The appellants were involved in the design, manufacture, supply and installation of plant and machinery for the steel manufacturing industry. |
Accordingly, no profit costs should be allowed to the appellants for work done by their partnership. |
As the paragraph was extremely prejudicial, the appellants should have had the opportunity of replying to it. |
It is now established practice for judges to quash a conviction while suggesting that the appellants are not necessarily innocent. |
Counsel for the appellants argues that those words are not sufficiently precise to exclude liability for negligence. |
The appellants had responded but in essence no information was forthcoming. |