| The mere threat of legal action or exposure as a non-payer can fast-track overdue payment. |
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| I am aware that this is a legal action to do with organophosphates in sheep dip. |
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| This was done for fear of leaving the government open to legal action from the various components of the unsuccessful consortia. |
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| Mr and Mrs Waddington are to take advice over plans to launch legal action against the company which sold them the tumble dryer. |
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| He has so confused the issue we would have to be complete idiots to imagine that we would get anything useful out of halting legal action. |
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| But two can play at that game, and they also hinted, quite forcefully, at legal action based on the Human Rights Act. |
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| Robertson issued a vehement rebuttal last night, claiming his comments had been taken out of context and threatening legal action. |
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| Often the utility companies dispute that they have taken too long and instigate legal action. |
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| Nada told the newswire that he had sent about 30 formal requests for Google to remove copyright material before taking legal action. |
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| However, FDA is taking legal action against the firms that are selling illegal or unapproved products in the United States. |
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| Bosses at Flamingo Land are facing legal action for siting caravans at the park without seeking permission. |
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| The legal action comes from a group of 52 independent songsters and publishers says a report in the San Jose Mercury. |
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| He is considering legal action against the FBI and has discussed his case with a lawyer friend in Cape Town. |
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| Many of these workers are undocumented immigrants who have little recourse to legal action if they are injured on the job. |
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| The entire site is protected under law and any infringement will result in legal action being taken against the offender. |
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| As you may have noticed, I did not mention by name the venue in question for fear of legal action. |
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| Last summer BT began legal action in the US against six companies concerning patents for blowing fibre optic cables down bores and conduits. |
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| But still, the whole letter had the vague, nauseating odor of threatened legal action. |
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| Any business risks legal action if it fails to take information security seriously. |
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| Now officials have warned that if negotiations reach stalemate today they will resort to legal action. |
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| The flip side is the ongoing legal action against downloaders launched last year. |
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| They will be defending their good names to the utmost, and if that means legal action then so be it. |
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| A reluctant priest came to his bedside, after Voltaire threatened legal action against him if he did not come. |
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| Some parents who receive false negative results experience anger, and some have planned to take legal action. |
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| Another complication comes from impending legal action over drug patents facing both companies. |
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| It will also ease existing legal barriers to a newspaper apologising in advance of legal action. |
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| Ministers face legal action by a local authority for excluding a range of mountains from the Cairngorms National Park. |
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| A nurse whose car was wheel-clamped on hospital grounds as she dealt with an emergency has threatened her bosses with legal action. |
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| Perhaps this is why he has threatened legal action against some who are reporting this story. |
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| Parents are furious that their children are being kept off school, and there have already been threats of legal action against the authority. |
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| His lawyers have been instructed to begin legal action against the newspaper. |
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| They held an urgent meeting last week to consider taking legal action against the police. |
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| Those who ignore the zone can be reported to trading standards officers who might take legal action against them. |
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| We will not tolerate abuse of staff who are simply trying to do their job and we will take legal action against residents who do this. |
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| Arthur's legal action against the police, believed to be over pension rights, is continuing. |
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| It is understood there have been no threats of legal action against them from the victims' families. |
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| The left needs to coalesce its resources around direct legal action against the right. |
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| I didn't know this, and I'm considering legal action against Beth for not divulging that information. |
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| It was only as a result of a threat of legal action by the developer that the dispute had come to an end. |
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| But, the way she tells it, the fact that she was embroiled in legal action of any kind was enough for film studios to become nervous. |
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| The printer's decision to pulp an early printing of the issue, fearing legal action, is reported around the world. |
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| Some MPs say he warned them they could face legal action if they published their own receipts without redactions. |
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| The judge said it was regrettable the family had to take legal action and live under the cloud of litigation for the last few years. |
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| A number of customers have started legal action against the bank over alleged breach of confidentiality. |
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| Today it announced the start of legal action alleging misleading and deceptive conduct. |
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| She says the emphasis is on police and prosecutors initiating legal action, to take pressure off the woman. |
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| Although his intent behind using these words was ironic, rightists threatened him with legal action. |
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| A senior consultant said the operators are likely to appeal the decisions although they could face yet further legal action from consumer groups. |
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| If it is, the chances of bringing a successful legal action must be remote. |
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| The legal action by British MPs and House of Lords members is the first time UK legislators have filed an amicus brief in a US court. |
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| Tiasa, a union representing non-academic staff at Unitec, has called for the institute to drop further legal action. |
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| In other words, EC law itself provides the basis for a legal action in the courts of each Member State. |
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| By that, do you mean they're reserving the right or looking at taking legal action? |
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| Complaints requiring legal action will be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice. |
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| The rally proceeded in defiance of threats of legal action by the government and a massive police presence. |
