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  • 6 Marks

BL – May 2014 – L1 – SB – Q1B – Employment Law

Advising Mrs. Kabuki on her fundamental rights under Nigerian law.

Jones Plastic Packaging Company Limited has its head office in Lagos. The company suspected that one of its accounting staff, Mrs. Kabuki, was responsible for the economic losses suffered by the company in recent months.
On Monday, when Mrs. Kabuki resumed at the factory, she was detained at the security gate for eight hours without questioning. Thereafter, she was summarily dismissed. She had protested that she had no information about what led to her dismissal. The only official communication from the company to her in the last six months was the letter of dismissal from employment.
Mrs. Kabuki is aggrieved and wants to seek legal redress.
Required:
Advise Mrs. Kabuki on her Fundamental rights under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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  • 5 Marks

BL – Nov 2023 – L1 – SB – Q2b – Law of Contract

Discusses the principle of privity in the context of a contract dispute over the sale of Unique Pami products.

Omokaro, a distributor, entered into a contract with Unique Pami Company Limited not to sell their products above ₦25,000 per carton. Umiena bought Unique Pami products from Omokaro below ₦25,000 and agreed with him not to sell the products above ₦25,000 per carton. In breach of the agreement, Umiena is selling Unique Pami products above the ₦25,000 price, and Unique Pami Company is threatening to sue Umiena for the breach of contract.

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State the applicable law and advise the parties. (5 Marks)

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  • 8 Marks

BL – May 2017 – L1 – SB – Q1c – Company Law

Provides legal advice on the registration of a business name and suitable business types for the proposal.

c. Adegoke and thirty of his friends formed an association named “Adigos 30 Partners” in 2015. Last week, all the friends met and decided to register “Adigos 30 Partners” under the Business Names provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act. To that effect, they have approached you for legal advice.
Required:
i. Advise Adegoke and his friends on the legality of their proposal.
(2 Marks)

ii. State THREE types of business that could fit the proposal of Adegoke and his friends.
(6 Marks)

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  • 10 Marks

BL – March July 2020 – L1 – SB – Q3a – Sale of Goods

Legal advice on breach of contract and actions for a seller against a defaulting buyer under the Sale of Goods Act.

Bature Company Limited is a big manufacturer of a special brand of industrial split-unit air conditioners in the country. The company has a standard contract with all its distributors not to sell air conditioners above ₦200,000 per unit so as to make its products attractive in the market, and each distributor also obtained the same undertaking from their customers.

Katifa Ventures, one of the company’s major distributors, sold 20 units at the agreed price of ₦200,000 to Chinedu Enterprises, who resold each at ₦250,000, even though it also signed the undertaking. Bature Company Limited got to know this and intends to take legal action against Chinedu Enterprises.

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Advise Bature Company Limited, explaining the legal issues involved.

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  • 6 Marks

BL – MAY 2016 – L1 – SB – Q1b – Law of Contract

This question defines stealing and provides advice on a case involving a financial transaction.

i. Explain briefly the meaning of stealing. (2 Marks)

ii. Onyi collected the sum of ₦40,000 from Ade for the purpose of assisting him to obtain a UK scholarship to study law abroad. Onyi expended the money on his own children’s school fees at Okada High College. Ade did not obtain the UK scholarship and demanded Onyi to refund his money. Onyi did not refund the money. Ade has come to you for advice.

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Advise Ade on what actions he should take to enforce his legal rights. (4 Marks)

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  • 10 Marks

BCL – May 2017 – L1 – Q1c – Contract Law

Define a ‘condition’ and ‘warranty’ in contract law, and advise on the validity of an exclusion clause in a hotel agreement.

c)

i) Define a ‘condition’ as in the law of contract. (3 marks)

ii) Define ‘warranty’ as in the law of contract. (3 marks)

iii) Keita books for a hotel facility and pays in advance. The hotelier tells him nothing more than the issue of a receipt. Keita takes occupancy of the room only to read a list of DONTS posted at the back of the door of his room. The following day he returned from breakfast in the hotel to find that his wristwatch which he left on the table of the room was missing. He spoke to the receptionist at the reception desk on the loss but they referred him to an exclusion clause on the door. He seeks your advice. Advise Keita. (4 marks)

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  • 20 Marks

BCL – May 2019 – L1 – Q5 – Agency, Sale of goods/hire purchase

Discusses the object of a sale of goods, legal advice for parties in a sale involving stolen property, and the duties of an agent.

Yaa Konadu purchased a car from Kofi Apenteng. Two months later, it was discovered that the car was stolen property before it was acquired by Apenteng, and both parties were innocent. Konadu had to give back the car through the police. Apenteng had no title to pass on, so Konadu sued him for the refund of the whole of her money despite the fact that she had used the car for two months.

Required: a) Explain if the object of the sale of the car was met for either Yaa Konadu or Kofi Apenteng.
(4 marks)

b) Advise the parties.
(6 marks)

c) Explain FOUR (4) duties of an agent to his principal.
(10 marks)

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  • 6 Marks

BL – May 2014 – L1 – SB – Q1B – Employment Law

Advising Mrs. Kabuki on her fundamental rights under Nigerian law.

