNOTE ADDRESS _______________________________________________________________________ 9 1.6 SPECIAL ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________ 10 1.7 CONFERENCE OPENING ___________________________________________________________________ 11 1.8 VOTE OF THANKS _______________________________________________________________________ 12 1.9 SUMMARY OF KEY DELIBERATIONS __________________________________________________________ 12 CHAPTER 2 RULE OF LAW _________________________________________________________________ 16 2.1 EXAMINING SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHT ISSUES IN NIGERIA’S EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY ____________________ 17 2.2 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATES: UPDATES ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2015 20 2.3 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS IN NIGERIA: A RULE OF LAW APPROACH ____________ 23 2.4 THE RULE OF LAW SYMPOSIUM _____________________________________________________________ 26 2.5 JUDICIAL PROTECTION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ________________________________ 32 2.6 OPERATIONS BY SECURITY AGENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF CITIZENS ________________________________ 36 2.7 MINING LAW: EMERGING ISSUES ____________________________________________________________ 41 CHAPTER 3 REGULATION OF THE PRACTICE AND PROFESSION ________________________________ 44 3.1 THE FUTURE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND THE REGULATION OF LEGAL PRACTICE AND PRACTITIONERS _____ 45 3.2 SOCIAL MEDIA CULTURE, LIABILITY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS ____________________________________ 49 3.3 A FUTURE FIT LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR CORPORATE COUNSEL _________________________ 53 3.4 THE INCURSION OF MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIRMS: ANY REGULATION ___________________________________ 58 3.5 EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL LEGAL AID STRATEGY (2017-2022) ______________________ 62 3.6 FAMILY LAW DYNAMICS AND 21ST CENTURY REALITIES ____________________________________________ 67 CHAPTER 4 LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING _____________________________ 71 4.1 BUILDING INDIGENOUS CAPACITY IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY ____________________________________ 72 4.2 A WORKSHOP ON FINANCIAL SKILLS 101 FOR LAWYERS __________________________________________ 75 4.3 TEN (10) THINGS NO ONE KNEW AT LAW SCHOOL – LEARNING TO PRACTICE OR PRACTICING TO LEARN _______ 77 4.4 KEEPING UP WITH THE CREATIVES ___________________________________________________________ 83 4.5 LAW CLINIC – TECHNOLOGY, ELOQUENCE, BRANDING, MILLENNIALS & PRACTICE MANAGEMENT. ____________ 86 CHAPTER 5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN LEGAL SERVICES, ECONOMY AND BUSINESS _____________ 91 5.1 CROSS-BORDER TRADE IN LEGAL SERVICES: CURRENT REALITIES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES______________ 92 5.2 A NEW ERA IN NO BOUNDARIES – THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGE OF IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS ____________ 96 5.3 BREXIT: POTENTIAL IMPACT ON AFRICA TRADE AND INVESTMENT ____________________________________ 99 5.4 LIBERALISATION OF THE AVIATION INDUSTRY: THE KEY TO AFRICA’S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ______________ 102 5.5 EXPANDING YOUR LEGAL PRACTICE OFFSHORE ________________________________________________ 106 5.6 THE TASKING TASK OF TAXATION AND THE TAXMAN’S TENTACLES* _________________________________ 109 5.7 INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING IN NIGERIA: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SUKUK AND THE FUTURE ________ 113 5.8 GROWING THE ECONOMY THROUGH LEGAL REFORMS ____________________________________________ 116 CHAPTER 6 JUDICIARY AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM ____________ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.19 6.1 CODE OF CONDUCT TRIBUNAL: A CLASH OF JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE POWERS ________________________ 120 6.2 LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY IN JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES _____________________ 124 2 | P a g e 6.3 ELECTRONIC EXPRESSION OF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE: CHALLENGE AND REFORMS ____________________ 127 6.4 THE JUDGE’S RIGHT OF REPLY: MAXIMIZING THE SYNERGY BETWEEN THE BAR AND BENCH _______________ 130 CHAPTER 7 GENDER, HEALTH AND OTHER DISCRIMINATION ISSUES ___________________________ 133 7.1 BULLYING AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY ___________________________________ 134 7.2 THE CRISES OF SEXUAL AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) IN OUR COMMUNITY _____________________ 137 7.3 IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 5: GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ______ 141 7.4 OPENING THE WINDOW OF LAWYER WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS ______________________ 145 7.5 MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE: TIME TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE ________________________________________ 149 CHAPTER 8 SECURITY AND TRAFFICKING __________________________________________________ 154 8.1 KIDNAPPING AND TERRORISM: THREAT TO FREEDOM, SECURITY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 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BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.161 9.1 FOCUS ON LAGOS STATE: EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND TOURISM______164 9.2 NASARAWA STATE: UNLOCKING OPPORTUNITIES, CREATING WEALTH - AN INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH THE GOVERNOR OF NASARAWA STATE_______________________________________________________________169 CHAPTER 10 TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW __________________________________________________ 173 10.1 THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAWYERS _______________________________________________________ 174 10.2 MODERN TRENDS IN EVIDENCE: GATHERING, PRESERVING AND PRESENTING EVIDENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE ___ 178 10.3 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ADR: THE CHANGING FACE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION _____________________ 180 10.4 SPACE, THE FINAL FRONTIER: SCIENCE, POLICY, LAW AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK __________________ 184 CHAPTER 11 FUTURE FORWARD __________________________________________________________ 187 11.1 COMMUNIQUE __________________________________________________________________________ 188 CHAPTER 12 APPENDICES ________________________________________________________________ 192 APPENDIX A _______________________________________________________________________________ 193 APPENDIX B _______________________________________________________________________________ 228 APPENDIX C _______________________________________________________________________________ 240 APPENDIX D _______________________________________________________________________________ 241 APPENDIX E _______________________________________________________________________________ 243 3 | P a g e Chapter 1 Overview 4 | P a g e 1.1 Introduction The 59th Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) successfully held from Friday, 23rd August to Thursday, 29th August 2019 at Eko Hotel & Suites, and Harbour Point, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. The Conference featured 43 sessions, 307 Nigerian and Foreign speakers from the legal and business community, academia, legislature and the public sector, and witnessed a record attendance of over 12,000 delegates. The Conference was graced by notable dignitaries that included the President and Commander- In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, represented by the Honourable Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, SAN; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Dr. Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR; the Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Femi Hamzat; the President, International Bar Association (IBA), Horacio Bernardes Neto, and other distinguished members of the Federal and State Legislatures, Heads of Federal and State Government agencies, captains of industry, leaders of the Bar and Bench. The theme of the 59th AGC: “Facing the Future” was very apt, given the importance and future of the legal profession, businesses, the judiciary and Government amidst a rapidly changing world driven by fast-paced technological innovations and increasing external competition in a globalised world. In line with the theme, a major innovation was introduced in conference planning. In an IBA style, the NBA placed the NBA specialized Section Committees at the centre of capacity building thus providing a wide array of menu that offered real learning opportunities in various practice areas. It was imperative that the flagship event of the NBA provide stakeholders with an engaging platform to stir up discussions around topical issues resulting in a unifying narrative that will illuminate the envisaged future of the legal profession and the opportunities therein. 1.2 Welcome Remarks Mr. Gbenga Oyebode, MFR, Chairman, Technical Committee on