NG Bar Crim Lit study guide
NG Bar Crim Lit · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Criminal Litigation is one of the four subject areas listed on the Nigerian Law School website, alongside Criminal Law, Property Law, Corporate Law and Professional Ethics. It sits within the Bar Part II programme, the vocational stage that follows a law degree and Bar Part I, and it prepares graduates to appear in Nigerian courts as barristers and solicitors. The NG Bar Crim Lit study guide has 4 sections and about 1,536 words.
01Criminal Law: Sources, Elements, Defences and Proof
Criminal Law in the Nigerian Bar examination tests your command of the general part of Nigerian criminal law: the sources that apply, the elements of liability, the recognised defences, and the rules on burden of proof. The examiner expects you to move between the Criminal Code, the Penal Code and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 (ACJA) without mixing them.
424 words, about 2 min02Property Law: Land Use Act, Rights of Occupancy and Alienation
Property Law tests Nigerian land law: the Land Use Act 1978, rights of occupancy, alienation, registration and customary family land. Questions often turn on whether a transaction is valid, not merely whether the parties intended it to be.
407 words, about 2 min03Corporate Law: CAMA 2020, Separate Personality and Directors' Duties
Corporate Law tests the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA), the consequences of incorporation, the limits of limited liability, and the duties of directors. The examiner wants you to separate the company from its members and then identify when the court will not do so.
392 words, about 2 min04Professional Ethics: Duties, Confidentiality and the Court
Professional Ethics tests the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners 2007 (RPC), the Legal Practitioners Act, and the duties a Nigerian lawyer owes to the court, client, profession and public. The key skill is ranking those duties when they conflict.
313 words, about 2 min