Example sentences of "[verb] for [art] defendant " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judgment was given for the defendant ; the jury had found that she was not negligent and the court held that she ought not to be liable for an extraordinary act of nature which she could not reasonably anticipate . |
| 2 | Unless the plaintiff requests that he ( the plaintiff ) serve personally , service is effected in the first instance by the court by first class postal service to the address given for the defendant in the request for summons ( N 201 – 4 , 208 or 209 ) . |
| 3 | Coleridge J. found for the defendant , his reasoning being as follows , |
| 4 | MacKinnon J. found for the defendant and his decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeal ( Greer and Greene L.JJ. , Talbot J. ) . |
| 5 | It had been argued for the defendant that the payments had been made voluntarily to close the transaction , but Lord Reading held that payment under the type of pressure he had described was not so made . |
| 6 | It was argued for the defendant , on the authority of Nicholson v. Revill , 4 Ad. & E. 675 , that a creditor could not release one joint and several debtor and hold another liable by reserving remedies . |
| 7 | It was argued for the defendant in the present appeal that Dobson v. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Plc . |
| 8 | Counsel on both sides seem to have accepted that an Anton Piller order could have extra-territorial reach ; the challenge made for the defendant rested partly on an argument that an English court could not deal with title to or possession of foreign immovables ( rejected as there was an equity between the parties ) and partly on a plea of forum non conveniens ( rejected on the facts , and because reliance on an application in an alternative forum would cause a delay during which assets could be disposed of ) . |
| 9 | Whether a requirement to disclose an ensuing report prepared for the defendant would be upheld by the court as a valid condition for granting an examination in the first place is not clear from McGinley v Burke [ 1973 ] 1 WLR 990 . |
| 10 | The plaintiffs sued for the defendant 's failure to honour this promise and the defendant pleaded lack of consideration , the plaintiffs being already under a duty of delivery by the contract with A. The Court of Exchequer ( Martin and Wilde BB. ) found for the plaintiffs : Wilde B. thought that the plaintiffs might have found it advantageous not to comply with their contract with A so that their agreement with the defendant was a detriment to them ; in any event , they agreed to part with the cargo to the defendant which was a benefit to him . |
| 11 | Coburn was a solicitor who did some work for the defendant , Colledge , in 1889 . |
| 12 | Mitigation can be provided for the defendant if evidence is given that bits of string or sticky tape showed where ‘ L ’ plates had been fitted . |
| 13 | Cohen ( counsel for the defendant ) : Well , make it stronger and you will ruin the bank … |
| 14 | Mr. Lloyd , counsel for the defendant , has attacked this part of the judgment by relying heavily on the proposition that Mrs. Steed did not know anything about the power of attorney and her status thereunder . |
| 15 | A safe course to adopt if in any doubt is to present the argument for both sides — to turn yourself successively into counsel for the plaintiff ( prosecutor ) , counsel for the defendant , and finally the judge . |
| 16 | Counsel for the defendant … contended that the two agreements were , as he put it , " interdependent " and must be read together … |
| 17 | [ Counsel for the defendant ] … contends that in view of these omissions the proceedings to recover possession fail ab initio . |
| 18 | On the part of the plaintiff , it has been urged that the cases cited for the defendant were not cases where actions had already been brought , but only cases of promises to forbear commencing proceedings . |
| 19 | Suppose that before he looks to the legal record he thinks it would be best to decide for the defendant in McLoughlin because it would be cheaper for the community as a whole if prospective victims insure against emotional injury than if drivers insure against causing it . |
| 20 | In finding for the defendant , the court held that there was no common field of activity and , therefore , no danger of confusion . |
| 21 | Brabin J. commented on the site chosen for the defendant 's premises which were used for fat rendering , an offensive trade . |