CORPORATE PROFILE

LEGAL WRITING CONSULTANTS & TRAINERSTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houserwww.writehouseng.comwww.writehouseng.comwww.writehouseng.com16

V i s i o n

To be at the forefront of a client-centred and service-oriented legal community through clarity in communication and writing

Why �e Write House was set up

ew Law Faculties in Nigeria teach legal writing. Law students� Fwri�en assignments are not graded for composition, grammar, spelling, style, syntax, or usage; only for doctrinal

content. Few law teachers have the inclination, training, or skill to coach or mentor students in writing, and fewer do. And because this is not a recent de�ciency, Nigerian lawyers at all levels and in all �elds generally write poorly. A tiny minority write fairly well, either from exposure to other systems or by dint of personal tuition. Movements for plain English in legal writing had sprung up all over the world, but not in Nigeria. Until 2012. In that year, the Write House pioneered the Plain English movement in Nigeria by launching the plain-English movement into the Nigerian legal system. �e Write House is Africa�s frontline team of legal-writing coaches, consultants, experts, mentors, and teachers. International best practices now require legal documents to be accessible to their end-users. Law is not just for lawyers, but for the whole community. �e era of the law as a clannish, closed, almost-cultish club is over. �is is the age of open communication and respect for lay clients. Like other businesses, law is a service, and clients paying for legal services should understand precisely what they are paying for. �e Write House was set up to �ll the writing gap in Nigerian law through legal-writing consulting and training.

I n t r o d u c t i o n

Writing well is the most

critical and yetthe rarest skill

in law.

We negotiate,dra�, edit and review transactional document, briefs,legislation,judicial writing...

C o n s u l t i n g

Coa c h ing & M entori ng

s legal-writing consultants, we perform the following functions Afor our clients (including courts, law �rms, legal departments, and tribunals):

negotiate, dra�, or review transactional documents; review documents generally; research, prepare, write, or review briefs, court documents,

and transactional documents; review memos; prepare or review dra� legislation and legislative proposals; research, prepare, or review dra� judicial writing (including

administrative-tribunal decisions, arbitral awards, and court decisions and orders); and

edit, proofread, or research articles and books (for academic lawyers and legal writers).

e teach legal-writing at private �rms and public forums. WParticipants at our workshops include judges, law enforcement agencies, law �rms, law students, law teachers, lawyers, and legal departments. Our curriculum covers:

Legal Writing Fundamentals; Brief Writing Masterclass; Court Documents: Dra�ing to Persuade; Emails, Le�ers, Memos, and Reports; Judicial Writing; Legislative Dra�ing; and Transactional Dra�ing.

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A cross-section of participants at the legal-writing workshop, 30-31 July, Sheraton, Lagos.

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V i s i o n

To be at the forefront of a client-centred and service-oriented legal community through clarity in communication and writing

Why �e Write House was set up

ew Law Faculties in Nigeria teach legal writing. Law students� Fwri�en assignments are not graded for composition, grammar, spelling, style, syntax, or usage; only for doctrinal

content. Few law teachers have the inclination, training, or skill to coach or mentor students in writing, and fewer do. And because this is not a recent de�ciency, Nigerian lawyers at all levels and in all �elds generally write poorly. A tiny minority write fairly well, either from exposure to other systems or by dint of personal tuition. Movements for plain English in legal writing had sprung up all over the world, but not in Nigeria. Until 2012. In that year, the Write House pioneered the Plain English movement in Nigeria by launching the plain-English movement into the Nigerian legal system. �e Write House is Africa�s frontline team of legal-writing coaches, consultants, experts, mentors, and teachers. International best practices now require legal documents to be accessible to their end-users. Law is not just for lawyers, but for the whole community. �e era of the law as a clannish, closed, almost-cultish club is over. �is is the age of open communication and respect for lay clients. Like other businesses, law is a service, and clients paying for legal services should understand precisely what they are paying for. �e Write House was set up to �ll the writing gap in Nigerian law through legal-writing consulting and training.

I n t r o d u c t i o n

Writing well is the most

critical and yetthe rarest skill

in law.

We negotiate,dra�, edit and review transactional document, briefs,legislation,judicial writing...