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| She added that she would be consulting a solicitor about possible legal action if it were found that she had appeared on film. |
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| It seems to me it was quite clever of the union to refrain from publicly backing their stance, as this would have opened them up to legal action. |
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| We are today arranging for our process server to serve you with the papers to commence legal action against you. |
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| At press time, he was considering legal action or other options about his future. |
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| The legal action was launched after concerns were raised about the way in which stone cladding was attached to the building. |
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| But are news outlets simply afraid of unleashing their investigative attack dogs in case legal action and harassment will follow? |
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| It was also viewed as preferable to a sacking which could prompt legal action. |
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| Not taking legal action would mean tacitly accepting the decision of ministers. |
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| If a sweetheart deal is obviously unethical and not in the interests of shareholders, legal action can be taken. |
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| As an unsecured creditor, you might consider taking legal action to recover your debt. |
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| On the same day, management backed down, agreeing to withdraw the legal action. |
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| The additional bonus is, of course, a sure-fire threat of legal action which will guarantee lots of free publicity and the resulting sales. |
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| A number of farmers caught in this trap took legal action, and eventually succeeded in gaining redress. |
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| A Black Country postman is taking legal action over claims he pulled a muscle carrying too many letters. |
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| In March it gave a final warning that if things did not improve it would consider legal action. |
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| As a matter of course, we refer outstanding accounts to a debt collection agency and take legal action against bad debtors. |
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| In addition, medical records must be accurate and thorough because they may become an important element in any legal action. |
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| The Banglamung Immigration Department is also now investigating him for possible visa related legal action. |
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| Linnane, however, expressed disappointment over his dismissal and hinted at possible legal action. |
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| While we hope that most disputes will then be resolved through mediation, legal action will be made possible in the last resort. |
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| Filing a chargeback or dispute with your bank will result in legal action against you. |
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| The government said it managed to reclaim about half of the outstanding debts without legal action. |
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| The effect of legal action is to drag the tobacco companies into the open, which is precisely where they don't want to be. |
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| It ruled that the union would face legal action if it failed to control the behaviour of those protesting. |
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| And if legal action against the Bank of England is successful, the islands will emerge from the BCCI disaster with cash in hand. |
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| The rumpus followed a majority vote of the finance ministers not to launch legal action which could have meant huge fines against Paris and Berlin. |
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| Eventually, she read into the ADA and wrote again, threatening legal action unless she was accommodated. |
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| Perhaps the threat of legal action has also played a role in curbing the horde of dyspeptic deviants. |
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| We would prefer to have compliance without recourse to legal action. |
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| He said he hoped the families of those pensioners whose pensions had been taken from them would not have to take legal action to recover their money. |
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| Motorists who have hit potholes on roads in Wiltshire are planning to take legal action to recover the money they have paid out to repair their cars. |
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| The decision to base a new landing strip at the Essex airport is expected to be disputed by campaigners and a number of airlines, who have threatened legal action. |
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| Municipality administrators who allow councillors to block the suspension of municipal services of defaulters can face legal action and retrenchment. |
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| What better defense can there be against the threat of legal action than a full-court press at the very end? |
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| The threat of legal action is a powerful goad to companies that have ignored the regulations. |
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| The union is planning to consult attorneys about legal action. |
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| Pasiya threatened legal action against those individuals who are tarnishing the image of his club by associating them with the match-fixing allegations. |
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| They should come out and boldly take legal action against the baiter. |
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| Jansen also said they are considering legal action against the alleged victim for false accusations. |
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| Reputations have been attacked, insults traded, legal action threatened. |
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| Lee said it wasn't his decision to sack Bell and if anything is written otherwise in the biography, which is due out in the autumn, he will take legal action. |
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| We reserve the right to any legal action to prevent new pranks of the kind. |
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| He added that the company could consider legal action against PETA for defamation of vail. |
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| The patients and their estates agree not to bring legal action against caregivers, pharmaceutical companies, and insurers. |
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| I recognise that the legal action we took in September in order to formalise our agreement with Tracy created an unfortunate and regrettable public dispute. |
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| In the light of recent rezoning decisions, the IPI said some councillors seemed unworried by the prospect of public shame or the threat of legal action. |
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| It is also considering taking legal action against the Government for breaching an agreement to regulate pharmacies and control the opening of new branches. |
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| William has not launched legal action and appears to recognise he is powerless to stop the pictures appearing all over the world. |
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| Westport Town Council has not ruled out the possibility of legal action as a result of an oil slick, which adversely affected the Carrowbeg River recently. |
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| With rulings like this, big name companies will quickly sidestep WIPO in favour of blustering cease-and-desist letters and legal action through the courts. |
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| Fred, 51, a part-time taxi driver, is taking legal action after the council said he could not have a swap as he had not lived in his property for 12 months. |
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| A High Court judge yesterday reserved judgment in the first stage of the legal action to help people conceived by donor insemination to discover more about their parentage. |
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| Indeed, the evidence discloses that the advice from the township throughout to the plaintiffs was that they would have to take legal action in the civil courts. |
