Example sentences of "counsel for the appellant " in BNC.

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1 Counsel for the appellant sought to put to the victim that she had a number of previous convictions for dishonesty and violence .
2 In the absence of the jury , counsel for the appellant submitted that the documents were inadmissible in the criminal proceedings .
3 That was done and counsel for the appellant told us that the disclosed documents had proved vital to the presentation of the appellant 's case .
4 Counsel for the appellants had attacked this finding because the patient had been an outpatient at a different hospital in the past and a practitioner there could have fulfilled this function ; and he submitted that in any case it was a duty of the hospital managers to find out if it was practicable to obtain the recommendation of a practitioner who had previous acquaintance with the patient : he relied on the form of the question ‘ explain why you could not get a recommendation from a medical practitioner who did know the patient ’ on the hospital admission application form .
5 Counsel for the appellants argue that the Secretary of State is not entitled to make this distinction .
6 Counsel for the appellants further submit that the life prisoner should also be informed of any advice given to the Secretary of State by the officials of his department .
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