Miss Enuma Moneke

I formally joined Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) in 2022 as an academic lecturing on various law and related subjects. Before this time, I worked as a Senior Research Fellow with the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Nigeria where I also served as the Deputy Coordinator of the Centre for Continuing Legal Education of the Institute.

I am a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as well as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (not currently practicing).

I hold a PhD from CCCU and an LLM from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. I have extensive knowledge and experience in Housing Law and Debt Law following years of successful law practice with Haringey Law Centre, London where at one time I was also a Supervising Solicitor. I was also an Approved Intermediary for Debt Relief Orders and Supervisor of the Legal Services Commission Debt contract. A scholar, an alternative dispute resolution proponent and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, my research interest is in the realm of International Investment Law, International Commercial Arbitration and International Investment Arbitration and their intersection with Human Rights. I have authored works in these fields, as well as in the areas of Maritime Law, Constitutional Law and Corporate Governance. I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

I welcome postgraduate research proposals in the fields of International Investment Law and International Arbitration and Business and Human Rights.

For undergraduate teaching at CCCU, I lead and teach the Commercial Law, Corporate Law and Individual Study 1 and Individual Study 2 modules. I also contribute to the Law in Society, Social Justice in the English Legal System and Women and Crime, and other modules. At the postgraduate level, I lead the Dissertation module and the Current Legal Issues in International Business module and also contribute to the Investment Treaty Arbitration module. My teaching mandate extends to marking, moderation, dissertation supervision and curriculum development.

As Senior Research Fellow with the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), I contributed to the NIALS Centre for Continuing Legal Education's continuous professional development training programme by training law professionals. I taught topics on Arbitration, Contract Drafting and Legal Writing.

Doctorate Research

a) PhD Thesis titled, ‘Towards Access to Remedial Mechanisms in International Arbitration for Third-Party Victims of Foreign Investment-Related Abuse in Nigeria’ (2025)

Journal Articles

a) Dispute Settlement in the AfCFTA Investment Protocol (2025) 26(6) The Journal of World Investment and Trade 1 (co-authored).

b) Judicial Intervention under Nigeria's Arbitration Legislation: Supportive or Disruptive? 27(2) (2024) International Arbitration Law Review 144.

c) Due Process Paranoia in Arbitral Proceedings: Myth or Reality?(2020) 39(2) The Arbitrator and Mediator 9 (co-authored)

d) The Quest for Transparency in Investor-State Arbitration: Are the Transparency Rules and the Mauritius Convention Effective Instruments of Reform? (2020) 86(2) Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 157

e) Strengthening the Legal Regime for the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in Nigeria (2018) 9(3) the Gravitas Review of Arbitral Awards in Nigeria 18.

f) Sustaining a Virile Bar: A Commentary on the Report of the Nigerian Bar Association Legal Profession Regulation Review Committee (NBA LPRRC) (2017) 10 Nigerian Bar Journal 75.

g) An Appraisal of the Legal Framework for Combating Piracy and other Illegal Maritime Activities in the Gulf of Guinea – A Case Study of Nigeria (2016) 22 Journal of International Maritime Law (JIML) 120.

h) Arbitration Injunctions in Nigeria (2016) 82 (4) The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management 438 (co-authored)

i) Maritime Piracy in Nigeria: The National Security Implications’ (2014) NIALS Maritime Law Journal.

Contributions to Edited Books

a) Drafting and Negotiation of Public Private Partnership Contracts, in Adekunle A and Idornigie PO (eds), Public-Private in Infrastructure Delivery (NIALS Press, 2019) 48 (co-authored)

b) Class Action: An Overview, in Ubochioma W and Anele K et al, (eds), Class Action: Practice and Procedure (NIALS Press, 2017) 1.

c) Customer Due Diligence in the Financial Services Industry, in Azinge E (ed), Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility (NIALS Press, 2014) 388.

d) Judicial Integrity: The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct, in Azinge E (ed.), Integrity in the Temple of Justice (NIALS Press, 2014) 514.

e) Good Governance and Poverty Reduction: The Legislative Agenda’, in Azinge E and Adediran A (eds.), Legislating for Good Governance (NIALS Press, 2013) 67.

f) Constitutional Conferences and Political Bureaus: Revisiting Transition from Military to Constitutional Democracy, in Azinge E (ed), Nigeria: A Century of Constitutional Evolution 1914 – 2014 (NIALS Press, 2013) 61.

g) Judicial Law Making, in Azinge E (ed), Judicial Reasoning (NIALS Press, 2013) 271.

h) Legislating Justiciability Provisions, in Azinge E and Udombana N (eds) Drafting Legislation in Nigeria: A Constitutional Imperative (NIALS Press, 2013) 320.

i) Legislative Methodology in Developing Economies, in Azinge E and Adediran A (eds), Legislative Drafting and Transformative Laws (NIALS Press, 2013) 134.

