Sentences with phrase «wrong as a matter of principle»

«We won not because we did what we thought was wrong as a matter of principle but right as a matter of politics; but when we realised that what is right as a matter of policy is right as a matter of principle.

It would be wrong as a matter of principle if the secretary of state for the Home Department could circumvent the decision of an immigration appeal tribunal by an administrative decision.

Not exact matches

«As a matter of principle, I don't see anything wrong in registering many political parties.

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.

I suppose as a principle of criminal law, it doesn't matter whether you think you are breaking the law or not, if it turns out that doing what you thought was wrong was not prohibited, on a «proper» interpretation of the relevant statute.