Eleko v Government of Nigeria
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judgment Date | 1928 |
| Date | 1928 |
| Court | Privy Council |
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...liberty as a hallowed right and it possesses a similar ranking in Convention jurisprudence. In Aeleko –v- Government of Nigeria [1931] AC 662, Lord Atkin stated, at p. 670: “In accordance with British jurisprudence no member of the executive can interfere with the liberty or property of a B......
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R v Governor of Brockhill Prison, ex parte Evans (No. 2)
...of the case. 19On balance I think the arguments of the respondent outweigh those of the Solicitor-General. In Eshugbayi Eleko v. Officer Administering the Government of Nigeria [1931] A.C. 662, a habeas corpus case, Lord Atkin observed, at p. 670, that "no member of the executive can inter......
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Vanderwerff v Royal Cayman Islands Police
...v. Prison Superintendent, [2004] 1 W.L.R. 902; [2004] UKPC 10, referred to. (3) Eleko v. Nigeria (Officer administering Govt.), [1931] A.C. 662; [1931] All E.R. Rep. 44, applied. (4) Ghani v. Jones, [1970] 1 Q.B. 693; [1969] 3 All E.R. 1700; (1969), 134 J.P. 166; 113 Sol. Jo. 854, referred ......
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Preliminary sections
...56…………………......................................................………..201 Eshugbayi Eleko v. Administreing Government Officer Nigeria J.C. (1931) A.C. 662; 100 L.J. (P.C.) 152; 145 L.T. 297…………..................................................................................………..597 Essien v.......
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The Presumption of Proportionality
...of fundamental rights and the European Court of HumanRights (2009) 7 IJCL 619, 641–644.12 Eshugbayi Eleko vGovernment of Nigeria [1931] AC 662, 670, cited with approval by Lord Scarmanin RvHome Secretary ex parte Khawaja [1984] AC 74, 110–111.13 R. Clayton and H. Tomlinson, The Law of Human......
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Table of Cases
...56…………………......................................................………..201 Eshugbayi Eleko v. Administreing Government Officer Nigeria J.C. (1931) A.C. 662; 100 L.J. (P.C.) 152; 145 L.T. 297…………..................................................................................………..597 Essien v.......
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Nigerian Legal System
...into a milder one. Judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria reversed.” Eshugbayi Eleko v. Administering Government Officer, Nigeria J.C. (1931) A.C. 662; 100 L.J. (P.C.) 152; 145 L.T.297. Paras. 1369-1371 Vol. 16: NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM 598 1369. Customary law changes in light of social deve......
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