Sentence examples for abuse of process argument from inspiring English sources

Parties to the inquiry expect the "abuse of process" argument to be raised.

"We have said his abuse of process argument which he ran vigorously, until he lost, at great cost to the public purse was based on a lie," said Andrew Edis, QC, counsel for the prosecution.

On the other hand, proponents of a more "closed" and restrictive system of rules of standing point towards the need for increased certainty in the law, as well as the possibility of abuse of process and the conventional argument that there will be an unstoppable flood of litigation.

There could be an argument in court that this is what's called 'an abuse of process.'".

James Eadie QC, representing the government, has dismissed legal arguments aimed at delaying extradition as "much too late" and an "abuse of process".

It is an abuse of process.

This case, and Gashi's part in it, formed part of the argument by Qema's lawyer to the crown court in May last year that his entrapment by the News of the World amounted to an abuse of process.

This is a clear, clear abuse of process".

In their ruling today, the appeal judges dismissed arguments that the second process was barred because essentially the same charges were advanced with no fresh evidence, that it was an abuse of process to subject the pair to a second set of procedures, and that there was a failure to give any legitimate reason why it was fair to reopen the matter.

The case had been delayed for lengthy arguments while the former minister's legal team, led by the eminent QC John Kelsey-Fry, made an attempt to have the case dismissed and another to have the trial stayed because of an abuse of process, it can now be revealed.

Howard Epstein, chairman of the ever-outnumbered San Francisco Republican Party, called the initiative "an abuse of process".