Supo Shasore

Olasupo Shasore (born 22 January 1964) is a legal practitioner[1] and a founding partner in the law firm of Africa Law Practice NG & Co,[2] a commercial law firm in Nigeria. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State from 2007 – 2011.[3]

Olasupo Shasore, SAN
Partner, ALP (Africa Law Practice)
Assumed office
2015
Litigation Partner, Ajumogobia and Okeke
In office
2011–2015
Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State
In office
2007–2011
Preceded byProfessor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN
Succeeded byMr. Ade Ipaye
Partner, Ajumogobia & Okeke
In office
1999–2007
Co-founding partner, Ukiri & Shasore
In office
1993–1999
Personal details
Born
Olasupo Shasore

(1964-01-22) 22 January 1964
Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria
ResidenceLagos, Nigeria
Alma materObafemi Awolowo University (LL B)
University of Lagos (LL M)
ProfessionLawyer
Websiteolasuposhasore.com

Education

Shasore attended the Federal Government College Lagos and Igbobi College,[4] Lagos before studying law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) graduating with an LL.B in 1986 followed by a Bachelor of Laws from Nigerian Law School in 1987. He then achieved an LL.M through the University of Lagos in 1990.[5]

Career

He was called to the Nigerian Bar on 22 October 1987; Became a member of the Inner Bar and conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2006; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom) 2007; Former member of the Body of Benchers of Nigeria; Notary Public for Nigeria; President of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) (until January 2016); Chairman of the Lagos State Law Reform Commission (until 2015);[6] Member/Secretary of the Presidential Petroleum Revenue Special Taskforce (2013); Led Lagos State delegates at National Constitutional conference (2014)

Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State (2007–2011)

As Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, he led the review of the Criminal Code Law, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Law; Authored and issued the first Prosecutors' Guidelines (2011); Initiated the first African Regional Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP). Chaired the Mortgage and Property Law Reform Committee, which produced and recommended the Mortgage & Property Law (2009). He also authored the Home Ownership and Mortgage Policy (2011).[7] He also initiated the policy and crafted the tenant friendly Tenancy Law of Lagos State, balancing the inequality between landlords and tenants.

Personal life

Shasore is married with three children.

Writings

He is also an historian and author, his recent books include Ministering Justice ‘Administration of Justice in Nigeria’ (Qbooks 2019); Platter of Gold: ‘Making Nigeria’ (2016); Possessed – A History of Law & Justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos (2014);[8] Commercial Arbitration – Arbitration Law & International Practice in Nigeria (Lexis Nexis 2011) Johnson and Shasore;[9] Jurisdiction & Sovereign Immunity in Nigerian Commercial Law (Practice and textbook) (2007 NIIA).

References
  1. https://whoswholegal.com/olasupo-shasore-san
  2. https://alp.company/our-people#olasupo-shasore
  3. https://lagosministryofjustice.org/past-attorney-generals/
  4. http://www.tundefashola.com/archives/news/2016/02/07/20160207N01.html
  5. https://www.medianigeria.com/biography-of-olasupo-shasore-san/
  6. "Lagos Law Reform". web.archive.org. 6 April 2013.
  7. "Lagos Homs". Lagos Homs. Lagos State Government. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  8. "Supo Shasore releases 'Possessed'". ArtyLiving. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  9. "Public Presentation of Commercial Arbitration Law and International Practice in Nigeria". TundeFashola.com. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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