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RIGHTS ARE QUALIFIED

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IN AMERICAN BANK & TRUST CO. VS. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA (1921) 256 @ 500 US. 350, 358, 41 SC et 499 @ 500, the US Supreme Court aptly held: “[T]he word ‘right’ is one of the most deceptive of pitfalls; it is so easy to slip from a qualified meaning in the premise to an unqualified one in the conclusion. Most rights are qualified.”

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CORPORATE BODIES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE FOR INFRINGEMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

In Okechukwu vs. EFCC (2015) 18 NWLR (Pt 1490), the Court of Appeal held as follows – “Assuming a limited liability company is involved in a case where it was denied fair hearing, it has the right to sue for breach of its fundamental right to fair hearing. Again if the processes filed by the...

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CITIZEN’S RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT

The citizen’s right to remain silent has for long been firmly recognised and established under the common law. In Rice v. Connolly (1966) 2 All E.R. 649 at p.652, the Lord Chief Justice opined: “The whole basis of the common law is the right of the individual to refuse to answer questions put to him...

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WHEN A LACUNA IN LAW MEETS WITH THE RIGHT OF A CITIZEN

A lacuna is said to exist in law when there is a lack of specific and or general law or a law which is of universal application which can be applied in a matter or situation before the Court. Where there is no specific law but there are existing general laws enacted in respect of...

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COURT SHOULD PROVIDE REMEDY WHERE THERE IS A RIGHT

Both lower courts agreed that the factual situation in the transaction between the parties reveals a right vested in the appellant. The law is that the court must provide a remedy where the plaintiff has established a right. The court is also to look into the substance of an action and not the form. The...

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DNA TEST AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY

Certainly, Appellant cannot be allowed such whimsical past time, as it has no place in law. It is unimaginable for a Court to order two unwilling adults or senior citizens to submit to DNA test, in defiance of their fundamental rights to privacy for the purpose of extracting scientific evidence to assist Appellant to confirm...

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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF ONE PARTY CANNOT DEPRIVE ANOTHER OF HIS CONTRACTUAL RIGHT

It is unfortunate that the 2nd defendant/respondent felt satisfied with the conviction for stealing the N9,600 and failed to file notice of appeal against the judgment. There is no doubt that from the facts on record in Exhibit ‘T’, he would have secured an acquittal and discharge from the High Court in its appellate jurisdiction....

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