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THE RADIANT JUSTICE CHAMBERS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY.   LEGAL NUGGETS⚖️   Violenti Non Fit Injuria ¶Simply put, To one who is willing, no harm is done. Take participating in potentially dangerous games or sports for instance, An individual cannot claim compensation in tort for any injury suffered during this activity. This is due to the fact that he has prior knowledge of the dangers attached to the activity.  ¶The defense of violenti non fit injuria is pleaded in the law of tort. Where it is successfully pleaded, it operates as a complete defense, absolving the defendant of all liability.  ¶The requirements for this defense include;  ¶An agreement: may be express or implied ¶Made voluntarily  ¶With full knowledge of the risks involved. ¶These three requirements must be fulfilled to successfully plead the defense of violenti non fit injuria.    FROM THE DIRECTORATE OF LITIGATION AND RESEARCH.

THE RADIANT JUSTICE CHAMBERS, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY⚖️ LEGAL NUGGETS   FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP  KEY TAKEAWAYS - A fiduciary is legally bound to put their client's best interests ahead of their own. - Fiduciary duties appear in a range of business relationships, including a trustee and a beneficiary, corporate board members and shareholders, and executors and legatees. - An investment fiduciary is anyone with legal responsibility for managing somebody else's money, such as a member of the investment committee of a charity. - Registered investment advisors have a fiduciary duty to clients; broker-dealers just have to meet the less-stringent suitability standard, which doesn't require putting the client's interests ahead of their own. FROM THE DIRECTORATE OF LITIGATION AND RESEARCH.