Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] ltd [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is not used in the more restricted sense given to the term " trade secrets " in Faccenda Chicken v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 but which has now been effectively viewed as being too narrow by two members of the Court of Appeal in Lansing Linde Ltd v Kerr [ 1991 ] 1 All ER 418 : see p82 below , we think the approach in Lansing Linde is to be preferred .
2 That concession may not be now as fatal as the judge thought due to the extension of the meaning of the phrase " trade secret " found in the Court of Appeal judgments in Lansing Linde Ltd v Kerr .
3 In Lansing Linde Ltd v Kerr [ 1991 ] 1 All ER 418 , CA Staughton LJ discussed ( a ) the definition of trade secrets and ( b ) whether and if so how , trade secrets differ from confidential information .
4 For example information about prices can , in certain circumstances , constitute a business secret : see the discussion in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 and Lansing Linde Ltd v Kerr [ 1991 ] 1 All ER 418. 2 Express duties once employment has ended By including express restrictive covenants in an employment contract an employer will seek to achieve three goals once employment is over : ( a ) to prevent the ex-employee canvassing orders from the employer 's customers ; ( b ) to prevent the ex-employee competing with his business ( usually within a defined geographical area ) ; ( c ) to prevent the ex-employee from using/disclosing any legitimate business secrets .
5 ( See also Bents Brewery Co Ltd v Hogan [ 1945 ] 2 All ER 570 . )
6 There is thus a rule of construction that if a provision in an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is ambiguous , it should be given that interpretation which is consistent with international obligations rather than one which conflicts ( Inland Revenue Commissioners v Collco Dealings Ltd [ 1962 ] AC 11 ; similarly , there is some authority for seeking to protect fundamental constitutional statutes from unintentional repeals ( see , e.g. , per Lord Wilberforce in The Earl of Antrim 's Petition [ 1967 ] 1 AC 691 ) If , however , such devices do not evade the problem , then traditional notions of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament require that any provision in any later statute which is inconsistent with any earlier provision repeals the latter to the extent of any inconsistency , whether declared or intended to have this effect or not ( Vauxhall Estates Ltd v Liverpool Corporation [ 1932 ] 1 KB 733 ; Ellen Street Estates Ltd v Minister of Health [ 1934 ] 1 KB 590 ) .
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8 It is a settled rule of construction that where there is a grant and an exception out of it the exception is taken as inserted for the benefit of the grantor and is to be construed in favour of the grantee ( Savill Brothers Ltd v Bethell [ 1902 ] 2 Ch 523 ) .
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10 In English Hop Growers Ltd v Dering [ 1928 ] 2 KB 174 the Court of Appeal had to consider an agreement under which the defendant contracted to sell his crop to the plaintiffs for a period of five years .
11 For example , in English Hop Growers Ltd v Derring [ 1928 ] 2 KB 174 Scrutton LJ said " I have always for myself regarded it as in the public interest that parties who , being in an equal position of bargaining , make contracts , should be compelled to perform them , and not to escape from their liabilities by saying that they had agreed to something which was unreasonable " .
12 However , this appears to be inconsistent with other cases ( see Victoria Fur Traders Ltd v Roadline ( UK ) Ltd [ 1981 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 570 where the plaintiffs had received air waybills over a period of 25 years and never read the terms on them ) and it seems clear that constructive notice of the terms will suffice .
13 He addressed the question again in Mediterranean and Eastern Export Co Ltd v Fortress Fabrics ( Manchester ) Ltd [ 1948 ] 2 All ER 186 .
14 Now that exclusion clauses are subject to statutory control under the UCTA 1977 , and the court generally has power to deny reliance on unreasonable clauses , it has been said that " any need for this kind of judicial distortion of the English language has been banished " ( Lord Diplock in Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd [ 1980 ] AC 827 ; see also Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Ltd [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 964 ; Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 ) , and it may be that the courts will adopt a less restrictive approach to exclusions .