C o n s u l t i n g

Coac h ing & M entori ng

s legal-writing consultants, we perform the following functions Afor our clients (including courts, law �rms, legal departments, and tribunals):

negotiate, dra�, or review transactional documents; review documents generally; research, prepare, write, or review briefs, court documents,

and transactional documents; review memos; prepare or review dra� legislation and legislative proposals; research, prepare, or review dra� judicial writing (including

administrative-tribunal decisions, arbitral awards, and court decisions and orders); and

edit, proofread, or research articles and books (for academic lawyers and legal writers).

e teach legal-writing at private �rms and public forums. WParticipants at our workshops include judges, law enforcement agencies, law �rms, law students, law teachers, lawyers, and legal departments. Our curriculum covers:

Legal Writing Fundamentals; Brief Writing Masterclass; Court Documents: Dra�ing to Persuade; Emails, Le�ers, Memos, and Reports; Judicial Writing; Legislative Dra�ing; and Transactional Dra�ing.

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A cross-section of participants at the legal-writing workshop, 30-31 July, Sheraton, Lagos.

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Test of Legal English Skills(TOL ES )

he Write House is the accredited representative in Nigeria for Tthe Test of Legal English Skills (TOLES). TOLES is a member of the International Division of the Law Society of England and Wales. TOLES is a world-class exam that assists lawyers to develop English language skills required in modern law business. TOLES certi�cation is the global gold standard for legal English. We prepare candidates for TOLES. We also conduct and invigilate the exams in Nigeria. For more details about TOLES, please browse www.writehouseng.com/test-of-legl-english-skills-toles/

Business Philosoph yat The Write House

lain English is not just a ma�er of style. At its root lies a client-Pcentred and service-oriented a�itude to professional work. It is the outward expression of an inward grace: abiding respect for clients and the public. �is means conducting business with the understanding that the client or target audience is the foremost consideration in how service is presented and rendered. A legal writer should write his piece so that the reader or client will understand it at �rst read and be able to take requisite action. At �e Write House, this philosophy has made us set for ourselves standards of professional care above those required by law or ethics. Some of these standards have been drawn from other jurisdictions, to give clients a standard of care that meets international best practices. In service delivery, �e Write House essays to exceed clients� expectations of quality, timeliness, and responsiveness.

Strict Con�dentiality In both the consulting and training phases of our work, we adopt a stance of the strictest con�dentiality towards clients� information and materials. We apply the a�orney-client con�dentiality rule to all live or work-in-progress documents we use as coaching tools.

Continuing Professional Development Legal-writing consulting and training are our contribution to continuing professional development among lawyers. Although we are principally trainers, we regularly a�end seminars and workshops on various legal subjects. �e Write House updates the legal

knowledge of its a�orneys and hones their professional skills. �e result is a practical familiarity with, and a thorough and masterful grasp of the relevant law on diverse subjects, plus a research-and-development orientation. �is improves the content and quality of our training and consulting. Legal-writing training does not occur in a vacuum, but in the milieu of substantive law. Although principally a skills-based subject, as a discipline legal writing includes a lot of underlying law. Participants at our workshops are pleasantly surprised at the amount of bonus learning incorporated into the training. When invited to conduct in-house training, we are able to customize our training assignments, examples, and tests to the speciality of the trainee organization.

For organizations, legal-writing training is sound economics. It improves economies of scale by enhancing e�ciency and utilization. Fewer hands will complete more tasks in fewer hours.

For both individual a�orneys and organizations, legal-writing training deepens branding, credibility, employability, and ethos. Good writing is directly proportional to good business manners, professional image, and brand di�erentiation.

TOLES is theglobal gold

standard forlegal English

Service oriented

approach tocommunication

is the logic behind plain

languagein legal writing.

B e n e � t s o f Legal-writing Training

Our workshops are loaded withlarge amounts of bonus learning and live examples.

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Test of Legal English Skills(TOL ES )

he Write House is the accredited representative in Nigeria for Tthe Test of Legal English Skills (TOLES). TOLES is a member of the International Division of the Law Society of England and Wales. TOLES is a world-class exam that assists lawyers to develop English language skills required in modern law business. TOLES certi�cation is the global gold standard for legal English. We prepare candidates for TOLES. We also conduct and invigilate the exams in Nigeria. For more details about TOLES, please browse www.writehouseng.com/test-of-legl-english-skills-toles/

Business Philosoph yat The Write House

lain English is not just a ma�er of style. At its root lies a client-Pcentred and service-oriented a�itude to professional work. It is the outward expression of an inward grace: abiding respect for clients and the public. �is means conducting business with the understanding that the client or target audience is the foremost consideration in how service is presented and rendered. A legal writer should write his piece so that the reader or client will understand it at �rst read and be able to take requisite action. At �e Write House, this philosophy has made us set for ourselves standards of professional care above those required by law or ethics. Some of these standards have been drawn from other jurisdictions, to give clients a standard of care that meets international best practices. In service delivery, �e Write House essays to exceed clients� expectations of quality, timeliness, and responsiveness.

