In Episode 4 of The Dispute Brief, Augusta Shahin explains document production in plain terms for disputes lawyers, in-house counsel, and contract teams.

This episode covers:

• what document production is (and what it is not)

• the IBA approach: targeted requests with reasons, not fishing trips

• what tribunals actually test for: relevance, materiality, possession or control, proportionality, and limits like privilege and confidentiality

• common red flags in Nigerian disputes, and how to rewrite them into workable requests

• privilege without panic, and why overclaiming destroys credibility

• preservation for real life: emails, WhatsApp, staff exits, and “lost phones”

If you have a document request you want sanity-checked, remove names and figures and email it.

Multi-Door Courthouse sounds like progress. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is a pause button dressed up as progress.

In this episode, Augusta Shahin breaks down what court-connected ADR is meant to do, where it goes wrong in real practice, and how to stop your matter from drifting into endless “we’ll continue settlement” sessions. You’ll hear a simple suitability test, a practical playbook for running referrals like case management, and the legal points under the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023 that protect you (and how to document them properly).

If you have ever left a mediation session feeling like you just did attendance, this one is for you.

Related Product: Multi-Door Case Management Kit (Nigeria), including Lagos (LMDC) and FCT (AMDC) annexes, plus a fully drafted Terms of Settlement template with modular clauses you can deploy fast. Email [email protected] with subject “MULTI-DOOR KIT”.

SHOW NOTES

• What multi-door is meant to be (triage, not theatre)

• Why referrals fail: weak screening, no authority, no timelines, ADR as delay

• The “two-session rule” and how to exit cleanly

• AMA 2023: limitation suspension, settlement enforceability, documentation requirements

• Toolkit: templates, trackers, settlement drafting pack, Lagos and FCT annexes

Episode 2 is about urgent relief, when waiting is dangerous, not just inconvenient. Augusta Shahin breaks down the real choice between going to court and using an emergency arbitrator: what each option is good for, what’s mostly hype, and the three questions that decide the right route. If you’re dealing with a threatened guarantee call, asset dissipation, stock diversion, or document destruction, this episode gives you a practical checklist to act fast and file clean.

Paid resource: Urgent Relief Toolkit (Nigeria), checklists + templates for interim relief, email [email protected], subject ‘URGENT RELIEF TOOLKIT’.

A dispute clause can save you months, or hand the other side a delay tool before the real fight even starts. In this episode, Augusta Shahin breaks down five clause mistakes that keep showing up in Nigeria, why they cause side fights over seat, rules, appointments, and service, and the simple fixes that make a clause workable. You will leave with a minimum checklist you can use before you sign any contract. Have a clause you want reviewed on a future episode? Remove names and figures and email it to [email protected].

A short weekly podcast on arbitration and mediation, Nigeria-based. Each episode breaks down one issue in plain terms, with practical next steps. New episodes every Thursday.