Through our Pro Bono Scheme, we provide free legal services to individuals who cannot afford legal representation. This initiative has led to some of our most rewarding work, contributing to the development of vital jurisprudence that upholds the rights of disadvantaged groups in Nigeria.
Our Pro Bono services cover a wide range of matters, including criminal defence for indigent inmates awaiting trial, matrimonial proceedings, cases of domestic violence, child defilement and custody disputes, as well as land-related issues, among others.
Beneficiaries of the scheme include indigent, marginalized, and vulnerable individuals. We also collaborate with organizations that promote the welfare of women, children, and persons with disabilities.
Cases are referred to the us from various sources such as the Nigerian Prison Service, Nigerian Police Force, Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, Office of the Public Defender, Directorate of Citizens' Rights, Public Advice Centre, and walk-in clients.
The Firm successfully fought from the court of first instance to the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court and won at all levels, this locus classicus that reaffirmed the right of the girl child to inherit her father's property. Premised on its victory at the Nigerian apex court, the Firm is enforcing the judgment and recovering part of the estate of the deceased for the wrongfully dispossessed daughter.
In this suit, the defendant was an employee of the complainant company. He fell into the hands of dubious marketers who swindled him of the company's stock of goods. We represented the defendant and negotiated an amicable settlement of the suit and got the imprisoned defendant released from custody.