CJN Kekere-Ekun to chair Lagos launch of six law books by Pinheiro
- Chief Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun will chair the November 20 public presentation of six legal books in Lagos.
- The author is Dr Kemi Pinheiro, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria with nearly 40 years at the Bar.
- The books cover criminal trials, insolvency, arbitration and the link between law and faith.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will chair the public presentation of six law books written by Senior Advocate of Nigeria Dr Kemi Pinheiro. The event is set for November 20, 2026, in Lagos, and is being organised by Pinheiro LP.
According to the organisers, judges, senior lawyers, academics and others in the justice system are expected at the launch. The Chief Justice's role as chair signals how closely the legal establishment is watching the collection.
Pinheiro has spent close to four decades in practice. The six titles pull together what he has learned at the Bar and what scholars have written about Nigerian law.
What the books cover
One title, Strategies in Criminal Trial: A Practitioner's Guide, looks at how criminal cases are run in court. It pays attention to electronic evidence — how it is admitted and weighed — as phones, CCTV and digital records play a bigger part in trials.
Insolvency Law in Nigeria: Practice and Procedure deals with companies in financial trouble. It examines rescue, restructuring and winding-up under the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020. This matters to business owners, creditors and workers whose jobs hang on whether a struggling company survives.
Arbitration Law and Practice in Nigeria focuses on settling commercial disputes outside the courtroom, especially under the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023, and on how arbitration decisions are enforced.
The other three titles are Defining Moments: Chronicles of a Silk (Volume One), which traces Pinheiro's own career; The Compendium, a gathering of writings by lawyers and academics; and MULAN Legal: Trending Issues of Law and Faith, essays in his honour on how law and religion meet in Nigeria's mixed legal system.
The organisers say the aim is to pass on practical experience, add to Nigerian legal thinking and give younger lawyers useful material.
What happens next
The launch holds on November 20 in Lagos. Beyond the ceremony, the test will be whether courts, law firms and law schools take up the books as working references.
