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Because of your partnership, we can provide invaluable opportunities for learning, networking, and collaboration. Entities that meet certain threshold criteria – regardless of size – are covered by the rule. The Proposed Rule includes threshold criteria for entities in 13 of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors.
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A high threshold is applicable to s. An award obtained by fraud or contrary to public policy and which has caused or will cause substantial injustice is not what the parties agreed to when they agreed on arbitration. Unless the right to object is lost for reasons of finality and subject to the procedural restrictions in s.
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It also emphasizes the necessity for collaboration between foreign counselengaged based on their experience and expertiseand Nigerian counsel, who must be informed when foreign counsel is involved. Additionally, Nigerian counsel is permitted to recommend foreign counsel to the AGF or the State AG for consideration. and 16.5).
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