As the lower court argued, the circumstances and values of the day no longer supported the view that Christianity can guide what constitutes valid criminal law.

But this singular circumstance hardly supports overriding lawyer-client privilege altogether.

That was the scenario the circumstances supported.

The agreement didn't and couldn't last because economic circumstances - and the markets - didn't support it.

The level of violence and the circumstances surrounding these incidents strongly supported these concerns.

Omar and Baker wanted to bury him as king but circumstances do not support them.

"The circumstances from my point of view do not support self-administration of propofol," Rogers said.

In such circumstances support from the British High Commission in Yaoundé is confined to a consular support role.

But she said that "when certain circumstances characteristically support an inference of confidentiality," the Government should not have to provide detail for each source.

This information would then give those seeking the information a "realistic opportunity to develop an argument that the circumstances do not support an inference of confidentiality," she said.