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Lagos Court of Arbitration, (LCA) is an independent centre for commercial dispute resolution based in Lagos, Nigeria. The site is located in Lekki Peninsula, Lagos.

History
The Lagos Court of Arbitration was established by the LCA Law 17 of 2009. The LCA was established with the following objectives; The LCA was formally launched on November 9, 2012 at the opening of the Kuramo Conference; an international biennial summit hosted Lagos, Nigeria.
 * Limit abuse of court intervention and obstruction of the arbitration process
 * Promote party autonomy in regulating how disputes should be determined

Membership and Neutrals
According to LCA Law, membership of the Court of Arbitration is open to any person or corporate body of good standing with bonafide interest in commercial Arbitration or Alternative Dispute Resolution including but not limited to Lawyers, Arbitrators, mediators, experts, academics, business persons, law firms, commercial and trading organisations who have satisfied laid down conditions including payment of annual subscription to be determined by the board from time to time.

Among its functions, the LCA shall maintain a panel of neutrals which shall consist of Arbitrators and Mediators as well as other experts with special skills and experience in specialized areas and who are willing to be members of any tribunal or panel constituted by the LCA in respect of any dispute referred to it.

All Neutrals must be members of the Lagos Court of Arbitration and are approved for listing by the LCA Neutrals Selection Committee, in accordance with the LCA Neutrals Qualification Criteria.