15 This general principle must be qualified : " one must not strive to create ambiguities by strained interpretation " ( Lord Wilberforce in Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Ltd [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 964 ) .
16 Clauses which limit liability will generally be viewed with less hostility than those which exclude it altogether ( see Lord Wilberforce in Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Ltd [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 964 ; but note Croudace Construction Ltd v Cawoods Concrete Products Ltd [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 55 discussed below ) .
17 The drafter can , therefore , minimise the scope for application of the rule by seeking to avoid ambiguity , since it has been said that the court " must not strive to create ambiguities by strained interpretation " ( Lord Wilberforce in Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Ltd [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 964 ) .
18 The approach taken by the House of Lords in George Mitchell draws a distinction as a matter of construction between exclusion and limitation clauses evident in their earlier decision of Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Shipping Co Ltd [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 964 .
19 This will be the case even where disclosure of the information is not an inevitable consequence of its use ( see for example Amber Size and Chemical Co Ltd v Menzel [ 1913 ] 30 RPC 433 ) .
20 A simple process may become part of his general knowledge but the more complex it is the less reasonable will be his claim that knowledge of it is part of his general skill and knowledge ; the difficulties can be illustrated in United Indigo Chemical Co Ltd v Robinson [ 1931 ] 49 RPC 178 .
21 The decision in the case of Jean Sorelle Ltd v Rybak ( [ 1991 ] IRLR 153 ( EAT ) ) had decided that where an applicant acts on the advice of a member of the IT staff , it was open to an IT to hold that it was not reasonably practicable for the claim to have been presented in time .
22 Dr B. A. Gennery Medical Director Dista Products Ltd Basingstoke , Hants There seems to be some disagreement between the Committee on Safety of Medicines ‘ and Disto Products .
23 D & F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England [ 1988 ] 2 All ER 992
24 How the foreign jurisdiction taxes the payments is not relevant ( see Associated Insulation Products Ltd v Golder ( 1944 ) 26 TC 231 ) .
25 Breams Property Investment Co Ltd v Stroulger ( 1948 ) 2 KB 1 ( CA ) Bucknell and Scott LJJ
26 The decision in Chamberlain v IRC was followed in the case of Clark and the Langrange Trust and Investment Co Ltd v IRC 28 TC 55 .
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28 In McCutcheon v David MacBrayne Ltd Lord Devlin suggested that a course of dealing can only be established where it can be shown that the party against whom the terms are to be enforced had actual knowledge of them as a result of the previous dealings .
29 In Tai Hing Cotton Mill Ltd v Liu Chong Hing Bank Ltd [ 1986 ] AC 80 ( PC ) an account was debited because of a forged cheque .
30 The following factors are among those which are taken into account : ( 1 ) the length of the previous tenancy or tenancies ( Betty 's Cafes Ltd v Phillips Furnishing Stores Ltd [ 1957 ] 1 Ch 67 at 88 ) ; ( 2 ) any period during which the tenant has held over pending resolution of his application ( London and Provincial Millinery Stores Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 510 ) ; ( 3 ) the landlord 's intentions as regards his own occupation of the property ( Wig Creations Ltd v Colour Film Services Ltd ( 1969 ) 113 SJ 688 where it was held that the new tenancy should expire shortly after the landlord would become entitled to rely upon s30(1) ( g ) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ) ; ( 4 ) the prospects of redevelopment of the property ( Reohorn v Barry Corporation [ 1956 ] 2 All ER 742 ; London and Provincial Millinery Stores Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd ) ; ( 5 ) the balance of hardship , and the relative bargaining positions of the parties ( Upsons Ltd v Robins ( E ) Ltd [ 1956 ] 1 QB 131 ; Amika Motors Ltd v Colebrook Holdings Ltd ( 1981 ) 259 EG 243 ) ; ( 6 ) the tenant 's business needs ( CBS ( United Kingdom ) Ltd v London Scottish Properties Ltd ( 1985 ) 275 EG 718 ) .
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