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The Evolving Commercial Law Landscape: New/Emerging Technologies, Climate Change and Economic Nationalism

Contemporary concerns in commercial law include the effects of new/emerging technologies, impacts of climate change and rise of economic nationalism. Each of these areas of concern present unique opportunities and challenges for commercial law. For example, while new/emerging technologies offer significant efficiencies, they raise questions such as how intellectual property…

Published by School of Law, University of Aberdeen

Roundtable on Nigeria's Creative Industries Development Bill 2023 (CIDB)

Roundtable on Nigeria’s Creative Industries Development Bill 2023 (CIDB)

Nigeria’s Creative Industries Development Bill 2023 (CIDB) is designed to bridge the gap between the Nigerian Creative industries and the Federal Government of Nigeria.  If passed into law, the CIDB will become the Creative Industries Development Act (CIDA). CIDA aims…

Published by School of Law, University of Aberdeen

World Food Day 2022: In Conversation with Dr Kent Nnadozie. Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The theme for this year’s World Food Day is “Leave No One Behind.” The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) notes that although we have made progress towards building a better world, too many people have been left behind. Paradoxically, while enough food is produced to feed…

Published by School of Law, University of Aberdeen

The Lake Chad Basin Region: Conflicts, Crises and Contemporary Developments

Lake Chad is the fourth largest lake in Africa (by area). The significant shrinking of the Lake over the past decades has precipitated conflicts and crises in the Lake Chad Basin region. In this in-depth interview, Dr Titilayo Adebola, Associate Director, Centre for Commercial Law, University of Aberdeen, discusses historical…

Published by School of Law, University of Aberdeen

International Women's Day 2022: Fireside Chat with Fahira Brodlija

For International Women’s Day 2022, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is pleased to celebrate the brilliant achievements of Fahira Brodlija. Fahira is a renowned international commercial and investment arbitration expert. She is the Director of Research for Arbitrator Intelligence, and its ambassador for the Central and Eastern European region. She is…

Published by School of Law, University of Aberdeen

The Repatriation of Benin Bronze and Decolonisation of Museums: Views from the University of Aberdeen*

On 25 March 2021, the University of Aberdeen became the first museum in the United Kingdom (UK) to announce its commitment to repatriate a Benin bronze depicting the head of an Oba of Benin. On 28 October 2021, the University of Aberdeen fulfilled its commitment through a solemn handover ceremony…

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The Return of Looted Benin Bronzes: Art, History, and the Law*

Following the University of Cambridge and University of Aberdeen’s recent return of bronzes looted by British soldiers from Benin City, Southern Nigeria, in 1897, Dr. Titilayo Adebola is pleased to present this fireside chat with Professor Bankole Soidipo. The University of Cambridge relinquished possession of a bronze cockerel “Okukor” after…

Published by School of Law, University of Aberdeen

Plant Variety Protection: Complexities, Conflicts and Conceptual Indeterminacies

Dr Titilayo Adebola presents the eight contribution to the  Centre for Commercial Law (CCL)’s blog series on “Seeing Commercial Law from Different Perspectives.” This series was launched to celebrate the University of Aberdeen’s 525 anniversary and to showcase CCL members thought-provoking standpoints on researching, teaching, or practising commercial law. Titilayo joined the University…

Published by School of Law, University of Aberdeen

Triumph for Farmers and Fisherfolks: The Hague Court of Appeal finds Shell Liable for Oil Spills in Nigeria

On 29 January 2021, thirteen years after four Nigerian farmers and fisherfolks, Chief Fidelis Oguru, Mr Alali Efanga, Chief Barizaa Dooh and Elder Friday Alfred Akpan, instituted lawsuits in the Netherlands with the support of Milleudefensie, the Hague Court of Appeal found Royal Dutch Shell’s (Shell) subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development…

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