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Advising employers and employees on workplace rights, compliance and dispute resolution — including contentious matters before the National Industrial Court.
Why this matters
The NICN reads the process before it reads the dismissal.
Most wrongful termination awards in Nigeria do not turn on the substantive ground. They turn on the process — a missed query, an undocumented hearing, a panel that was never properly constituted. The firm runs employment matters with the eventual NICN file in mind from the first conversation.
— Employment bench
Services
Mandates scope to a single matter (dismissal, exit, dispute), an ongoing HR-counsel retainer, or representation in NICN proceedings.
Phase 01
Employment contracts
Drafting and review across executive, senior and unionised roles.
Policy & handbook
Disciplinary, grievance, redundancy and DEI policies drafted to survive review.
Regulatory compliance
Labour Act, Pension Reform Act, NSITF, ITF and sector codes.
HR-counsel retainer
Ongoing first-line advice on day-to-day workplace questions.
Phase 02
Disciplinary process
Investigation, query, hearing and panel constitution that hold up at NICN.
Wrongful termination claims
Defence and prosecution at the National Industrial Court.
Workplace investigations
Independent investigations into misconduct, harassment and whistleblowing.
Exit packages & negotiated separations
Settlement deeds that close the file cleanly.
Phase 03
NICN representation
Originating processes, defences and appeals.
Trade-union disputes
Collective bargaining, recognition and industrial-action defence.
Enforcement of awards
Where NICN awards have not been satisfied voluntarily.
Appellate work
Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on NICN judgments.
Approach
Four steps. Click any one to see the artifacts produced.
Step 01 · Artifacts
Step 02 · Artifacts
Step 03 · Artifacts
Step 04 · Artifacts
Who we represent
A representative — not exhaustive — list of the clients the firm accepts mandates from under labour & employment.
What success looks like
01
Process repaired or rebuilt so the panel record holds at trial.
02
Settlement deeds with mutual releases that do not unwind.
03
Trial bundle and witness statements organised around the realistic claim.
04
Strategy decided on the law and the bench, not on default.
Bench on this matter
The named partners on an employment file are the partners who run it. Associates assist; they do not replace.
Senior partner · NICN litigation
Leads employment litigation including senior-executive exits, mass redundancies and trade-union disputes.
Partner · advisory & process
Disciplinary process, HR-counsel retainer work and workplace investigations.
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