Sentences with phrase «circumstances as a matter of principle»

Burt's comments emphasised the UK's opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle.

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Granting Perry's appeal, Lady Justice Gloster held: «In my judgment, the judge was wholly wrong, both as a matter of principle and in the particular circumstances of this case, to have engaged in the kind of factual determination which he did as to whether, on the balance of probabilities, Mr Perry could have brought an «honest» services claim.

The court in this case considered three issues: i) how, under the existing legislation, the court should set a minimum term when imposing a sentence of imprisonment for public protection where it is imposed upon a prisoner who is already subject to and serving an existing custodial term; ii) How the court should approach, as a matter of principle, imposing a sentence of imprisonment upon someone who is already serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection and whether in the circumstances of a case such as this some adjustment, if it is otherwise permissible, may be made to the term which he is destined to serve before release may be considered; and iii) how in such circumstances, if it is permissible to do either the first or second as a matter of principle, the court should approach the time spent in custody.