prima facie

Mr Justice Jay said he agreed with the Conservatives' arguments that the claim made in the advert was "prima facie false".

Lawyers acting for Labour previously asked the High Court to grant permission to use the document, which it said contained "prima facie evidence of wrongdoing".

Violation of this rule is considered prima facie evidence of reckless driving.

That has not stopped critics questioning why charges were dropped after four years in court and after a judge had already ruled that prosecutors had established a prima facie case.

He said the "prima facie" phrase used by the Cabinet Office - Latin for at first sight - was added to its conclusions by a minister out of "fairness", and on the recommendation of a lawyer.