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The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

Conflict of Laws

In November 30 2020, the Nigerian Court of Appeal delivered a third decision where it declined to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement. [3] In the first two decisions delivered in the year 2020, the Nigerian Court of Appeal gave full contractual effect to the parties’ foreign choice of court agreement. [2]

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In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause

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Virginia Hospital Association (1990), and hold that spending clause enactments are not enforceable through Section 1983. Stare decisis does not compel continued adherence to Section 1983 precedent, according to HHC. Talevski offers three arguments for why stare decisis carries greater force in this case.

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Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction

Conflict of Laws

This has immense significance regarding the security of contracts, enforcement of obligations, and overall predictability of solutions on these issues. For example, a court may be called upon to interpret contracts and commercial transactions on religious and customary interests. 11] In Great Lakes Insurance SE v.