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…of the law is that the courts will not make orders, in legal proceedings affecting a party’s rights without giving that party an opportunity of being heard … To my mind very clear words would be required to take away fundamental…

…What is clear from this observation of Salmon, L.J., is the admission that statute can take away or limit fundamental rights or those given by the general rule of law which can also be described as the common law.…

…Courts are the ultimate custodians of the rights and liberties of people whatever the status and there is no rule of law that courts will abdicate jurisdiction merely because the proceedings or enquiry are of an internal…

…(a) any defence which, in an action to which this section applies, may be available by virtue of any written law other than section 4(2) (whether it is a written law imposing a period of limitation or not) or by virtue of…

…any rule of law or equity; or (b) the operation of any law which, apart from this section, would enable such an action to be brought after the end of the period of three years from the date on which the cause of action accrued…