Document Verdict Service — Terms
Land Desk by Magaji Law · Effective [date] · Version 1.0 (draft for the Principal's settlement) Governed by LD/SPEC.002 — The Verdict Specification, which these terms implement.
1. The service
The Chambers provides a written opinion ("the Verdict") on the documents of a proposed or existing land transaction in Nasarawa State, concluding in one of exactly three findings: PROCEED; PROCEED WITH CONDITIONS; or DO NOT PROCEED. The Verdict is delivered as a signed letter to the email address on the request.
2. Engagement
Submitting a request creates a reference, not yet a retainer. The Chambers is engaged when it issues its fee note and the fee is paid. The Chambers may decline any request before engagement — including for conflict of interest — in which case any fee paid is returned.
3. The clock
The service clock (48 hours Standard; 24 hours Expedited) runs from commencement of review, which requires both that the documents submitted are complete and legible and that the fee is confirmed. The commencement time is recorded and recited on the Verdict letter. Time spent awaiting further documents or clarification from you suspends the clock.
4. Scope and honest limits
The Verdict is a documents-and-searches opinion. It comprises examination of the documents you submit, official registry search where the documents permit one, and court registry searches where practicable within the clock. It does not include ground inspection, survey work, locality interview, valuation, or tax advice, and it is not the Chambers' seven-gate folio protocol (LD/SPEC.001). Every Verdict letter states which sources were and were not examined. The Verdict speaks as at its date, on the materials examined; it is not a guarantee of title and does not insure the transaction.
5. Your obligations
You warrant that the documents and information you submit are complete and genuine to your knowledge, and that you are entitled to submit them. The Verdict is prepared in reliance on that warranty. The Verdict is provided for your use in the transaction described; it may be shown to your counterparty or financier, but it is not addressed to, and may not be relied on by, persons the Chambers has not engaged with.
6. Fees
Fees are the professional fees of Magaji Law, stated on the fee note for your request and payable to the Chambers' account. No payment is taken on this website. The fee is earned on performance of the review, whatever the finding: a DO NOT PROCEED verdict is the service performing, not failing. Government search fees advanced by the Chambers are included in the fee note.
7. After the Verdict
The Verdict does not oblige you to retain the Chambers further. If you proceed to conveyancing, the Chambers may act for you on separately agreed terms, subject to the rules of professional conduct. Where a parcel appears sound, the Chambers may — with the consent of those concerned — invite it into the Land Desk folio pipeline; no finding is ever contingent on that invitation.
8. Files and confidentiality
Your request is chambers work and is treated with the confidentiality attaching to it, per the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners. Files are retained per the Chambers' retention policy and the Privacy Notice.
9. Liability
Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded. Subject to that, the Chambers' liability in connection with a Verdict is limited to loss directly caused by negligence in the review actually undertaken, and does not extend to matters outside the stated scope (§4), to reliance by persons other than the client (§5), or to decisions taken against a Verdict's finding or conditions.
10. General
These terms are governed by Nigerian law. Disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Nasarawa State. The Chambers may amend these terms by successor version published on this page; the version in force at engagement governs a request.
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