“The concept of “possessions” in the first part of Art.1 of Protocol No. 1 has an autonomous meaning which is not limited to the ownership of material goods and is independent from the formal classification in domestic law. In the same way as material goods, certain other rights and interests constituting assets can also be regarded as “property rights”, and thus as “possessions” for the purposes of this provision. In each case the issue that needs to be examined is whether the circumstances of the case, considered as a whole, conferred on the Applicant title to a substantive interest protected by Art. 1 of Protocol No. 1 similar to Article 14 of the African Charters. By the nature of their profession, legal practitioners have an essential and fundamental role in the protection of human rights as advocates and practitioners of the law. They represent individuals who have been accused of offences with the aim of finding an effective remedy domestically and increasingly, to seek such remedies internationally and also to make sure that persons found guilty of offences face the wrath of the law. These responsibilities are to be exercised without restrictions. When so restricted, the exercise of rights would be illusory and the high principles of the Declarations and Covenants would more likely remain sterile and unenforced. There is indeed nothing in the statute books of the Defendant criminalizing the practice of law or even rendering lawyers criminally liable for representing clients in Court. 25