Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] by the court " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.67 The original working rules for courts when awarding interest were laid down by the Court of Appeal in Jefford v Gee [ 1970 ] 2 QB 130 , but have been modified in Cookson v Knowles [ 1979 ] AC 556 ; Pickett v British Rail Engineering Ltd [ 1980 ] AC 136 ; Birkett v Hayes [ 1982 ] 1 WLR 876 and Wright v British Railways Board [ 1983 ] AC 773 . |
| 2 | However , as was pointed out by the Court of Appeal in Coward v Comex Houlder Diving Ltd ( 1988 ) ( reported in Kemp & Kemp , Section M , para27-322 ) the conventional percentage does not necessarily apply where the wife had been earning a considerable sum herself prior to her husband 's death or presumably where she had a substantial private income : see also Davies v Hawes ( 1990 ) reported in Kemp & Kemp , Section M , para27-323 . |
| 3 | A further defence submission on Aug. 8 , requesting a rehearing of the case and a another stay of execution , was turned down by the Court of Appeal , which rejected arguments that the 14 defendants had the right to take their cases to the United Kingdom Privy Council . |
| 4 | The common law rule on this was laid down by the Court of Appeal in Cresswell v. Sirl but this rule has been replaced , so far as the protection of livestock against dogs is concerned , by section 9 of the Animals Act . |
| 5 | It was laid down by the Court of Appeal in the following case . |
| 6 | Instead , the evidence strongly suggested that the higher imprisonment rate in England and Wales was brought about by the courts ' decisions to commit a greater number of people to prison , both on remand and also under sentence . |