Example sentences of "court of [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the answer turns out to be by a ‘ dock identification ’ ( i.e. the witness is identified for the first time in court ) then it must be remembered that this procedure is potentially so unfair to the accused that the court of trial retains a discretion to prevent it ( Horsham JJ. , ex p . |
| 2 | Just imagine going into a court of law to argue a case depending on its provisions . |
| 3 | The Court of Session directed a special sitting of the licensing court to be held when an applicant failed to take advantage of this subsection before the conclusion of the statutory sittings : Bell 's Exr . |
| 4 | Next week , Mr Irons and Sheriff Nicholson are to petition the Court of Session to reverse a decision it took last year , effectively removing them as Torrie trustees , and making the university the sole trustee of the collection . |
| 5 | But in my judgment , at all events where the belief is that A is going to be given a right in the future , it is properly to be regarded as giving rise to a species of constructive trust , which is the concept employed by a court of equity to prevent a person from relying on his legal rights where it would be unconscionable for him to do so … |
| 6 | Where the local ombudsman exceeded his jurisdiction when reporting on a complaint against a local authority the Court of Appeal granted a declaration to that effect . |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal granted a limited injunction against the newspaper on the basis that Mr Kaye had an arguable case that it amounted to " malicious falsehood " to claim that he had voluntarily surrendered a valuable property right ( ie in his " exclusive " story ) in these circumstances . |
| 8 | Secretary of State for Social Services , ex parte CPAG , ( [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 1047 ) the Court of Appeal affirmed a decision of the High Court in which the trial judge had said that the practicability of such speedy decision making was not such that the Secretary of State was required to appoint sufficient adjudication officers to enable claims to be decided within 14 days , and recognized that workloads may lead to delays beyond the time limit expressed in the Social Security Act 1975 . |
| 9 | On the amount of damages , Mr Lightman said the Court of Appeal had a special responsibility to bear in mind the ‘ dangerous precedent ’ which could be set by such awards , and added that in this case the award was out of all proportion to the alleged libel . |
| 10 | The Court of Appeal took a similar view in Watson , above , when it approved the trial judge 's direction . |
| 11 | A similar result was avoided in The Lisboa where the clause was so widely drawn as to suggest that even proceedings for execution of the award were prohibited ; as such an interpretation would lead to the clause being null and void by virtue of section 8 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1924 , the Court of Appeal adopted a more limited interpretation under which proceeds for execution or to obtain security , including security by means of a Mareva injunction , were allowed . |
| 12 | The Court of Appeal gave a declaration that the set-off could be made ( see MS Fashions Ltd and Others v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA , The Times , 23 June 1992 ) . |
| 13 | Prima facie the facts were similar to those in Antoniades v Villiers but the Court of Appeal found a licence . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal dismissed a mother 's appeal from an order of Judge Wroath in the Portsmouth County Court on 11 May 1989 that a girl should be adopted and that the parents ' consents to the adoption be dispensed with on the ground that they were unreasonably withheld . |
| 15 | In May last year the Court of Appeal upheld a judgment against the friend for more than £5,500 damages for negligence because he had owed the accountant a duty of care . |
| 16 | However , more recently , in Eurocopy plc v Teasdale , reported in the journal PLC in November 1991 , the Court of Appeal upheld a first instance decision , and dismissed an application to strike out a defence , that in connection with a sale and purchase agreement , the actual knowledge of the purchaser might still be a defence to a claim for breach of warranty notwithstanding a clause in the sale and purchase agreement which provided that no actual or constructive knowledge on the part of the purchaser would prejudice a claim . |
| 17 | ( i ) Liability for negligence.In Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland [ 1987 ] 2 All ER 620 the Court of Appeal upheld a finding that a clause in a plant hire contract requiring the hirer of an excavator to indemnify the owner against liability for loss caused by the driver 's negligence , which operated as an exclusion , was unreasonable . |
| 18 | I was referred to R.S.C. , Ord. 55 , r. 3 which refers to the appeal being by way of rehearing , but that of course is the same phrase as is used in R.S.C. , Ord. 59 which states that appeals to the Court of Appeal are by way of rehearing and , to put it shortly , without quoting from the note to that rule , it is plain that all that means is that the Court of Appeal has a wide ranging power to consider and deal with the way in which the court below came to its decision but it is not empowered to hear evidence , except in certain exceptional circumstances : see , too , Rayden and Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters , 16th ed. ( 1991 ) , p. 1388 , para. 49.2 . |
| 19 | It is difficult to persuade the Court of Appeal to alter a finding of direct fact by the trial judge . |
| 20 | Appeal from an order of the Court of Appeal affirming a judgment of Bailhache J |
| 21 | This rule has recently been restated : in R v Simbodyal ( 1991 ) The Times , 10 October , the Court of Appeal criticised a judge for having |
| 22 | The Swiss Courts and the Court of Appeal favoured a formal legalistic approach which , unlike the Arbitral Tribunal , refused to examine the realities of the Organisation , and which protected member States at the expense of third parties . |