1.   The statutory provision was held to prevent the defendant from relying on any form of the volenti defence.

2.   He then construed the words in a restrictive covenant which prevented the defendant from working for Great Universal Stores or any of its subsidiaries.

3.   Such an order would prevent the defendants using that information for any purpose of defending an action in the Commercial Court.

4.   It acceded to an argument that it would prevent the defendant being employed by a grocer in selling dairy products in his shop.

5.   American states have developed rape-shield laws, which prevent defendants from using the past sexual history of the victim.

6.   Since then, they have battled to keep the document under seal and to prevent the defendants from questioning witnesses about it.

7.   The law was enacted to prevent defendants in national security cases from using the threat of divulging secrets to force the government to drop its prosecution.

8.   The measure also would eliminate time limits on post-conviction DNA testing that today prevent many defendants from obtaining a DNA test and requesting a new trial.