Example sentences of "been held [that] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been held that transactions in shares , not necessarily at arm 's length or for cash , and previous agreements with the Inland Revenue with regard to their valuation , were admissible evidence in relation to the valuation of the shares ( p 108 ) . |
| 2 | So , it has been held that decisions of the City Panel on Takeovers and Mergers , which was set up neither by statute nor contract but simply by informal agreement , are subject to judicial review ; so are decisions of the Advertising Standards Authority and of the Code of Practice Committee of the British Pharmaceutical Industry . |
| 3 | Further , in the context of equitable assignments of legal leases … it has been held that covenants can not run under privity of estate . |
| 4 | On the other hand , it has been held that gypsies who camp on public land can not argue , in defence to a claim for an eviction order by a council , that the council has failed to fulfil its statutory obligation to provide camping sites because the gypsies had no legal right to the land on which they were camping . |
| 5 | It has been held that payments to a bankrupt 's accountants were not a preference under s 340 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ( p 101 ) . |
| 6 | It has been held that volenti will provide a complete defence in actions against the police or hospital authorities where the deceased was of sound mind . |
| 7 | It has been held that auditors did not owe a duty of care to creditors of a failed company on which they reported . |
| 8 | It has been held that loans from a close company to participators in that company were ‘ released ’ within the meaning of s 287(1) , TA 1970 where , under an agreement between the company , the participators and a third party , the third party assumed and then settled the debt ( p 104 ) . |