Are existing structures fit for adjudicating technology-driven commercial disputes? By Ibrahim Abubakar Today, commercial disputes in Nigeria, and in fact globally, no longer arise only from decisions made in the boardroom, signed contracts or face-to-face dealings. Increasingly, they are shaped by systems; software-driven processes, digital platforms, automated workflows, and interconnected technologies that run continuously and often invisibly. The courtroom, however, still speaks the language of yesterday’s commerce. The legal claims from these disputes are often pleaded in familiar terms: breach of contract, negligence, statutory non-compliance. Behind those labels lie technical realities: how a platform works, how data moves, how automated decisions are made, and how responsibility...