Family law is concerned with the law regulating the affairs of the basic unit of co-existence, the family. The concept of the Nigerian family law was adopted from the English legal system and the Traditional/customary practices that may uphold. Matters on adoption, peaceful co-existence, guardianship, ward maintenance and inheritance are managed within the scope of family law and practice.

The Firm’s Family law team has a proven track record in successfully advising and representing clients on a wide range of sensitive family law issues. These include:

• Civil partnerships & dissolution

• Divorce & separation agreements

• Domestic violence & injunctions

• Family property & inheritance disputes

• Adoption & Guardianship

• Child Rights’

• Financial disputes following relationship breakdown

• Property disputes following relationship breakdown