Example sentences of "an action [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A workman , who had been injured through the breaking of a defective part in the machine with which he was working , brought an action of damages against his employers , and later convened as second defenders the manufacturers of the machine , who had supplied it to his employers , on averments to the effect that the accident had been caused by the fault of the manufacturers in that they failed to supply his employers with a machine which was safe for use by their servants . |
| 2 | The pursuers then concluded a contract for the purchase of the house but subsequently raised an action of damages against the defenders , based on negligence , in which they averred that there were many patent defects in the house which should have been apparent to surveyors of ordinary competence exercising reasonable care . |
| 3 | The plaintiff , a local authority , brought an action for damages for libel against the defendants in respect of certain newspaper articles which made allegations in relation to share dealings involving the investment of moneys from the local authority 's superannuation fund , sometimes by a complex series of deals , in companies connected with or controlled by a businessman . |
| 4 | The court has before it two appeals which raise the same point of law , that is to say , can a child who is born alive , but suffering from disabilities occasioned by negligence on the part of the proposed defendant at a time when the child was en ventre sa mère and unborn , maintain an action for damages for negligence against the defendant . |
| 5 | Such agreement would not be fully enforceable : the court will not compel a partner to remain in the firm against his will , but an unwilling partner would have to choose between honouring his contract or laying himself open to an action for damages for breach of contract . |
| 6 | 4.8 Section 2(4) of the Law Reform ( Personal Injuries ) Act 1948 ( see Appendix C ) provides that in an action for damages for personal injuries there shall be disregarded , in determining the reasonableness of any expenses , the possibility of avoiding those expenses or part of them by taking advantage of facilities available in the National Health Service . |
| 7 | Both these steps will overcome the practitioner 's duty of confidentiality , thereby giving him effective immunity from an action for damages on the part of the client . |
| 8 | In 1988 the plaintiff commenced an action for damages on the ground of negligence against the defendant health authority . |
| 9 | For a threat as thus defined to be capable of giving rise to an action for damages on the part of anyone it must be a threat of an unlawful act . |
| 10 | Where a statute imposes a duty on a person , breach of that duty may give rise to an action for damages by a person injured as a result . |
| 11 | Not all breaches of statutory duty will give rise to an action for damages by a person injured as a result . |
| 12 | The procedure is designed to give a " right of reply " instead of an action for damages in cases where the media have behaved responsibly : the plaintiff can not succeed if the defendant proves that an " offer of amends " was made in good time , and is still open at the time of the trial . |
| 13 | The plaintiffs brought an action for damages against the defendants for , inter alia , conspiracy to defraud the plaintiffs by the obtaining of inflated fees and commission payments in respect of a number of property transactions conducted by the defendants on the plaintiffs ' behalf . |
| 14 | The Act entitles a consumer to bring an action for damages against any trader in respect of damage or loss suffered by the consumer because of an infringement by the trader of safety regulations . |
| 15 | In these cases the buyer can lawfully bring an action for damages against the seller but the damages will be awarded only after deducting the price still owed by the buyer . |
| 16 | Section 9(2) provides that where the valuation is prevented by the fault of one of the parties , the other may maintain an action for damages against the party at fault . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) Where the third party is prevented from making the valuation by the fault of the seller or buyer , the party not at fault may maintain an action for damages against the party at fault . |
| 18 | Section 37 of the Solicitors Act 1843 ( 6 & 7 Vict. c. 73 ) provided that no solicitor could commence an action for fees until one month after he delivered to his client a bill of fees . |
| 19 | In spite of the difficulties of organizing and sustaining such an action in conditions of clandestinity , it continued for almost a week — an unprecedented event in the Franco regime . |
| 20 | Bowaters told the plaintiffs and they brought an action against officers of the unions to which the drivers and loaders belonged . |
| 21 | On the eighth of February of nineteen seventy two died and on the eleventh of May seventy three died and the plaintiff 's continued the action but the action failed so he was awarded damages from the sale of his estate and on the twenty first of July nineteen seventy two commenced an action against solicitors for negligence or breach of professional duty in detecting to register the option necessity of so doing . |