Olasupo Shasore (born 22 January 1964) is a Nigerian

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and a founding partner in the law firm of Africa Law Practice NG & Co, a commercial law firm in Nigeria. A

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(SAN) and a Fellow of the

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. He was Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State from 2007 to 2011.

Education

Shasore attended the

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and

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, Lagos before studying law at the

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(now Obafemi Awolowo University) graduating with an

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in 1986 followed by a

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from

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in 1987. He then achieved an

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through the

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in 1990.

Career

He was called to the

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on 22 October 1987; Became a member of the Inner Bar and conferred with the rank of

(SAN) in 2006; Fellow of the

(United Kingdom) 2007; Former member of the Body of Benchers of

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; Notary Public for Nigeria; President of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (LCA) (until January 2016); Chairman of the

Lagos State Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian state ...

Law Reform Commission (until 2015); Member/Secretary of the Presidential Petroleum Revenue Special Taskforce (2013); Led

delegates at National Constitutional conference (2014) As Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice,

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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). He also initiated the policy and crafted the tenant friendly Tenancy Law of Lagos State, balancing the inequality between landlords and tenants.

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); ''Commercial Arbitration – Arbitration Law & International Practice in Nigeria'' (Lexis Nexis, 2011), Johnson and Shasore; ''Jurisdiction & Sovereign Immunity in Nigerian Commercial Law'' (Practice and textbook) (2007, NIIA).

Personal life

Shasore is married with three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shasore, Olasupo Living people 1964 births People from Lagos Obafemi Awolowo University alumni University of Lagos alumni Igbobi College alumni Attorneys General of Lagos State Commissioners of ministries of Lagos State 21st-century Nigerian lawyers