Sentences with phrase «under ordinary principles»

The Court of Appeal held that, although an agreement pursuant to which R bet as A's agent using A's money was void under the Gambling Laws, if R misappropriated A's money for his own purposes, A was entitled to recover it under the ordinary principles of restitution.

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Under the old regime, the court has been empowered to reopen a consumer credit agreement — despite the amount of credit provided — where the required payments were grossly exorbitant or otherwise contravened the ordinary principles of fair dealing.
Against this statutory language, Lord Neuberger considered it to be clear that a lessee under a lease which includes the flat and other premises is a qualifying tenant, «according to the ordinary principles of interpretation», unless there is any clear indication to the contrary.
On analysis, the Court found that the words of section 18, interpreted in their grammatical and ordinary sense, did not establish an absolute limitation period, nor did they displace the discoverability principles under sections 4 and 5.
The Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) is the principle piece of domestic legislation that implements Australia's obligations under CERD... the RDA is an ordinary enactment of the Commonwealth Parliament.
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