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12 IMPORTANT LEGAL ADVICE YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED in Nigeria.
As presented by Prudentj2.
1) Register your business, company and NGO with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
2) Register your TRADEMARK and Company LOGO with the Ministry of Trades, Commerce and Industry.
3) Register your INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES with the Copy Rights Commission.
NB: YOU DONT OWN THE FIRST THREE UNTIL YOU REGISTER THEM)
4) Ensure ALL your LANDED PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS are properly documented.
5) Do not enter into any contract or sign any document without involving a Lawyer.
6) Do not give or take any apartment either as a TENANT or LANDLORD without a standard tenancy agreement.
7) Do not buy or sell any movable or immovable Property without engaging a Lawyer to investigate the root of title.
8) Ensure you get your Personal or Company Income Tax Clearance ready at all times, to avoid an emergency need for it.
10) Always insist on having some vital communications, chats, discussions or conversations in written form, for REFERRENCE purposes.
11) Do not be in a hurry to give a YES or NO answer to questions (Especially when you are being recorded).
12) Do not sign any document with a black pen. Always use a blue one.
13) Always ask for and keep receipts or any other proof of payment for any transactions you make... No matter how little.
14) Never you honour any invitation from any law enforcement agency without the company of a Lawyer.
15) NOTE THAT ONLY A LAWYER CAN HELP YOU WITH ALL THESE.
Congratulations
The first thing you need for any business idea is not money, is not partners but a Lawyer. They have their legal fees and charges, but since all you have is just ideas; You don't have to hire one fully from start, there are some that can work out their charges in tiny fractions for the services tou need.
At all cost look for one that can guide you through all of the above, you can start paying fullt for retaining one in full service much later.
