Before You Do This
Every guide takes one decision a business actually faces and works through it: what the situation is, the legal considerations, the mistakes people make, the red flags, a full checklist, and the point at which a lawyer should be involved.
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You are about to bring someone onto the payroll
Written terms, statutory deductions, record keeping and the difference between an employee and a contractor - settled before the first payday, not after a dispute.
Your product or shop is about to store personal information
What counts as personal data, why you are processing it, how long you keep it, and the duties the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 places on the organisation holding it.
A commercial agreement is in front of you
Payment terms, liability, termination, dispute resolution and the quiet clauses that decide what happens when a supplier fails to deliver.
You are going into business with someone
Ownership, decision rights, money in and money out, and what happens if one of you wants to leave. CAMA 2020 shapes the structures available to you.
A facility, an investor advance or a supplier credit line is on the table
What is actually secured, who is personally on the hook, what the covenants require of you, and what the lender can do on default.
You have decided an employment relationship has to end
Grounds, process, notice, final entitlements and records - the four things that decide whether a termination is defensible or becomes a claim.
You are about to start selling to the public over the internet
Entity and terms, consumer duties, payments, personal data and the online-conduct rules that apply the moment you trade at a distance.
You want to use a name, logo, image, track, font or piece of writing you did not create
Who owns it, what permission you actually need, what a licence really allows, and why attribution is not a substitute for a right.
