Example sentences of "[was/were] held that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was held that a clause excluding all ‘ implied conditions and warranties ’ did not exclude the seller 's liability for breach of the express condition that he would supply a ‘ new ’ car . |
| 2 | It was held that a manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him , with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 3 | This should be contrasted with the decision of the Court of Appeal in Griffiths v Peter Conway Ltd [ 1939 ] 1 All ER 685 where it was held that a buyer could not rely on this section when she contracted dermatitis from a Harris Tweed coat supplied because of her unusually sensitive skin . |
| 4 | In Price v.Jenkins(1877)5Ch.D. 619 , C.A. ( followed in Johnsey Estates Ltd. v. Lewis & Manley ( Engineering ) Ltd. ( 1987 ) 54 P. & C.R. 296 , it was held that a settlement of leasehold property was a conveyance for valuable consideration because the donee would have to undertake payment of the rent and performance of the covenants . |
| 5 | In Mecca Ltd. v. Kirkcaldy Burgh Licensing Court , 1975 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 50 , it was held that a licensing court was not entitled to found on information neither adduced in evidence , nor within judicial knowledge . |
| 6 | In Aitken v. Motherwell and Wishaw Licensing Court , 1071 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 25 , it was held that a licensing court had no powers to make policy or blanket decisions ( see Re Findlay [ 1985 ] A.C. 318 ) , and in Keith v. Dunfermline Town Council , 1068 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 51 , the refusal of a permit for amusements with prizes on general grounds was found to be unreasonable . |
| 7 | In Harrison v. Duke of Rutland ( H.C. , 1893 ) it was held that a person who used the highway other than for passage could be sued for trespass . |
| 8 | In Reg. v. Miles ( 1890 ) 24 Q.B.D. 423 it was held that a person who had been convicted of an assault by a court of summary jurisdiction , but had been discharged , without any sentence of fine or imprisonment , on giving security to be of good behaviour , could not afterwards be convicted on an indictment for the same assault . |
| 9 | It might have been assumed that the corollary was that the prosecution did not have to prove that the accused assumed the rights of the owner contrary to the owner 's wishes but in Morris it was held that a person appropriated only if he adversely interfered with or usurped the rights of the owner . |
| 10 | It was held that a jury could find that they had obtained money by deception , and not in return for chopping down the trees . |
| 11 | In Mahal [ 1991 ] Crim LR 632 ( CA ) , it was held that a jury could find that pushing someone through an open window 22 feet from the ground could lead to " the risk of some harm " . |
| 12 | It is too late to register a pending action if a bankruptcy petition has been presented against the husband ; in Re Flint ( 1992 ) The Times 16 July it was held that a transfer of the matrimonial home by order of the court in matrimonial proceedings to the wife in the period between the presentation of a bankruptcy petition against the husband and the bankruptcy order was void . |
| 13 | In N.D. Wines ( Inverness ) Ltd. v. Inverness District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. 73 , it was held that a request for written reasons for the board 's decision required to be in the hands of the clerk within the specified 48 hour period , and that the time limit is mandatory . |
| 14 | Ch. 784 it was held that a promise to transfer shares in a company on which no deposit or other sum had been paid was made for consideration when the transferee agreed to do all acts necessary to relieve the transferor of liability in respect of the shares . |
| 15 | Il ; Lazerdale Ltd. v. City of Glasgow Licensing Board , 1988 G.W.D. 36–1484 ( 1st Div. ) where it was held that a radius of 200 metres was a reasonable " locality " under s. 17(I) ( d ) within Glasgow , and Bury v. Kilmarnock and Loudon District Licensing Board , 1989 S.L.T. 110 , where it was held that the board had exercised its discretion unreasonably in refusing to consider an application for an extension on the basis of non-representation without asking whether that non-representation was material as they had all the facts before them . |
| 16 | It will be noted that the decision in Papadimitropolous , in which it was held that a victim who mistakenly believed that she was married to the defendant at the time of sexual intercourse nonetheless consented to it , is overruled by the section . |
| 17 | In Roffey it was held that a procession was an ‘ assembly ’ for the purposes of the Air Navigation Order 1954 , and the commentary on that case points out that a procession was regarded as an assembly for the purposes of the old offence of unlawful assembly . |
| 18 | In Keen v Parker [ 1976 ] RTR 213 it was held that a sidecar designed for the carriage of goods was just as much a sidecar as one which carried passengers . |
| 19 | Davies v. Sumner is the leading authority on the meaning of the expression ‘ in the course of a business ’ and has been followed in a case under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , R. & B. Customs Brokers v. United Dominion Trust , where it was held that a business 's buying of two or three cars over a period of five years was an insufficient degree of regularity for the latest such purchase to be regarded as made in the course of the business ( see paragraph 10–18 above . ) |
| 20 | Ltd [ 1985 ] AC 210 , it was held that a property developer , as opposed to a building owner , was not owed a duty of care by a local authority . |
| 21 | Ltd. v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha [ 1962 ] , in which it was held that a term implied in a hire contract for a ship that it must be seaworthy was such an innominate term . |
| 22 | In Overbrooke Estates Ltd v Glencombe Properties Ltd [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1335 it was held that a term excluding the authority of agents to make representations about the subject matter of the contract was not subject to the test of reasonableness in s3 of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 : its effect was to prevent the agent having apparent authority to make representations . |
| 23 | In Island Export and Finance Ltd v Umunna [ 1986 ] BCLC 460 it was held that a director 's fiduciary duty did not necessarily come to an end when he ceased to be a director . |
| 24 | For example in Office Angels Ltd. v Rainer-Thomas ( 1991 ) , it was held that a covenant precluding an ex-employee from opening an employment agency anywhere in an area only within 1,000 metres radius of the previous employer 's agency for a period of only 6 months was unreasonable as the area included most of the City of London . |
| 25 | In Kenmare v IRC [ 1958 ] AC 267 , it was held that a power of appointment over the entire trust fund was a power to revoke or otherwise determine the settlement . |
| 26 | Such private bodies ( some of which are sometimes called ‘ domestic tribunals ’ ) may derive their powers from a contract : in one case , for example , it was held that a trade union had to comply with the ( public law ) rules of natural justice in deciding whether the dismiss a union official . |
| 27 | In this case , it was held that a woman lacked capacity to consent if she had neither the knowledge nor understanding to comprehend that ( a ) what was proposed to be done was the physical fact of penetration of her body by the male organ or if that were not proved , ( b ) that the act of penetration proposed was one of sexual connection as distinct from an act of a totally different character . |
| 28 | Conversely in Torrington Manufacturing Co v Smith and Son ( England ) Ltd [ 1966 ] RPC 285 it was held that a distributor 's right to use drawings of products supplied by the manufacturer was limited to the purpose and duration of the agreement . |
| 29 | In Cogan and Leak , it was held that a husband could be liable for rape if he forced his wife to have sexual intercourse with a third party who was unaware of her lack of consent . |
| 30 | In that case it was held that a journalist lacked standing for an order ( of mandamus ) that the chair of the justices should reveal the names of the magistrates who had heard a particular case , but that he did have standing for a declaration that a policy of not disclosing the names of justices who heard certain types of cases was contrary to the public interest and unlawful . |