AN APPRAISAL OF THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF THE INVESTMENTS AND SECURITIES TRIBUNAL IN RESOLVING CAPITAL MARKET DISPUTES IN NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

Acceptable dispute resolution mechanism is a major factor intending investors seek before investing in any viable international contractual relationship. The Nigerian capital market is a major player of wealth creating and improving the Nigerian economy as the market is open to both local and international investors. Disputes being part of human nature may occur in business relationship. The Nigerian capital market is a special kind of market and transactions before the market is mainly trading of chooses in action. The methodology of resolving disputes from this sector must be such that is fast, flexible and meets international best practices. The conventional courts are already loaded with myriads of cases, leaving commercial disputes many years before final judgment, being that lawyers key into every opportunity to seek for adjournment. The Investments and Securities Tribunal was conceived to resolve capital market dispute in a fast, timely and professional manner with justice as it...