Business Law : Judicial, Legal Officers Improve Expertise

Some judicial and legal officers working at the central services of the Ministry of Justice (MINJUTICE) and in various Courts in Cameroon are updating their knowledge on the management of files and cases related to business law. This is in the course of a three-day seminar in Yaounde which started on May 4, 2021 and ends tomorrow May 6, 2021. The opening ceremony of the workshop was presided at the Secretary General, Helen Galega on behalf of the Minister of State, Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals. 
Organised by the Ministry of Justice in partnership with the Investment Climate Improvement Programme (ICIP) of the World Bank and the Permanent Secretariat of OHADA, the objective of the seminar is in harmony with government’s priorities in terms of its development policy and a contribution to the improvement of the business climate by building the capacities of judicial personnel. 
In her opening remark, the Secretary General of MINJUSTICE said the workshop is of importance to Cameroon as it will help in addressing the problem of lack of in-depth expertise in the judgement of commercial matters which will go a long way to resolve the problem of Cameroon’s low ranking in the doing business world ranking record and therefore improve the business climate in the Cameroon. “The participants are magistrates and we have taken the pains to select those who work directly on cases related to commercial matters. The seminar is particularly important because Cameroon wants to improve its doing business record ranking. We have b...