Sentences with phrase «wholly disproportionate»

While the Court does not discount Plaintiffs» claim that, cumulatively, illegal downloading has far - reaching effects on their businesses, the damages awarded in this case are wholly disproportionate to the damages suffered by Plaintiffs.

The same applies to [counsel for the department's] submission that the employee should show a basis for saying that the adoption or use of the length of service is wholly disproportionate or dishonest.

Removing this safeguard for the vast majority of internet users in order to make it easier for the authorities to gather evidence on a very small minority of wrong - doers is, we believe, wholly disproportionate and sets a dangerous precedent.»

Robin Shaw, privacy and defamation partner at Davenport Lyons, said: «This is very welcome news for the media; if Mr Mosley had succeeded in his application, the law would likely have become unworkable and would have led to a wholly disproportionate interference with the right to freedom of expression.

Relying on a 1919 Supreme Court case, St. Louis, I.M. & S. Railway Co. v. Williams, she argues that the statute should be upheld because it does not meet the standard of being «so severe and oppressive as to be wholly disproportionate to the offense and obviously unreasonable.»

They were willing to compensate the Clarks, but argued that they should not be forced to comply with the undertaking and pay off Mr Kenny's charge, when the sum he required was wholly disproportionate to the value of the house — double its value.

It is notable that the costs of the case on all sides totalled # 5.38 m, which the judge considered «a horrendous figure... wholly disproportionate to the sum actually recovered».

Having been involved in many attempts — in the original journal or as a new paper — some successful, many not, it has become obvious to me that the effort to do so is wholly disproportionate to the benefits for the authors, and is thus very effectively discouraged.

With height, I used to think it did not matter, but after meeting 2 guys who were wholly disproportionate in their body type and only 5» 7 ″ (I'm 5» 5.5 ″), I am starting to think I want to date someone who is at least 5» 9 ″.

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He said: «I believe that the recommendation to move parliament offsite for the duration of the works is a wholly unacceptable and disproportionate proposal.

It is my belief that five legislators either wholly or mostly contained within the Town of Ramapo would shift the resources of County government to Ramapo to the detriment of the other towns so that a disproportionate share of county government taxpayer money, would be spent in Ramapo such as on drainage, road improvements etc. and may not be equitably shared across town lines.