Indeed, as this Court held in Abeke v. Odunsi and Anor (2013) LPELR - 20640 (SC) 17; B - G:

"However, generally, the common-law principle which precludes persons in disobedience of the order of the Court from being heard in respect of the matters in which they stand in disobedience has been settled.

In Hadkinson v. Hadkinson (1952) 2 All ER 567, 573, Denning, LJ, opined thus:'

I need hardly say that it is very rare for this Court to refuse to hear counsel for an appellant. No matter how badly a litigant has behaved, nevertheless, generally speaking, if he has a right of appeal, he has a right to be heard for the simple reason that, if he is not heard, his right of appeal is valueless...the fact that a party to a cause has disobeyed an order of the Court is not of itself a bar to his being heard, but if his disobedience is such that so long as it continues, it impedes the cause of justice in the cause, by making it more difficult for the Court to ascertain the truth or to enforce the orders which it may make, then the Court may in its discretion refuse to hear him until the impediment is removed or good reason is shown why it should not be removed"