Example sentences of "at first instance the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first instance the judge dismissed both claims . |
| 2 | At first instance the trial judge dismissed the claim . |
| 3 | At first instance the three parties were held equally to blame and the plaintiff 's damages were therefore reduced by one-third . |
| 4 | At first instance the court held that such a clause was an exclusion clause within the meaning of s 13 of the UCTA , since it clearly excluded one of the methods by which the defendant could otherwise , at law , have enforced his counterclaim , namely by set-off . |
| 5 | At first instance the judge , in refusing the injunction , decided that he was bound by the decision in Lyne-Pirkis v Jones and the plaintiff appealed . |
| 6 | At first instance the judge founds as a matter of fact that the instructions were misleading and ambiguous . |