Donaldson should have made the preliminary enquiries immediately: embarrassment as an excuse for being lax wasn't acceptable.

Before a case is heard, a preliminary enquiry by a Committee decides whether there is a case to answer.

The police (including the homicide squad) made some preliminary enquiries.

It is therefore important to keep stocks of the old stationery for dealing with preliminary enquiries in your office.

Details of occupiers, including their names and ages, will be required in answer to preliminary enquiries.

The preliminary enquiry of a seller as to what other persons occupy the property is one precaution.

The whole team works on each programme at different stages, starting with one of the researchers, who makes all the preliminary enquiries.

On 18 September, a preliminary enquiry in a district court was held to determine whether there was sufficient evidence for a trial to proceed.

This problem can usually be resolved by the standard preliminary enquiries.

It then requires that a contracting state 'shall immediately make a preliminary enquiry into the facts'- which Libya is also doing.