A. I. Bappah

AN APPRAISAL OF THE LIABILITY REGIME FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICES IN NIGERIA

Medical practice is bedeviled with medical practitioner’s practices that are contrary to the ethics of the profession, which consist of incbility to effectively exercise the duty of care and skill on a pat ent. Judgments or actions of a medical practitioner require more than is expected of the practitioner that is why a medical practitioner should ...

AN EXAMINATION OF WHETHER DISCHARGING PATIENTS AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE CONFER LEGAL PROTECTION ON MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

The responsibility of a doctor to his patient commences as soon as the doctor undertakes to medically evaluate the patient. And once a doctor undertakes to treat a patient, whether or not there is an agreement a duty of care arises. | Patients are people with medical problems who seek a solution from the health team. The medical evaluation is a pro...

AN APPRAISAL OF THE POST TRIAL BENEFITS ACCRUING To AN OFFENDER ON THE COURTS RECOURSE TO CONVICTION OR DISCHARGE

During a criminal proceeding, three separate and distinct’acts take place, in sequence as to time. First is the entry of a plea of guilty or not guilty made by the accused person. Second, is a judgment of conviction or acquittal based upon the plea, and third, a sentence. A plea of guilty by the accused person is treated as confession of guilt in o...

AN APPRAISAL OF THE CUSTODIAL RIGHTS OF AN OFFENDER IN THE NIGERIAN PENAL SYSTEM

Imprisonment is essentially a form of punishment imposed on the offender by courts or tribunals. However, it is the sentence of imprisonment, and not the treatment accorded in prisons that constitute the punishment. This is so because offenders come to prison not for punishment but as punishment imposed on them by a court of law based on the princi...