Sentences with phrase «favour on»

As part of the appeal and cross-appeal, the claimant argued that, having found against the employer's reasons, the tribunal should have automatically found in her favour on whistle - blowing.

The Prime Minister has a law and order constituency that might look with favour on the appointment of someone like David Watt, a former crown prosecutor and judge noted for his strict and careful implementation of the criminal law in murder trials.

This aspect of the case was decided in the client's favour on this basis.

The Shekhdar case Angela mentioned in the «what is a judgment thread» is an example, I suppose, of a case decide in the defendant's favour on a point raised by the judge on his own volition.

After a mixed written and teleconference hearing, the Adjudicator ruled in the insurer's favour on both issues.

The Appellant, Puran Jote Hansra, sought a reapportionment of assets in her favour on the basis that the Respondent had failed to make full disclosure with respect to his assets in India.

HELD The judge could remind the jury that the defendant had no previous convictions and say that, in the ordinary case, where there was no evidence of bad character, a defendant of no previous convictions would have been entitled to a direction that the jury should consider that that counted in his favour on the questions of both propensity and credibility; as it was, it was for the jury to consider which counted with them more — the absence of previous convictions or the evidence of bad character; and if the former, then they should take that into account in favour of the defendant, and if the latter, then they would be entitled to take that into account against him (Lord Justice Rix at para 43).

The vast majority of those who responded took the view that frequent or real - time updating of content were the key factors in favour on online delivery rather than offline but that factors such as technology obsolescence and the fact that modern laptop computers and tablets do not provide CD and DVD drives are of near equal significance.

But the importance of money in our universities, the very high status of research, and the fact that so much research funding comes either directly or indirectly from the Federal Government, means that vice-chancellors and deans are unlikely to look with favour on an academic who dares to suggest that the emperor seems increasingly devoid of clothes.

The Stinger's 2905 mm wheelbase works heavily in its favour on pitted country backroads, allowing its 1780 kg frame to soak up imperfections adeptly while maintaining a good deal of body control through tight and fast corners.

The Tacoma rides firmly, though Limited models favour on - road comfort better than others.

It was meant to be for a friend's film class, a quick favour on their part.

Lake Bell is also onboard as the wife Jacob must protect at all costs when the gang that kept him safe behind bars come looking for a favour on his release.

Become a tour guide for the day and show him or her around your favourite places, on the condition that they return the favour on the second date!

Not even Akufo - Addo's «pilgrimage» to the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem could make God shine his favour on him.

As Ghanaians join the rest of the world to celebrate the birth of Christ on December 25, Mahama is also thanking God «for his continuous blessing and favour on our nation.»

Meanwhile, there is a sense that the momentum is in Assad's favour on the ground and Putin has made no apologies for his commitment to continue arming government forces.

Liverpool are, of course, trying to secure qualification and results over the weekend certainly went in our favour on that front.

Though the Italian is pinning his hopes, possibly even his job, on Wolves doing them a favour on Wednesday night.

Rowe had helped Barker to points race glory on the track last week and was grateful her teammate returned the favour on the road.

We do expect another high scoring game on Sunday, although it is more likely to go in City's favour on current form.

In theory they could still be called upon to do us a favour on the last day of the season, but it is unlikely that it will come to that.

Uruguay can do themselves a huge, huge favour on Thursday by taking a win over qualification leaders Brazil.

And I think that Manchester United could be doing the boss a big favour on this with their pursuit of Sergio Ramos.

It will certainly be interesting to hear his thoughts when VAR works in his favour on a big decision, as that may allow him to see the benefits of the system.

However, the tide turned in Chelsea's favour on 35 minutes when Ander Herrera was sent off for picking up a second yellow card for a foul on Eden Hazard, seconds after referee Michael Oliver had warned his teammates against persistently fouling the lively Belgian.

It's challenging as a plaintiff to get a unanimous verdict in your favour on these cases, it's not impossible, but it is challenging.

I think Wenger wants both, a Major trophy and a Squad that's in good stead, he favours on the good squad thou.

For Miliband, that means focusing on policy areas he is already favoured on.

Along the way, Curtis the drifter pulls a few favours on Gerry's behalf.

Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman did themselves no favours on the promotional tour of Anomalisa and some critics were quick to extended their smarty pants misanthropy to the film itself.

He's going under with only his best friend Maceo (Charles S. Dutton) and sickly daughter China Doll (one of many black villainesses favoured on Tyra Banks's curiously self - hating «America's Next Top Model», Yaya DaCosta) to bear witness, leading him to make one last stab at saving the joint with an appearance by some phantom guitarist whom no one appears to know by face.

Its extra width does it no favours on the narrow, unmarked roads around the Venetian hinterlands but its lighter weight (some models shed more than 100 kg) and improved brake feel make the German sedan more satisfying to drive hard.

Changing his work so often, says Vezzoli, has done him no favours on the art market, but he gets plenty of museum shows, «which in the end is probably what I've always wanted.

Not exact matches

«Your job depends on them doing their job effectively or maybe them doing you a favour at some point,» Dunbar says.

And Ross, who had gone quiet on NAFTA after it looked for a while like he would be running the show, re-emerged last week to promote a new Commerce department study that he said proves American auto workers are the victims of a flawed arrangement that favours Canada and Mexico.

The visible failure of the war on drugs, combined with a generational tipping point in attitudes, has poll after poll showing a majority of adults favouring the legalization or at least decriminalization of recreational cannabis use.

A free market guy wouldn't favour a cap on cellphone roaming fees, as hinted in the speech from the throne.

A free market guy would favour — call me crazy — an actual free market solution to the problem, such as increasing competition by allowing foreign carriers to enter the market on equal terms.

The Nanaimo, B.C., digital marketing company that landed the richest deal ever on Dragons» Den — then rejected it in favour of a better offer — has made an acquisition that its founder says gives it «the complete package» to take on its super-sized American rival.

LAST month, my column focused on some of the old - world grape varieties starting to gain favour with Australian winemakers and consumers.

Nijjar says his lack of entrepreneurial experience actually works in his favour when he's looking for investment opportunities and closing deals — he doesn't have personal success stories to «pattern match» potential investees against or operational dogmas to foist on them under the guise of help.

Almost two thirds of ExxonMobil shareholders voted in favour of a motion asking the company to report on the impacts of climate change.

Calls on executives to use capital more constructively could yet have a bearing on a number of deals in the pipeline, particularly if shareholders withdraw support in favour of more organic investment, the investors said.

The exact tariff classification would vary based on the material from which the sanitary towel (pads) or tampon is made, with the applicable Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rate duty ranging from duty free to 12 %.

On the other hand, there's also a case to be made that Apple's obstinance with its NFC capability is an unfair advantage that it's giving itself, not unlike Google favouring its own services in search results.

The Bank of England kept rates unchanged on Thursday but one of the nine members voted in favour of hiking rates.

Whereas some critics see a brazen attempt to gain favour in new markets, others see a refreshing focus on food.

In 2003 La Tour d'Argent put the squeeze on its millionth duck — but in the rest of the world the recipe had long since fallen out of favour.

The gap between the earnings yield on the S&P and Baa corporate bonds is over two standard deviations in favour of stocks.