Justice Chambers

HOW COMPANIES CAN USE  COVID 19  TO ENHANCE THEIR PR By Abass Oyeyemi Coronavirus has come to change everything. The way we think, act, do business and make decisions. However, one of the major essence of public relations is crisis management. Hence, in this period when the world is facing a global crisis/pandemic, there’s a need for public relations to do what it knows how to do, crisis management. Certainly, all businesses would feel the effect s of this crisis, it’s the work of an effective public relations to however make it a positive one for its brand. Most businesses are folding down and the purpose of this piece is to make a way where there seems to be no way. Stop press releases and halt any plans to announce a product or campaign, it’s expected of the brand to stop making press releases on their products as people are mostly concerned about living and surviving this pandemic than any other thing. Since there’s no human physical interaction, the ...

THE RADIANT JUSTICE CHAMBERS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY⚖️ LEGAL NUGGETS SUBPOENA A subpoena is a request for the production of documents, or a request to appear in court or other legal proceeding. It is court-ordered command that essentially requires you to do something, such as testify or present information that may help support the facts that are at issue in a pending case. The term literally means "under penalty". A person who receives a subpoena but does not comply with its terms may be subject to civil or criminal penalties, such as fines, jail time, or both. A subpoena may be requested in any kind of matter, but the most common requests are from divorce, child custody, personal injury, and sex offender cases. Under state and federal civil or criminal procedural laws, subpoenas offer attorneys a chance to obtain information to help prove or disprove their client's case. Stay Safe FROM THE DIRECTORATE OF LITIGATION AND RESEARCH

THE RADIANT JUSTICE CHAMBERS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY ⚖️  RADIANT MESSAGE FOR ALL MUSLIM FAITHFULS The Holy Month of Ramadan is an opportunity to renew and strengthen your faith through fasting, devout prayer, reflective meditation, reading the Quran, and charitable deeds. Ramadan is a period to make charitable deeds. During this COVID19 Pandemic, Observing social distancing is charity, Staying at home is charity, Praying at home is charity, Donating to organizations tackling hunger is charity, Buying face mask for someone in need is charity. Let your quarantine be Qurantime.  As the holy month moves rapidly, we pray that you imbibe the virtues of peace, kindness, and love and respect for others as promoted by Islam. Marhaba Bikum Ya Ramadan

WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE MIGHT BE BAD FOR THE GANDER The recent scandal popular actress, Funke Akindele and controversial singer, Naira Marley found themselves in is a credence to the fact that what’s good for the goose might be bad for the gander. Studying Funke Akindele’s career in the movie industry, one will discover that she has been using her movies to correct societal ills; hence, the numerous endorsements and sponsorships she gets from corporate organizations like Globacom and Dettol as they want to identify with her brand due to its distinct manner of tackling societal issues. No wonder it took many by surprise when same Funke Akindele was the one that flouted the social distancing rules which was put in place as precautionary measures against the COVID-19 Pandemic. More surprisingly, Funke Akindele also ran a campaign for Dettol in conjunction with National Centre For Disease Control (NCDC)l to promote the precautionary measures put in place to combat coronavirus. The campa...

THE RADIANT JUSTICE CHAMBERS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY⚖️   WEEKLY LEGAL NUGGETS  CAVEAT VENDITOR We are all familiar with the contrast, Caveat Emptor (let the buyer beware) in contract law. Caveat venditor on the other hand suggests that sellers can also be deceived in a market transaction. It also forces the seller to take responsibility for the product and discourages sellers from selling products of unreasonable quality. In the English jurisprudence, Caveat venditor is sometimes used as expressing, in a rough way, the rule which governs all those cases of sales to which caveat emptor does not apply.   FROM THE DIRECTORATE OF LITIGATION AND RESEARCH

THE RADIANT JUSTICE CHAMBERS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY⚖️ WEEKLY LEGAL NUGGETS INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION An Interlocutory Injunction is an equitable remedy which aims to preserve the status quo by preventing one party from committing, repeating or continuing a wrongful act prior to trial. They are often used to ensure that money remains in a bank account, prevent assets from being sold or to restrain the other party from continuing to do something, for example, contacting your clients or employees. They are effectively a smaller action within a larger claim which gives rise to a temporary remedy which may become permanent if the applicant is successful in the larger claim. They are generally sought where there is a risk that a party to a dispute will do something which will cause irreparable damage. The purpose is to protect an applicant from damage which he or she could not be adequately compensated for if the defendant were to continue the action. Their purpose is to pres...