Strict Con�dentiality In both the consulting and training phases of our work, we adopt a stance of the strictest con�dentiality towards clients� information and materials. We apply the a�orney-client con�dentiality rule to all live or work-in-progress documents we use as coaching tools.

Continuing Professional Development Legal-writing consulting and training are our contribution to continuing professional development among lawyers. Although we are principally trainers, we regularly a�end seminars and workshops on various legal subjects. �e Write House updates the legal

knowledge of its a�orneys and hones their professional skills. �e result is a practical familiarity with, and a thorough and masterful grasp of the relevant law on diverse subjects, plus a research-and-development orientation. �is improves the content and quality of our training and consulting. Legal-writing training does not occur in a vacuum, but in the milieu of substantive law. Although principally a skills-based subject, as a discipline legal writing includes a lot of underlying law. Participants at our workshops are pleasantly surprised at the amount of bonus learning incorporated into the training. When invited to conduct in-house training, we are able to customize our training assignments, examples, and tests to the speciality of the trainee organization.

For organizations, legal-writing training is sound economics. It improves economies of scale by enhancing e�ciency and utilization. Fewer hands will complete more tasks in fewer hours.

For both individual a�orneys and organizations, legal-writing training deepens branding, credibility, employability, and ethos. Good writing is directly proportional to good business manners, professional image, and brand di�erentiation.

TOLES is theglobal gold

standard forlegal English

Service oriented

approach tocommunication

is the logic behind plain

languagein legal writing.

B e n e � t s o f Legal-writing Training

Our workshops are loaded withlarge amounts of bonus learning and live examples.

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Trainees learn to prepare legal documents in plain English, dropping the legalese and verbosity that plague much legal writing. Refreshingly clear legal writing retains the majesty of legal language and commands the respect of modern readers. �is boosts trainees� expressive capacity and persuasive force.

Human Resources (HR) departments, law-�rm partners, and legal-department heads should assess the writing skills of applicants for legal positions. �ey cannot conduct this assessment unless they themselves are exposed to international best practices in legal writing, as taught by �e Write House.

A�er appropriate clearance and redacting, we usually use live or work-in-progress documents as coaching tools- this amounts to bonus consulting.

Trainees can register with us for TOLES. Lawyers who take TOLES come from the best global organizations, including: Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie Cli�ord Chance European Court of Justice Fresh�elds Bruckhaus Deringer KPMG Linklater Oppenho� & Radler, and PricewaterhouseCoopers

Ideological Foundationsof The Write House

pacity in business, government, or industry is anathema to Omodern thinking. We live in the era of open government and transparency, an era in which not only governments but also business and industry are expected, and at times required, to be responsible and responsive to their constituencies.

Plain-language legislation deepens democracy and good governance If democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people, law is the language in which government interacts with the people- it is the language of democracy. �e people whose government speaks through law must understand what is said. Esoteric or obscure language defeats this vital goal of governmental communication, and denies the people ownership of their government. Plain-English legal writing democratizes the law and the legal system. Government documents like statutes and court judgments must be reasonably clear and accessible to the ordinary educated reader. �is creates a need for plain English in judicial writing and legislative dra�ing. So judges, lawyers, and legislative dra�ers now need training in plain-English legal writing, having for too long become habituated to legalese (a dense, verbose dialect known only to them). Freedom of Information legislation and the a�endant citizen empowerment will yield li�le fruit if the citizen cannot understand the information he is free to access.