Jones Plastic Packaging Company Limited has its head office in Lagos. The company suspected that one of its accounting staff, Mrs. Kabuki, was responsible for the economic losses suffered by the company in recent months.
On Monday, when Mrs. Kabuki resumed at the factory, she was detained at the security gate for eight hours without questioning. Thereafter, she was summarily dismissed. She had protested that she had no information about what led to her dismissal. The only official communication from the company to her in the last six months was the letter of dismissal from employment.
Mrs. Kabuki is aggrieved and wants to seek legal redress.
Required:
Advise Mrs. Kabuki on her Fundamental rights under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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  • 5 Marks

BL – Nov 2023 – L1 – SB – Q2b – Law of Contract

Discusses the principle of privity in the context of a contract dispute over the sale of Unique Pami products.

Omokaro, a distributor, entered into a contract with Unique Pami Company Limited not to sell their products above ₦25,000 per carton. Umiena bought Unique Pami products from Omokaro below ₦25,000 and agreed with him not to sell the products above ₦25,000 per carton. In breach of the agreement, Umiena is selling Unique Pami products above the ₦25,000 price, and Unique Pami Company is threatening to sue Umiena for the breach of contract.

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State the applicable law and advise the parties. (5 Marks)

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  • 8 Marks

BL – May 2017 – L1 – SB – Q1c – Company Law

Provides legal advice on the registration of a business name and suitable business types for the proposal.

c. Adegoke and thirty of his friends formed an association named “Adigos 30 Partners” in 2015. Last week, all the friends met and decided to register “Adigos 30 Partners” under the Business Names provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act. To that effect, they have approached you for legal advice.
Required:
i. Advise Adegoke and his friends on the legality of their proposal.
(2 Marks)

ii. State THREE types of business that could fit the proposal of Adegoke and his friends.
(6 Marks)

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  • 10 Marks

BL – March July 2020 – L1 – SB – Q3a – Sale of Goods

Legal advice on breach of contract and actions for a seller against a defaulting buyer under the Sale of Goods Act.

Bature Company Limited is a big manufacturer of a special brand of industrial split-unit air conditioners in the country. The company has a standard contract with all its distributors not to sell air conditioners above ₦200,000 per unit so as to make its products attractive in the market, and each distributor also obtained the same undertaking from their customers.

Katifa Ventures, one of the company’s major distributors, sold 20 units at the agreed price of ₦200,000 to Chinedu Enterprises, who resold each at ₦250,000, even though it also signed the undertaking. Bature Company Limited got to know this and intends to take legal action against Chinedu Enterprises.

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Advise Bature Company Limited, explaining the legal issues involved.

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  • 6 Marks

BL – MAY 2016 – L1 – SB – Q1b – Law of Contract

This question defines stealing and provides advice on a case involving a financial transaction.

i. Explain briefly the meaning of stealing. (2 Marks)

ii. Onyi collected the sum of ₦40,000 from Ade for the purpose of assisting him to obtain a UK scholarship to study law abroad. Onyi expended the money on his own children’s school fees at Okada High College. Ade did not obtain the UK scholarship and demanded Onyi to refund his money. Onyi did not refund the money. Ade has come to you for advice.

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Advise Ade on what actions he should take to enforce his legal rights. (4 Marks)

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BCL – May 2017 – L1 – Q1c – Contract Law

Define a ‘condition’ and ‘warranty’ in contract law, and advise on the validity of an exclusion clause in a hotel agreement.

c)

i) Define a ‘condition’ as in the law of contract. (3 marks)

ii) Define ‘warranty’ as in the law of contract. (3 marks)

iii) Keita books for a hotel facility and pays in advance. The hotelier tells him nothing more than the issue of a receipt. Keita takes occupancy of the room only to read a list of DONTS posted at the back of the door of his room. The following day he returned from breakfast in the hotel to find that his wristwatch which he left on the table of the room was missing. He spoke to the receptionist at the reception desk on the loss but they referred him to an exclusion clause on the door. He seeks your advice. Advise Keita. (4 marks)

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  • 20 Marks

BCL – May 2019 – L1 – Q5 – Agency, Sale of goods/hire purchase

Discusses the object of a sale of goods, legal advice for parties in a sale involving stolen property, and the duties of an agent.

Yaa Konadu purchased a car from Kofi Apenteng. Two months later, it was discovered that the car was stolen property before it was acquired by Apenteng, and both parties were innocent. Konadu had to give back the car through the police. Apenteng had no title to pass on, so Konadu sued him for the refund of the whole of her money despite the fact that she had used the car for two months.

Required: a) Explain if the object of the sale of the car was met for either Yaa Konadu or Kofi Apenteng.
(4 marks)

b) Advise the parties.
(6 marks)

c) Explain FOUR (4) duties of an agent to his principal.
(10 marks)

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