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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…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.…
Division and case type: CriminalCriminal Appeal
…It is not a rule of law that, in order to support a conviction, there must be corroboration of a dying declaration (R v Eligu s/o Odel and another (1943) 10 EACA 9; Re Guruswani[1940] Mad 158, and there may be circumstances…
…As regards the probative force of a dying declaration the court said: ‘Although there is no rule of law that to support a conviction there must be corroboration of such statements, it is generally recognised that it is very…