Big business should speak plain language In an era of big business and industry, private commercial transactions can have repercussions on society at large. �is creates a moral, and increasingly a legal duty on corporations to open up most of their operations to public scrutiny. Public scrutiny only makes

Training andretraining of your

team in clear legal writing is

the surest way tokeep them up todate with global

best practices

Obscurantismoccasioned by legalese isantithetical to the transparency required for anopen government

THE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houser THE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houser

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Trainees learn to prepare legal documents in plain English, dropping the legalese and verbosity that plague much legal writing. Refreshingly clear legal writing retains the majesty of legal language and commands the respect of modern readers. �is boosts trainees� expressive capacity and persuasive force.

Human Resources (HR) departments, law-�rm partners, and legal-department heads should assess the writing skills of applicants for legal positions. �ey cannot conduct this assessment unless they themselves are exposed to international best practices in legal writing, as taught by �e Write House.

A�er appropriate clearance and redacting, we usually use live or work-in-progress documents as coaching tools- this amounts to bonus consulting.

Trainees can register with us for TOLES. Lawyers who take TOLES come from the best global organizations, including: Allen & Overy Baker & McKenzie Cli�ord Chance European Court of Justice Fresh�elds Bruckhaus Deringer KPMG Linklater Oppenho� & Radler, and PricewaterhouseCoopers

Ideological Foundationsof The Write House

pacity in business, government, or industry is anathema to Omodern thinking. We live in the era of open government and transparency, an era in which not only governments but also business and industry are expected, and at times required, to be responsible and responsive to their constituencies.

Plain-language legislation deepens democracy and good governance If democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people, law is the language in which government interacts with the people- it is the language of democracy. �e people whose government speaks through law must understand what is said. Esoteric or obscure language defeats this vital goal of governmental communication, and denies the people ownership of their government. Plain-English legal writing democratizes the law and the legal system. Government documents like statutes and court judgments must be reasonably clear and accessible to the ordinary educated reader. �is creates a need for plain English in judicial writing and legislative dra�ing. So judges, lawyers, and legislative dra�ers now need training in plain-English legal writing, having for too long become habituated to legalese (a dense, verbose dialect known only to them). Freedom of Information legislation and the a�endant citizen empowerment will yield li�le fruit if the citizen cannot understand the information he is free to access.

Big business should speak plain language In an era of big business and industry, private commercial transactions can have repercussions on society at large. �is creates a moral, and increasingly a legal duty on corporations to open up most of their operations to public scrutiny. Public scrutiny only makes

Training andretraining of your

team in clear legal writing is

the surest way tokeep them up todate with global

best practices

Obscurantismoccasioned by legalese isantithetical to the transparency required for anopen government

THE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houser THE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houser

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Photo Speak

Some participants at a recent

legal-writing workshop

organized by The Write House, Sheraton, Lagos.

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Photo Speak

Some participants at a recent

legal-writing workshop

organized by The Write House, Sheraton, Lagos.

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sense if the ma�er to be scrutinized is comprehensible, hence the need for plain English in business and industry as well. Insurance companies, for example, have traditionally foisted standard-form contracts down the throats of their hapless customers, few of whom can understand the large print, never mind the small print, of insurance policies. �ose contracts, aptly called a prendre ou laisser (�take it or leave it�) at common law, or contrats d�adhesion by our French colleagues, are mischievously dra�ed in legalese and verbosity to make sure the insured never reads them. Oil and gas operations take place in the dark, especially in the developing world. �e owners of the resources, the citizens of the home country, have li�le clue about what goes on in the transactions between their government or National Oil Company (NOC) and the Interna-tional Oil Companies (IOCs). Because of the critical importance of the oil sector in most oil-producing countries, legal systems should require publication of contracts between NOCs and IOCs. But publication will reveal li�le unless the contracts are in plain English. So�ware licensing is another area where language is applied to confuse rather than communicate. Licensees just click �I Agree� without bothering to read the pages-long licence. Most licences can be expressed in plain English in a few paragraphs. Licensees should understand what they are agreeing to. Many people have given away their right to privacy by clicking �I Agree� on the Internet without giving it much thought. �e alternative of wading through the gibberish is daunting. Have you noticed the verbosity of bank-account-opening forms? Did you know they are designed to keep you from reading or asking questions? You just skip to the bo�om and sign what you do not understand. So while plain English is more pleasant to read and is superior prose, its use is necessitated also by the policy and ideological underpinnings set out above. Literary considerations are not its sole justi�cation. By broadening and deepening access to legal documents, plain English democratizes the legal system.

