Example sentences of "[verb] the plaintiffs ' [noun] " 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 dismissed the plaintiffs ' appeal from Wright J. 's order , holding that it was not open to the court to devise protection in substitution for the defendants ' privilege against self-incrimination , and that the plaintiffs ' claim was neither proprietary nor within section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 |
| 3 | v. British Railways Board even though the goods were in no danger and the defendants recognised the plaintiffs ' title : the shortage of stock caused by industrial action was acute and damages would not adequately compensate the plaintiffs for the injury to their business . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The judge dismissed the action but the Court of Appeal allowed the plaintiffs ' appeal and granted the declaration sought . |
| 6 | I can well understand the plaintiffs ' sense of indignation at the defendants ' breaches of the injunction , and the court will have to consider very carefully all aspects of those breaches when the inevitable contempt proceedings are heard . |
| 7 | I would allow the appeal and dismiss the plaintiffs ' action . |
| 8 | My Lords , I have had the advantage of reading in draft the speech of my noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , and for the reasons he gives I , too , would allow the appeal and dismiss the plaintiffs ' action . |
| 9 | My Lords , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , I , too , would allow the appeal and dismiss the plaintiffs ' action . |
| 10 | I have not , of course , had the advantage of having the plaintiffs ' claim explained to me by their own counsel . |
| 11 | In order to understand the nature of the application it is necessary first to consider the plaintiffs ' claim against the third defendant . |
| 12 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 13 | In his judgment in the instant case Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. summarised the plaintiffs ' argument in this way [ 1992 ] 1 Q.B . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A Federal judge refused the plaintiffs ' request for a restraining order to open the late April pre-session meeting , saying they failed to demonstrate that real deliberations and decision making were taking place . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I respectfully agree with his reasons for rejecting the plaintiffs ' claim for the inspection of documents and disclosure of information before trial based upon section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 , upon the alleged proprietary claim and upon waiver . |
| 18 | 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 . |