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Linda is a Senior Associate within the Dispute Resolution, Labour & Employment and Transportation practice groups at AELEX.
Linda is a consummate lawyer and has acquired extensive experience in her practice areas, being part of the firm’s various teams handling complex transactions.
She provides legal advice to clients on diverse issues of law in dispute resolution, labour and employment, and the transportation industry. She regularly represents major international and maritime clients at various courts for aviation and maritime-related claims.
She was part of the team that recently reviewed and advised a major airline on the implication of its proposed dollarization policy on air ticketing and proffered recommendations in view of the anti-competition laws in Nigeria. She is part of the team that represented a maritime satellite communication company in an action for the arrest of a vessel for the breach of a satellite lease equipment agreement. She is also part of the team involved in the review of select maritime legislations in the industry, such as the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences Act (SPOMO) Act and the Cabotage Act.
As part of the dispute resolution practice, Linda is an excellent courtroom advocate with keen attention to detail and has successfully obtained judgments from the magistrates courts, High Courts, and appellate courts. She is part of the team that challenged an action brought at the High Court in disregard of a foreign jurisdiction clause and canvassed the position that the court should refer the action to the foreign forum stated in the contract as a foreign jurisdiction clause in a contract is legally enforceable and is not an ouster clause and recently obtained judgments from both the High Court and the Court of Appeal affirming the principle of law that a foreign jurisdiction clause is enforceable and not an ouster clause.
Linda’s labour and employment advisories have involved unique legal issues around moonlighting, union activities, retrenchment, on-call compensation requirements, etc. She represents clients at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria on issues of labour and employment bothering on dismissal, withheld remittances, unfair labour practices, termination of employment, amongst others.
She has, and continues to author articles and publications in maritime, aviation, labour & employment, and dispute resolution.
Linda is a consummate lawyer and has acquired extensive experience in her practice areas, being part of the firm’s various teams handling complex transactions.
She provides legal advice to clients on diverse issues of law in dispute resolution, labour and employment, and the transportation industry. She regularly represents major international and maritime clients at various courts for aviation and maritime-related claims.
She was part of the team that recently reviewed and advised a major airline on the implication of its proposed dollarization policy on air ticketing and proffered recommendations in view of the anti-competition laws in Nigeria. She is part of the team that represented a maritime satellite communication company in an action for the arrest of a vessel for the breach of a satellite lease equipment agreement. She is also part of the team involved in the review of select maritime legislations in the industry, such as the Suppression of Piracy and Other Maritime Offences Act (SPOMO) Act and the Cabotage Act.
As part of the dispute resolution practice, Linda is an excellent courtroom advocate with keen attention to detail and has successfully obtained judgments from the magistrates courts, High Courts, and appellate courts. She is part of the team that challenged an action brought at the High Court in disregard of a foreign jurisdiction clause and canvassed the position that the court should refer the action to the foreign forum stated in the contract as a foreign jurisdiction clause in a contract is legally enforceable and is not an ouster clause and recently obtained judgments from both the High Court and the Court of Appeal affirming the principle of law that a foreign jurisdiction clause is enforceable and not an ouster clause.
Linda’s labour and employment advisories have involved unique legal issues around moonlighting, union activities, retrenchment, on-call compensation requirements, etc. She represents clients at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria on issues of labour and employment bothering on dismissal, withheld remittances, unfair labour practices, termination of employment, amongst others.
She has, and continues to author articles and publications in maritime, aviation, labour & employment, and dispute resolution.
Bar Admissions
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Education
B.L. Nigerian Law School.
LL.B Ebonyi State University
LL.M University of Lagos
Areas of Practice
Professional Career
Professional Associations
- International Bar Association