Abuja Investment Co. Ltd Advertising Practitioners

Council of Nigeria (APCON) Aelex (Legal Practitioners and

Arbitrators) Alliance Law Firm Banwo & Ighodalo B Ayorinde & Co Capital�eld Investments &

Trust Ltd Dee Jones Petroleum & Gas Dele Oye & Associates Ecobank Plc Elvira Salleras & Associates Emeka Anolefo & Co Enterprise Transport &

Logistics Femi Sunmonu & Associates Gran Imperio Group Heritage Bank High Court of Delta State Hudson Gee Nig. Ltd Jaiz Bank J B Daudu & Co Jite Olatunbode & Co Juris Law Justice Forte Kayode Sofola & Associates Kenna Partners Lagos State Land Use Charge

Assessment Tribunal Lagos State Ministry of Justice

Law-Base Law Update Consultancy Masters Energy Oil & Gas National Broadcasting

Commission NEPAD Nigeria Netcom Africa Nexus Law Consult Nigeria Inter-Bank Se�lement

System Plc (NIBSS) Nigerian Law School Ogun State Judiciary Ola Bada & Co Olisa Agbakoba & Associates Parkway Micro�nance Bank Pension Transition

Arrangement Directorate Qais Conrad Laureate Shell Health (Lagos) Shell Nigeria Exploration &

Production Shell Petroleum Development

Company of Nigeria Ltd Skye Bank SPA Ajibade & Co Stanbic IBTC Tax Appeal Tribunal TNP- �e New Practice Tonye Ibisiki & Co Udoide & Associates Unity Bank WTS Adebiyi & Associates

e have trained delegates or participants from the following Worganizations. On Legal Writing Fundamentals, participants� unanimous verdict is: EXCELLENT! Should be required training for all lawyers at all levels in all �elds.

�e organizations include:-

Chinua AsuzuCEO, The Write House

Plain Englishdemocratizes

the legal system

THE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houser THE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houser

O u r C l i e n t s

Some participants making presentations in a recent legal-writing workshop, Sheraton, Lagos

A cross-section of participants at the legal-writing workshop

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sense if the ma�er to be scrutinized is comprehensible, hence the need for plain English in business and industry as well. Insurance companies, for example, have traditionally foisted standard-form contracts down the throats of their hapless customers, few of whom can understand the large print, never mind the small print, of insurance policies. �ose contracts, aptly called a prendre ou laisser (�take it or leave it�) at common law, or contrats d�adhesion by our French colleagues, are mischievously dra�ed in legalese and verbosity to make sure the insured never reads them. Oil and gas operations take place in the dark, especially in the developing world. �e owners of the resources, the citizens of the home country, have li�le clue about what goes on in the transactions between their government or National Oil Company (NOC) and the Interna-tional Oil Companies (IOCs). Because of the critical importance of the oil sector in most oil-producing countries, legal systems should require publication of contracts between NOCs and IOCs. But publication will reveal li�le unless the contracts are in plain English. So�ware licensing is another area where language is applied to confuse rather than communicate. Licensees just click �I Agree� without bothering to read the pages-long licence. Most licences can be expressed in plain English in a few paragraphs. Licensees should understand what they are agreeing to. Many people have given away their right to privacy by clicking �I Agree� on the Internet without giving it much thought. �e alternative of wading through the gibberish is daunting. Have you noticed the verbosity of bank-account-opening forms? Did you know they are designed to keep you from reading or asking questions? You just skip to the bo�om and sign what you do not understand. So while plain English is more pleasant to read and is superior prose, its use is necessitated also by the policy and ideological underpinnings set out above. Literary considerations are not its sole justi�cation. By broadening and deepening access to legal documents, plain English democratizes the legal system.

Abuja Investment Co. Ltd Advertising Practitioners

Council of Nigeria (APCON) Aelex (Legal Practitioners and

Arbitrators) Alliance Law Firm Banwo & Ighodalo B Ayorinde & Co Capital�eld Investments &

Trust Ltd Dee Jones Petroleum & Gas Dele Oye & Associates Ecobank Plc Elvira Salleras & Associates Emeka Anolefo & Co Enterprise Transport &

Logistics Femi Sunmonu & Associates Gran Imperio Group Heritage Bank High Court of Delta State Hudson Gee Nig. Ltd Jaiz Bank J B Daudu & Co Jite Olatunbode & Co Juris Law Justice Forte Kayode Sofola & Associates Kenna Partners Lagos State Land Use Charge

