Nigeria, July 22 -- The Court of Appeal in Lagos has nullified the registration of the business name "KPMG Professional Services" by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), siding with KPMG Nigeria in a long-running legal battle over rights to the "KPMG" name.

PREMIUM TIMES reviewed on Tuesday the certified true copy of the judgement, which was earlier delivered on 10 July.

In the unanimous judgement of the three-member panel that sat on the appeal, the court granted all four prayers sought by KPMG Nigeria against the CAC, the first respondent, and KPMG Professional Services, the second respondent.

KPMG Nigeria, which has been operating in Nigeria since 1978, practises as KPMG Audit, KPMG Tax Consultants and KPMG Consulting. It claimed...