Example sentences of "[noun sg] appeal [prep] the house of " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But the Aga Khan 's solicitor , Matthew McCloy , said yesterday : ‘ You can take it that it is not His Highness 's present intention to appeal to the House of Lords . ’
2 The judges awarded the Home Office costs , but granted leave to appeal to the House of Lords .
3 He hoped the Medical Defence Union would support a petition for leave to appeal to the House of Lords and the European Court .
4 Refusing leave to appeal to the House of Lords , Lord Justice Bingham said the sums claimed by Lloyd 's represented money out of which Mr Cameron-Webb had tried to cheat syndicates for which he acted .
5 Mr Anthony Scrivener , QC , for the defendants , said he would be seeking leave to appeal to the House of Lords .
6 The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals , but granted leave to appeal to the House of Lords on the grounds that points of law of general public importance were involved .
7 Gavin Drewry 's analysis of the grant and refusal of leave to appeal to the House of Lords in 1971 demonstrated that leave was routinely refused in cases where the second appeal raised issues of review , that leave was granted in cases involving issues of supervision , and that there was a mixture of refusals and grants in cases falling in the grey area of reconsideration of authority without critical re-appraisal of the cases ( Drewry , 1973 ) .
8 The discretionary nature of the grant of leave to appeal to the House of Lords avoids any suggestion that there might be abuse of such an approach .
9 The court certified the following point of law of general public importance but refused leave to appeal to the House of Lords :
10 The action had been struck out at first instance , an appeal to the Court of Appeal had failed but a petition for leave to appeal to the House of Lords was still pending .
11 The government was ordered to pay all legal costs and the Court refused the Environment Secretary leave to appeal to the House of Lords .
12 The union appealed to the House of Lords and the unofficial action was abandoned .
  Next page