Assessment Tribunal Lagos State Ministry of Justice

Law-Base Law Update Consultancy Masters Energy Oil & Gas National Broadcasting

Commission NEPAD Nigeria Netcom Africa Nexus Law Consult Nigeria Inter-Bank Se�lement

System Plc (NIBSS) Nigerian Law School Ogun State Judiciary Ola Bada & Co Olisa Agbakoba & Associates Parkway Micro�nance Bank Pension Transition

Arrangement Directorate Qais Conrad Laureate Shell Health (Lagos) Shell Nigeria Exploration &

Production Shell Petroleum Development

Company of Nigeria Ltd Skye Bank SPA Ajibade & Co Stanbic IBTC Tax Appeal Tribunal TNP- �e New Practice Tonye Ibisiki & Co Udoide & Associates Unity Bank WTS Adebiyi & Associates

e have trained delegates or participants from the following Worganizations. On Legal Writing Fundamentals, participants� unanimous verdict is: EXCELLENT! Should be required training for all lawyers at all levels in all �elds.

�e organizations include:-

Chinua AsuzuCEO, The Write House

Plain Englishdemocratizes

the legal system

THE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houser THE W ite HouseTHE W ite HouserrTHE W ite HouseTHE W ite Houser

O u r C l i e n t s

Some participants making presentations in a recent legal-writing workshop, Sheraton, Lagos

A cross-section of participants at the legal-writing workshop

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Our People

1. Chinua Asuzu BA (Honours), University of Nigeria at Nsukka, 1984

LLB (Honours), University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1988BL (Honours), Nigerian Law School, 1989

2. Patrick Kola LLB (Honours), University of Wales, UK, 1987

LLM (Maritime Law), University of Southampton, UK, 1989BL (Honours), Nigerian Law School, 1990

3. Enobong Uwem Ubia LLB (Honours), Benson Idahosa University, Benin, Nigeria, 2010 BL (Honours), Nigerian Law School, 2011 LLM (Bioethics and Medical Law), Lancaster University,

UK, 2013

4. Senator Iyere Ihenyen LLB (Honours), University of Benin, Nigeria, 2011 BL (Honours), Nigerian Law School, 2012

5. Joshua Nnamdi Ogbonnaya General Manager

T e s t i m o n i a l

Chinua Asuzu with Cyril Ogbekene, a senior and accomplished advocate

who is a major supporter of The Write House and an early mentor

of its CEO Chinua Asuzu.

Some members of sta� of The Write House. From left to right- Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, General Manager; Ann Adetula, Associate; Eno Ubia, Associate; and Senator Ihenyen, Associate.

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Our People

1. Chinua Asuzu BA (Honours), University of Nigeria at Nsukka, 1984

LLB (Honours), University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1988BL (Honours), Nigerian Law School, 1989

2. Patrick Kola LLB (Honours), University of Wales, UK, 1987

LLM (Maritime Law), University of Southampton, UK, 1989BL (Honours), Nigerian Law School, 1990

3. Enobong Uwem Ubia LLB (Honours), Benson Idahosa University, Benin, Nigeria, 2010 BL (Honours), Nigerian Law School, 2011 LLM (Bioethics and Medical Law), Lancaster University,

UK, 2013

4. Senator Iyere Ihenyen LLB (Honours), University of Benin, Nigeria, 2011 BL (Honours), Nigerian Law School, 2012

5. Joshua Nnamdi Ogbonnaya General Manager

T e s t i m o n i a l

Chinua Asuzu with Cyril Ogbekene, a senior and accomplished advocate

who is a major supporter of The Write House and an early mentor

of its CEO Chinua Asuzu.

Some members of sta� of The Write House. From left to right- Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, General Manager; Ann Adetula, Associate; Eno Ubia, Associate; and Senator Ihenyen, Associate.

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Email learnedwriter@gmail.com, info@writehouseng.comPhone +234 803 341 2508, +234 802 236 3613

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LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL & COMMISSIONER FOR JUSTICE

LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF JUSTICEBlock 2, The Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

Tel: 234 1 2717544, 234 1 7937052E-mail: info@lagosjustice.lg.gov.ng

www.lagosjustice.lg.gov.ng

“Public Sector Legal Team of the Year 2010”

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