By Frank Odinukaeze
The 16th edition of the International Maritime Seminar for Judges, organized by the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) in collaboration with the International Maritime Institute (IMI), under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Transport would take place on July 5 – July 7, 2022, at the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja.
Rakiya Dhahikru Yahgboyaju, Head, Public Relations, in a press statement said the three days event which would witness the convergence of legal minds across the globe would be chaired by Hon. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivor, CFR, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The event which is widely regarded as the prime event in the maritime calendar in Nigeria is a deliberate effort to ensure that judicial officers, Maritime practitioners as well as legal advisers and in-house counsel in the employment of public and private sectors of the economy are abreast of the contemporary issues in the special area of the law that had to do with adjudication on maritime matters.
The event will have the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Hon. Justice Ibrahim Muhammed, GCON, as the Special Guest of honour while the Minister of Transport, Senator Gemisola Saraki would be the chief host.
The 16th edition of the event which would have taken place in 2020, was put off owing to the lockdown occasioned by Covid-19 pandemic.
The occasion which promises to be very educative and informative would witness an array of eminent jurists, erudite scholars and seasoned maritime/ legal experts from Kenya and Australia, who would deliver papers aimed at addressing several burning issues Bedeviling the maritime industry.
Topics to be discussed at the three day event would cover every critical area of the maritime industry.
Participants for the seminar include Justices of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and judges of Federal and State High Courts, Legal advisers, in-house Counsel, legal and maritime practitioners as well as industry stakeholders.
Other distinguished dignitaries expected at the occasion include the Chief Justice of Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra-Leone and South Africa along with some justices/judges of these countries’ judiciaries respectively.
