Example sentences of "[conj] [art] defendants ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore my opinion that on his findings of fact in the present case , the judge was entitled to hold , as he did , that the defendants ' promise to pay the extra £10,300 was supported by valuable consideration , and thus constituted an enforceable agreement . |
| 2 | In Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 it was held that the defendants ' limitation of liability was unreasonable and therefore unenforceable under the Act ; a decisive factor was that in previous cases the defendants had settled claims without seeking to rely on the limitation clause , impliedly recognising that it was not reasonable . |
| 3 | In Howard E. Perry & Co . Ltd. v. B.R.B. it was held that the defendants ' refusal to allow the plaintiffs to enter their premises to collect goods which belonged to them could not be justified by their fear of intensified industrial action . |
| 4 | APPEAL ( No. 6 of 1991 ) with leave of the Court of Appeal of Bermuda by the plaintiff , Horace Brenton Kelly , from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Bermuda ( Blair-Kerr P. , Roberts and Henry JJ.A. ) given on 30 November 1989 allowing an appeal by the defendants , Margot Cooper and Helen Cooper ( trading as Cooper Associates , a firm ) from the judgment of Hull J. delivered on 14 November 1988 in the Supreme Court of Bermuda ( Civil Jurisdiction ) , whereby he awarded the plaintiff $200,000 damages for breach of contract and made a declaration that the defendants were not entitled to commission on the sale of the plaintiff 's property , and the defendants ' counterclaim for commission was dismissed . |
| 5 | The plaintiffs ' accountants were Deloitte , Haskins & Sells and the defendants ' accountants were Peat , Marwick , Mitchell . |
| 6 | Kerr L.J. , delivering the court 's affirmative answer , mentioned the Crown 's arguments , which had included reliance on Lawrence , and the defendants ' concessions that appropriation had occurred and ( in the light of Lawrence ) that the absence of the owner 's consent was no longer an essential ingredient of theft . |
| 7 | On the plaintiffs ' appeal and the defendants ' cross-appeal on the ground that the plaintiffs were not entitled to object to the amount of any costs in the accounts unless the court had deprived the defendants of the relevant costs : — |
| 8 | Following the recent decision in Sutcliffe v Thackrah [ 1974 ] 1 AC 727 , which had decided that a certifier under a building contract did not have arbitral immunity , the issue in Arenson was whether the defendants ' valuation of shares was an arbitration . |
| 9 | When the defendants ' employees called to collect the carpet they presented a form for signature by the plaintiffs . |