Sentences with phrase «served as defence»

Canadian courts had long held that common - interest privilege served as a defence to an allegation that, by sharing a legal opinion with mutually interested parties in a commercial transaction, the disclosing party had thereby waived solicitor - client privilege to the shared opinion.

He served as defence minister from 2000 - 03.

Geoff Hoon - Ashfield (Nottinghamshire) MP since 1992, and has served as defence secretary, transport secretary, leader of the House of Commons and Chief Whip.

Hoon served as defence secretary under Tony Blair and transport secretary under Gordon Brown.

It is no longer the classic republican theme of master and slave — recurrent in Vacherot's work — that is mobilised here, but instead, the classic republican concern with «Fortuna», the hazards of life against which the republic conventionally serves as a defence.

But Mr Bryant, who refused to serve as defence spokesman due to his differences with the leader, said relying on social media to gauge the public mood was leading to «the rise of political extremism».

Th1 cells serve as a defence against bacterial and viral infections.

If a person is already taking every reasonable precautionary measure, is he likely to take additional measures, knowing that however much care he takes, it will not serve as a defence in the event of breach?

Court of Appeal judge Lady Justice Hallett (pictured) will preside over the courtroom, with John Kelsey - Fry QC of Cloth Fair Chambers and Two Hare Court's Sallie Bennett - Jenkins QC serving as the defence, opposite Cloth Fair's Ian Winter QC and Two Hare Court's Jonathan Laidlaw QC for the prosecution.

Not exact matches

The title's not - so subtle biblical reference is a hint at Stursberg's view of the Ceeb as the place that business common sense forgot, and the book serves largely as a catalogued defence of his belief that audience numbers, not an ambiguous cultural mandate, would define the network's success.

From 2003 to 2012, Rick served as Executive Director of Environmental Defence Canada.

He currently serves as Executive - in - Residence at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and is a Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.

«As we mark its centenary, it is right that we remember the stories of the brave pilots and staff who served in defence of Britain.

Look at ramsey, he can't even have a good pass completion stats and can't control the midfeild and spends most of his time in the opposition box trying to score when he should help defensively and serve as an outlet for the defence and then playing mertesacker in a high line defence.

Arsenal's defence was at fault a couple of times during the first period, with Chambers pressurized into making one or two awkward passes, which served as a warning to the former Saints man.

In goal this week is Real Madrid goalkeeper, Diego Lopez, who admirably served time and again as the last line of defence for his Real Madrid side that were cut open by his former club Villareal at the back.

George Younger served as Secretary of State for Scotland and then Defence in the 1980s.

The group solely exists to serve as a voluntary vigilante assemblage of hard core and die - hard members of the New Patriotic Party to help the party win elections through constant advocacy, research and defence of the traditions and records of the party in the Ghanaian and international media or any other appropriate forum.

At the time plaintiff filed the motion for default judgment in default of defence, the defendants had not been served with any Statement of Claim as required under the Rules of Court in support of the amended Writ of Summons to which they could respond by way of a statement of defence.

She has also served as a researcher for the UK Defence Forum Defence Viewpoints publication.

This guideline principally served as an indicator of a country's political will to contribute to the Alliance's common defence efforts.

Field Marshal Charles Guthrie, who served as chief of the defence staff from 1997 to 2001, added that commanders» decisions could become inhibited by the fear of rebuke from a coroner back in Britain.

In fact, companies like Sodexo which runs everything from the pay roll to cleaning services at the Royal Sussex Hospital in my constituency can still cite commercial confidentiality as a defence against the inconvenience of being answerable to the public they are supposed to serve.

Kizza Besigye, a physician, politician, and a former military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force served as the presidential candidate of the FDC party but lost four consecutive elections between 2001, and 2016 presidential elections

He formerly served as «backbench support» to William Hague and to Dr Liam Fox, the former Defence Secretary, whilst in opposition.

His claim came as Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox, who served in Mr Cameron's Cabinet, became the most senior figure to declare he will campaign to leave Europe.

This was as the judge ordered that other respondents in the matter, namely: the Inspector - General of Police, the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Attorney - General of the Federation be served personally.

Jones has held the defence brief for seven years, and served as a minister under Gordon Brown.

She served as a member of the Council of State in the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was also the Deputy PNDC Secretary for Health in 1985.

I have experience as a pensions lawyer, in social security, foreign affairs, defence, I've served as a health minister, and have sat on a number of committees as well as negotiating in Brussels which meant I was working across government.

He served as the Special Assistant to the former Deputy Minister of Defence Hon. W. O. Boafo, Akuapem North Municipal Youth Employment Coordinator and Akropong Constituency Communications Officer of the New Patriotic Party during the erstwhile Kufuor's regime.

In government Scott served as Minister for Veterans» Affairs 1996 - 2001 and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence 1998 - 2001.

Having served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Shadow Wales and Defence teams, he was appointed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a Shadow Wales Minister in October 2016 and a Shadow Defence Minister in July 2017.

The man who served as chief of defence staff between 2003 and 2006 made his comments before Gordon Brown announced his intention to shift the emphasis to Afghanistan's border regions with Pakistan yesterday.

When Labour came to power in 1997 Reid served as Minister of State for Defence.

Mr Murphy was shadow secretary of sate for defence, previously serving as secretary of state for Scotland.

«Our party has always been a broad church, and despite my principled differences with Jeremy over many issues of defence, foreign policy and national security, I agreed to serve on his front bench because of the mandate he was given, his assurances that honesty and difference were welcomed, and due to the many areas we agreed wholeheartedly on such as fighting the vicious Tory trade union bill - which I was proud to lead our work on - cuts to tax credits and tackling climate change.

He previously ran a company supplying IT services and served as a London Assembly member for Bexley and Bromley, soaring up the ranks at City Hall, going on to be appointed by Mayor Boris Johnson as chair of the Fire and Emergency Defence Authority..

The move sparked fresh among Labour MPs, including Mr Jones who held the defence brief for seven years, and served as a minister under Gordon Brown.

Mr O'Hara, a former BBC and STV television producer, was first elected in 2015 and has also served as the SNP's defence spokesman.

You may not think of skin as part of your immune system, but it actually serves as a first - line of defence against bacteria and viruses.

Canadian - born celebrity trainer and nutritionist Harley Pasternak has a Masters of Science in Exercise Physiology and Nutritional Sciences and as well as training Hollywood's elite he has also spent time in the past serving as an exercise and nutrition scientist for Canada's Department of National Defence.

The ventilation shafts were disguised as wells, and chunky rolling - stone doors served as last lines of defence.

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It's a vastly different story on iOS, of course, where that platform is over-saturated with examples of tower defence games, and indeed, which has served as something of an evolution chamber for it, with various features like hero units and upgradeable towers added over the years to the basic «plant down some towers to defend against waves of enemies» template.

For 40 years, starting in 1966, Ken was a criminal lawyer in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada, serving both as a Crown prosecutor and defence counsel.

The balance struck was serving a quite different purpose from that served by the criminal law when answering the question whether or not the infliction of physical injury on another in consequence of a mistaken belief by the assailant of a need for self - defence should be categorised as a criminal offence and attract penal sanctions.

Further, it did so without at this time serving a defence following up its application even in draft form as envisaged in equity in the English jurisdiction.

Mr Warin also serves as co-chair of the firm's white - collar defence and investigations practice group.

Our contentious probate team is experienced in managing probate disputes that may require defence or court resolution, and we serve as an advisor to other lawyers in this respect.