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The Profile of Marian Jones [MJ]

MARIAN JONES hails from Umuezei quarters Asaba Delta State daughter of late Hon. Justice M. C.  Eluaka (Rtd/Deceased). She is a Principal.

Partner in Candour Attorneys/Chamberlain Partnership established in 2007/2009. She attended University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State where she obtained a B. A  [Hist] and an LL.B respectively. She was called to the bar in 1992. She holds LL.M obtained from the University of Lagos in 2010.

She began her professional working career as Counsel in the Law Firm of Sanusi, Akinrimisi & Co, Debayo Doherty & Co, Achike Umunna & Associates and later as head of chambers in Agabi, Shinaba & Ogon. She is a Solicitor and Advocate to several individuals and Companies. She has handled a lot of Civil/Criminal Litigation; in the High Courts, Appellate Courts, Magistrate Courts, arbitration and mediation.

 MARIAN JONES belongs to several groups and associations as follows:

1.      Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
2.      International Federation Of Women Lawyers (FIDA) – Life Member.
3.      International Bar Association
4.      Chartered Institute Of Arbitrators-Associate
5.      Member- International Criminal Court List Defence Counsel

She has written several articles and delivered several lectures on public law and human rights issues as follows:

1.        The Nigerian crisis: a revaluation 1986
2.        The constitutionality of death penalty-2008
3.        Interrogation and Arrest-2008
4.        Equality of justice for the Nigerian child: the girl child in comparative perspective-2009.
5.        The legal implication of the Child Rights Act for the educationist 2013/2016
6.        The Child Right’s Act/Law –An Overview
7.        Human Rights and Women’s Rights
8.        Domestic Violence And The Protection Of The Girl Child
9.      Victims of human trafficking and child labour: what nature of compensation 2016
10.     Law and Society a view to a greater Nigeria.
11. The family and justice in the Society

MARIAN JONES has held or is holding the following positions:

•        Financial Secretary Nba Lagos Branch 2009-2011
•        Treasurer NBA Lagos Branch 2011-2013
•         2nd Vice Chairman NBA Lagos Branch 2013-2014
•        Life Member-International Federation Of Women Lawyers [FIDA]
•        Secretary- International Federation Of Women Lawyers [FIDA] Lagos Branch 2009-2011.
•        Secretary International Federation Of Women Lawyers [FIDA] Lagos Branch 2013-2016
•        Publicity Secretary 2008 -2010 and Treasurer of 2010-2012. Catechist Association
•        Vice President of Our lady Q/M Presidium 2013-2016
•        Secretary of the Parish Pastoral Council 2011-2014 -SS. Mulumba & David Catholic Church Lawanson.
•        Chairperson Laity Council SS. Mulumba & David Catholic Church Lawanson
•        Notary Public of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

She obtained certificates in the following;

1.         International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) International Conventions 2005-Kuala Lumpur10/11/05; 2008-Milan;2011-Nigeria;2014-Bangalore –India
2.         Nigerian Bar Association [NBA] National Conferences: 2002, 2003-Enugu, 2004-Abuja, 2005-PortHarcourt, 2006-Jos, 2007-Ilorin, 2008-Abuja, 2009-Lagos, 2010-Kaduna, 2011-Portharcourt, Calabar 2013, Owerri 2014 and Abuja 2015 & Portharcourt 2016.

iii.         International Bar Association [IBA] Convention 2011-Dubai U.A.E;2012-Dublin

1.       Seminars of counsel of the ICC -certificates-THE HAGUE 2012 and 2013 Arusha, Tanzania 2016
2.        Chartered Institute of Arbitrators [CIArb] introductory Certificate in Arbitration 29th January 2014.
3.       Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies [NIALS]-Brief Writing and Advocacy Skills 7th May 2015.

vii.        Certificate on Access to Justice and Victim Support –Nov. 2015. NAPTIP/UNODC

vii.        UNIC Training In 2017

She has served in the following NBA LAGOS Committees

1.   The Committee on The Reformation Of The Magistracy
2.   The Committee on The Collapsed Buildings In Lagos
3.   The Human Rights Committee
4.   Finance And All Purpose Committee
5.   The Investigating Committee For The Accounts Of 2010 Branch
6.   2010 Law Week Committee-NBA
7.   2012 Law Week Committee-NBA
8.   2013 Dinner Committee-NBA
9.   NBA Lagos Land Inquiry Committee 2017

She also served in the following FIDA Committees:

•        Member FIDA Constitution amendment Committee.
•        Litigation/ADR Committee 2003-2016,
•        Wills writing Committee 2005,
•        Legislative advocacy 2007-2016
•        Law Week Committee 2015 and 2016.

MARIAN JONES is an awardee of several honours.

MARIAN JONES is happily married to Michael Jones with three (3) children.

Her hobbies include dancing, Reading, Playing Scrabble, watching spy films and Traveling

She believes that Serving is fundamental to the leadership role

MJ- Probity, Service and Integrity

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