Sentence examples for abuse of process application from inspiring English sources

Failing in his attempts to have the Kennedy material disclosed, Schwarz lodged an "abuse of process" application with the court, saying his clients could not receive a fair trial.

His lawyers, however, told a hearing in Northern Ireland yesterday that the courts had been misled and pledged to launch an abuse of process application in an attempt to have the proceedings stopped.

His conviction cannot be entered until the court reviews an abuse-of-process application from his lawyer contending that many of the group's activities were made possible by a paid police informant who, the lawyer says, committed illegal acts himself.

Huhne applied both for an application for dismissal and an application for abuse of process to get the case against him thrown out.

An Irish judge refused the extradition application, describing it as an "abuse of process".

That application was rejected by the NEB on June 3 following a response from Enbridge calling COTTFN's application "frivolous, vexatious, and an abuse of process".

James Eadie QC, for the home secretary, said that the radical cleric's application to stay extradition on medical grounds amounted to an abuse of process at the last moment.

It is an abuse of process.

This is a clear, clear abuse of process".

"This was essentially predominantly caused by Mr Huhne's decision to make two applications - first to apply to dismiss on the grounds of insufficiency of evidence and secondly to apply to stay the proceedings as an abuse of process".

Give the tort of "abuse of process" some teeth.