Translation of "Erstinstanzliche gericht" in English

The trial court awarded Barron damages of $45,000, but the appellate court reversed the ruling.

Hearye, hearye, the Court of General Sessions is now in session.

The court of first instance declared that it had jurisdiction and gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff.

The court of first instance declined jurisdiction in application of the Brussels Convention.

The court of first instance declared that it had no jurisdiction.

The court held, secondly, that the contractual obligations which the principal was alleged not to have fulfilled required to be performed in Paris, that they concerned the agent's remuneration or the manner in which he carried out his activities as agent and that the court of first instance had therefore been right to accept ju­risdiction.

The court of first instance rejected all three claims.

In its judgment the court of first instance rejected the submission that it lacked jurisdiction.

The court of first instance gave judgment for the plaintiff.

The trial court classified these remaining claims as claims for negligent counseling.

Gamesa was of the opinion that the Court of First Instance had not applied the same criterion.

Accordingly, the first instance court had to decide the counter claim.

The court of first instance has ruled that Siemens is entitled to a portion of the claims.

The trial court denied the motion.

Her case was dealt with by the Elementary Court of Brcko District.

Appeals would lie from this court of first instance to the Court of Justice.

The court of first instance in Antwerp declined jurisdiction in application of the Brussels Convention.

The court of first instance rejected the respon­dent's submission that the court lacked territorial jurisdiction.

The first-instance court dismissed her claim, and this decision was also upheld by the court of appeals.

The trial court read this claim as "means-plus-function" within the meaning of §112 para.

The trial judge had found that the patents were invalid for lack of inventive step.

How can it be, Commissioner, that a single Member State can for so long block the efforts of the other fourteen to put right a system that is obviously not working, as the Court of First Instance has confirmed, and which does not even benefit the OCTs concerned?

It would be preferable if this decision was taken by the court of appeals since a decision of the court of first instance concerning an appeal against a judgment released by that court could create the impression of arbitrariness.

Consequently, one could avoid the lengthy and costly annulment of a judgment and its referral back to the court of first instance for a new procedure due to errors in the establishment of the facts.

The deadlines applied to different stages of the child return procedure will be limited to a maximum period of 18 weeks (maximum six weeks for the receiving Central Authority to process the application, six weeks for the first instance court, and six weeks for the appellate court).

The court of first instance dismissed the application for grant of an advance on the ground that the child and her mother, who had custody of her, were not ordinarily resident in Austria, as required under Austrian legislation.