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Is your country party to any bilateral or multilateral treaties for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments? What is the country’s approach to entering into these treaties and what if any amendments or reservations has your country made to such treaties?

The main sources of law relating to corporate governance are as follows: • the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 (CAMA); • the Investment and Securities Act 2007 (ISA);

Nigeria is a signatory to the following significant air law treaties: • Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment  and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in  Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment (Cape  Town, 2001); 

The Warsaw Convention 1929 was extended to Nigeria by the British  colonial government via an order known as the Carriage by Air  (Colonies, Protectorates and Other Trust Territories) Order 1953.  This Order was repealed by section 77 (1)(a) of the Civil Aviation Act  2006 (CAA 2006). Prior to its repeal, the applicability of the Warsaw  Convention as the basis for determining air carrier liability was upheld 

The Warsaw Convention 1929 was extended to Nigeria by the British  colonial government via an order known as the Carriage by Air  (Colonies, Protectorates and Other Trust Territories) Order 1953.  This Order was repealed by section 77 (1)(a) of the Civil Aviation Act  2006 (CAA 2006). Prior to its repeal, the applicability of the Warsaw  Convention as the basis for determining air carrier liability was upheld 

The Warsaw Convention 1929 was extended to Nigeria by the British  colonial government via an order known as the Carriage by Air  (Colonies, Protectorates and Other Trust Territories) Order 1953.  This Order was repealed by section 77 (1)(a) of the Civil Aviation Act  2006 (CAA 2006). Prior to its repeal, the applicability of the Warsaw  Convention as the basis for determining air carrier liability was upheld 

The Warsaw Convention 1929 was extended to Nigeria by the British  colonial government via an order known as the Carriage by Air  (Colonies, Protectorates and Other Trust Territories) Order 1953.  This Order was repealed by section 77 (1)(a) of the Civil Aviation Act  2006 (CAA 2006). Prior to its repeal, the applicability of the Warsaw  Convention as the basis for determining air carrier liability was upheld 

Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. Getting the Deal Through: Air Transport 2017 (published in September 2016; contributing editors: John Balfour and Mark Bisset, Clyde

Please view our recent contribution to the Nigerian Chapter on Corporate Governance 2017 in the Getting the Deal Through Publication, via the link above:Reproduced with

Please view our recent contribution to the Nigerian Chapter of Private Equity Transactions 2017 with Getting the Deal Through, via the link above:Reproduced