Day: September 26, 2020

For the defence of fair comment to be sustainable it must be evident that: The matter commented was one of public interest. The statement was an opinion not as assertion of fact. The opinion is based on facts. The statement Read More …

The meaning of the word privilege is that a person stands in such a relation to the fact of the case that he is justified in saying or writing what would otherwise be slanderous or libelous. Privilege may be absolute Read More …

Defamation is the publication of a statement, which reflects on a persons reputation and tends to lower him in the estimation of right thinking members of society generally, and tend to make them shun or avoid him. It has also Read More …

Democratic in nature: parliamentary law making is the most democratic approach to legislation. This is because parliament is composed of representative of the people. Arguably therefore, statute law is a manifestation of the wishes of the people. Uniformity: statute law Read More …

Reasonableness: a good local custom must be reasonable i.e. consistent with the principle of justice. Conformity with statute law: a local custom must be consistent with statute law. This is because parliament is the supreme law making body, hence its Read More …

Law is described as a body of rules for guidance of human conduct which is imposed upon and enforced among the citizens of the state.  Discussion This exposition of the term law captures its essential ingredients, namely that it is Read More …