Emmanuel Akomaye Agim is a Nigerian judge who was chief justice of Gambia from 2009 to 2013 former chief justice of

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. former justice at the Nigerian Courts of Appeal. and currently a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Early life and education

Agim was born on April 26, 1960, in

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, Cross River State, Nigeria. He obtained his first degree at University of Calabar LLB(Hons), then BL from Nigerian Law School Lagos and subsequently LLM from the

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, United Kingdom.

Career

Agim was enrolled as a legal practitioner on the 15th October 1986.

Professional experience

Agim is a jurist, public prosecutor, private legal practitioner, legal writer, judicial trainer and administrator, Justice Ministry Administrator/Trainer of State Counsel, Commonwealth Crimes Victim Expert, Law office Manager, Adjunct Professor, Adviser/Resource Person on Environmental Laws.

Offices held

Agim was the: * Chief Judge, Republic of the Gambia * Judge of the Supreme Court of the Gambia * Chairman, General Legal Council * Member, ECOWAS Council of Chief of Justices *Chairman, Legal Capacity Building Programme Board, The Gambia *Chairman, Judicial Service Commission of The Gambia *Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, The Gambia *President, Court of Appeal of the Republic of the Gambia *Acting Chief Justice, Republic of the Gambia during a brief absence of the then chief justice *Chairman, National Council for Law Reporting of The Gambia *Member - Chancery of the Republic of Gambia *Judge Advocate, General Court Martial of The Gambia *Director of Public Prosecutions, Ministry of Justice, Republic of The Gambia *Managing Solicitor/Advocate, Veritas Chambers, No. 1A Agoja Road, Obudu, Cross River, Nigeria *Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ogoja Branch, Cross River State, Nigeria *Secretary, Nigerian Bar Association, Ogoja Branch, Cross River State, Nigeria *Member, Board of Directors, Cross River State Government owned Estates Limited

Writings/Publications

* Co-author of the Commonwealth Guidelines For the Treatment of Victims * Crime (2003, ISBN 0-85092-725-0 /978-0-85092-725-2) * Co-author of Pre-Trial Criminal Processes in the Commonwealth States - The Gambia Experience (2005, Banjul, ) * United Nation Convention on International State of Goods Contracts (CISG) 1980 and the Gambia - The need for its adoption in The Gambia (unpublished work) LLM Desertation * The Law of Sedition in Nigeria (Unpublished) * Statements of Supreme Court in Nigeria (Unpublished) * Gambian Criminal Appeals Cases Digest; Vol. 1&2 (Unpublished) * Gambia Legal System, Critical Perspectives and Alternative Realities

Memberships

* Member - International Bar Association * Member - International Panel Association * Member - Association of Lawyers for the Defence of the Unborn * Member - Nigerian Bar Associatiion * Member - Commonwealth Magistrates & Judges Association * Member - World Jurist Association

Awards and honors

* Order of the Republic of The Gambia (ORG) - one of the highest national honors of the Republic of The Gambia - conferred by the President of The Gambia * Patron of the Nigerian Community of The Gambia - conferred by the Nigerian community occasion of the 2007 Nigerian Independence Day in The Gambia *Special Recognition for distinguished academic work in law by the African Insurance Institute, The Gambia, during the 2008 convocation and 25 years anniversary ceremony.

References

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