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