j) Nigerian Export Processing Zone Authority: A Critique, in Azinge E and Omo SM (eds) Legal Regime of Free Trade Zones (NIALS Press, 2013) 92.

k) Labour Law (Industrial Relations Law), in Azinge E (ed) NIALS Annual Survey of Nigerian Law 2012 (NIALS Press, 2013) 182.

l) Freedom of Speech and the Press under Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution: A Comparative Analysis in Azinge E and Waziri F (eds), Freedom of Information Law and Regulation in Nigeria (NIALS Press, 2012) 182.

m) Implementation Guidelines under the Cabotage Regime in Nigeria, in Azinge E and Eruaga O (eds), Cabotage Laws in Nigeria (NIALS Press, 2012) 271.

Edited Book

a) The Role of Costs and Adjournments in the Expeditious Dispensation of Justice in the Nigerian Courts (NIALS Press 2014) (co-edited)

Book Review

a) How to Improve Cabotage Law (2013) [Review of the book Cabotage Laws in Nigeria by Azinge E and Eruaga O (eds.)] The Nation (2 April 2013) (also published online at https://thenationonlineng.net/how-to-improve-cabotage-law/last accessed 25 February 2026).

Notes

a) Litigation v. Arbitration: Deciding the Forum for Resolution of Commercial Disputes in Nigeria (26 April 2016), NIALS Newsletter < https://nialsng.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/litigation-v-arbitration-deciding-the-forum-for-resolution-of-commercial-disputes-in-nigeria/> last accessed 25 February 2026.

b) Oil Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (27 February 2015), NIALS Newsletter< https://nialsng.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/oil-piracy-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/> last accessed 25 February 2026.

Selected Conference Presentations

a) ‘Humanising the Investment Treaty Regime: An Examination of UK’s Bilateral Investment Treaties’, CCCU School of Law Policing and Social Sciences Conference, 2025

b) ‘Entrenching Corporate Accountability: An Investment Treaty Law Perspective’, CCCU Law Conference, 2025

c) ‘A Case Study of Human Rights Violations in Ogoniland Nigeria’, CCCU Law Conference, 2022

d) ‘Reforming the ISDS Component of Nigeria’s BITs to Improve Access to Justice for Host Communities in Nigeria’, PhD Law Day, CCCU, 2020

e) ‘Review and Analysis of the Public Complaints Commission Act: Comparison with International Standards’, presented at the capacity building programme organised for Nigerian Parliamentarians (Committee on Public Petitions) by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) in collaboration with the European Union (EU) Nigeria, 2018

f) ‘Anti- Arbitration and Anti –Suit Injunctions’ Refresher Course for Judges and Kadis on Modern Judicial Practices and Procedure organised by the National Judicial Institute, Nigeria, 2018

g) ‘Mechanisms For Combating Crude Oil Theft and Illegal Transhipment in the Littoral States: A Legal Perspective’, presented at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Seminar on the Law of the Sea, Nigeria, 2014

h) ‘National Security Implications of Sea Piracy in Nigeria’, NIALS roundtable on Piracy and Security Challenges, Nigeria, 2013.

i) ‘Action Plan on Maritime Scientific Research for Sustainable Development in Nigeria’, Training course on Ocean Observation and Hydrographic Survey organised by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea, 2012

Conference Panels Convened/Chaired

a) Panel titled “Opportunities and Challenges in Investment Treaty Law” for the Conference themed Contemporary Legal Landscape: Breakthroughs and Challenges, organised by CCCU Law School, 2023

b) Panels titled “Protections for Individuals under International Investment Law” for the Conference themed Protections in International Law, organised by CCCU Law School, 2025 (Panels 1 and 2)

Editorial Work

a) Adedeji Adekunle and Paul O Idornigie, Public-Private Partnerships in Nigeria (NIALS Press, 2019).

b) NIALS Journal of Business Law (2019) Vol.2.

c) Epiphany Azinge and Enuma U Moneke (eds), The Role of Costs and Adjournments in the Expeditious Dispensation of Justice in the Nigerian Courts (NIALS Press 2014).

d) Epiphany Azinge (ed) ‘Unification of Criminal Laws of Nigeria’ (NIALS Press, 2014).

e) NIALS Maritime Law Journal (2014) Vol. 2.

f) NIALS Journal of Law and Gender (2013) Vol. 1

Research Projects

a) Research Lead, Coordinator and Contributor, NIALS Research Project titled ‘Role of Costs and Adjournments in the Expeditious Dispensation of Justice in the Nigerian Courts’ 2014

b) Contributor, NIALS Research Project titled ‘Annotation of Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA)’ 2004.

c) Contributor, NIALS Research Project titled, ‘Evaluation of Judicial Performance’ 2012

Peer Reviewer

a) The Journal of World Investment and Trade

Memberships

a) Law Society

b) Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK

c) Higher Education Academy