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| Their dispute has resulted in clashes with the police, and the union is considering legal action over the use of stun grenades and rubber bullets. |
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| Some retailers think that if they report light-fingered staff to police instead of simply firing them, they inflame the situation and increase the risk of later legal action. |
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| It was a male voice, but it must have been someone from her office, or what ever celebrities have, because I get another nasty e-mail intimating legal action. |
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| The contracts are said to avoid the need for legal action and can encourage the contractee to change his or her behaviour by facing up to what they have done. |
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| He threatened legal action but an out of court settlement was reached. |
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| Such practices do not necessarily entail intentional discrimination, but they provide a basis for legal action when the outcome is the exclusion of certain groups. |
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| This should prompt the board to wake up from its slumber and initiate legal action against erring industries and strictly enforce the existing laws. |
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| However, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has taken legal action to halt the audio and video surveillance inside cabs. |
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| Mobsters were also active in obstructing the enforcement of legal action taken against companies in default of loans, the officials said. |
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| She said that if legislative action failed, the research council, along with a coalition of other advocacy groups, would pursue legal action. |
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| Hopefully, a representative of Sue, Grabit and Run, will not be standing by poised to take legal action should anyone scratch themselves. |
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| The year 1850 saw the victory of the Evangelical cleric George Cornelius Gorham in a celebrated legal action against church authorities. |
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| On 31 January 2008 The Standard, Cheshire and district's newspaper, announced that the legal action had been dropped. |
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| If trustees do not adhere to these duties, they may be removed through a legal action. |
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| Rei vindicatio is a legal action by which the plaintiff demands that the defendant return a thing that belongs to the plaintiff. |
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| It was the role and expertise of a solicitor to select on his client's behalf the appropriate writ for the proposed legal action. |
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| After his death, Columbus's sons, Diego and Fernando, took legal action to enforce their father's contract. |
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| Alstom then announced it had started legal action against Eurostar, again in the High Court in London. |
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| This edict contained detailed descriptions of all cases, in which the praetor would allow a legal action and in which he would grant a defense. |
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| In the recorded conversation, Pillai is heard telling Biju Ramesh to proceed with legal action against Mani. |
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| The director took legal action against Gawker after the site put a copy of his screenplay Hateful Eight online. |
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| The 29-year-old singer has threatened legal action against a London-based company selling the tasty treat under the name Royal Baby Gaga. |
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| The encampment was evicted at the end of February 2012, by court order and without violence, as a result of legal action by the City Corporation. |
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| Because much of the PTIN list and data is publicly available under FOIA, legal action by the IRS or others is unlikely. |
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| The protest and legal action had been a sham, Mrs. Kasem said. |
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| Gilbert took legal action against Carte and Sullivan and vowed to write no more for the Savoy, and so the partnership came to an acrimonious end. |
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| The circumstances of that were very controversial, and eventually led to the largest class legal action in English legal history. |
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| Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has threatened to seek legal action against EU countries in breach of refugee agreements. |
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| After being named, he decided to take legal action against La Sexta, who revealed his involvement in this scandal. |
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| Kiwi rights group in Australia OzKiwi is considering legal action against the media company for its racist label of Kiwis. |
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| He has been left with no option but to take legal action after Rankine turned down three proposals to settle out of court. |
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| It urged people subjected to online smear campaigns to report any cyber violations for legal action to be taken against the site and the slanderer. |
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| According to a newspaper report, sources close to the singer said legal action was taken out of concern for the safety of Winehouse and those close to her. |
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| Although crimes may be torts, the cause of legal action is not necessarily a crime, as the harm may be due to negligence which does not amount to criminal negligence. |
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| Traditionally, warranties are factual promises which are enforced through a contract legal action, regardless of materiality, intent, or reliance. |
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| Although working miners had instigated the legal action, the NUM leadership presented it as an attack on its right to conduct its own internal affairs. |
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| A COUNCILLOR who took compensation from her own authority after breaking a stiletto heel in the council chamber last night explained her reasons for resorting to legal action. |
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| Flavius is said to have published around the year 300 BC the formularies containing the words which had to be spoken in court to begin a legal action. |
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| Those lines have been made blurrier by our growing national desire to define everything that upsets us or hurts our feelings as cause for legal action. |
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| An east London resident wants to take legal action after his apartment complex was earmarked for the use of surface-to-air missiles during the Olympics. |
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| Owing to the stress of both their illnesses, the couple decided to live separately in 2013, though without taking legal action towards separation or divorce. |
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| A group of residents in east London have dropped their legal action against plans to put surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their tower block during the Olympics. |
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| It is understood that Surrey could, if they continue to drag their feet, leave themselves open to legal action on the basis of a 're straint of trade. |
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| The NZRFU responded on Saturday by saying they were considering legal action, as they refused to accept their chances of co-hosting the event with Australia had vanished. |
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| Tana Ramsay gave evidence during legal action in which the celebrity chef is accusing her dad, Christopher Hutcheson, of forging his signature with a ghost writer machine. |
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| By this time a number of spinners in Lancashire were using copies of the machine, and Hargreaves sent notice that he was taking legal action against them. |
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