Example sentences of "[verb] the plaintiffs ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry J. held that the intention of strikers was to put pressure on their employers to improve their conditions of service and not to disrupt the plaintiffs ' contracts , even though that was an unavoidable by-product of the strike . |
| 2 | The Court of Appeal reached their decision with regret because as they clearly saw Mr. Tully is seeking to exploit the privilege against self-incrimination in order to frustrate the plaintiffs ' claims . |
| 3 | The defendants applied to have the plaintiffs ' actions struck out on the ground that the proper forum for any claim against them was Scotland and that the special jurisdiction laid down in articles 5 and 6 of the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters 1968 , scheduled to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982did not apply so as to permit the defendants to be sued in England , notwithstanding that they were domiciled in Scotland . |
| 4 | The second class of cases , it is suggested , concerns breaches of contract which , although not breaches of a fundamental term , have particularly serious consequences for the innocent party , as in Harbutt 's Plasticine Ltd v Wayne Tank & Pump Co Ltd [ 1970 ] 1 QB 447 where the installation of defective machinery by the defendants caused a fire which destroyed the plaintiffs ' premises . |
| 5 | Similarly , in Hall v Wandsworth Health Authority ( 1985 ) 129 SJ 188 the court said that costs could be awarded when the respondents had been dilatory in answering the plaintiffs ' solicitors ' requests for discovery with no excuse and that leave to appeal from the master 's order as to costs was not necessary . |