Sentences with phrase «rst instance»

But at the assessment of damages, on the trial of a preliminary issue, it was held at fi rst instance that all of the claimed losses were refl ective (see [2001] 2 BCLC 582).

The case has been followed in England at fi rst instance in Perry v Day... and referred to without enthusiasm by the Court of Appeal in Day v Cook... and Gardner v Parker... But in all these cases the court was bound by the decision in Giles v Rhind.