51.   If the plaintiff is under a disability the money will remain on deposit until the settlement is approved.

52.   The second is that the plaintiff is unlikely to recover substantial damages.

53.   In that case the plaintiff had been involved in a car accident.

54.   The plaintiff was obliged under his contract of employment to contribute a percentage of his weekly wage to a pension scheme.

55.   Nor would a suggestion that plaintiffs are poor -- unless they are in business, and the implication is that they are unable to pay their debts.

56.   But the House of Lords held that the statement was not capable of meaning that the plaintiffs were guilty of fraud.

57.   But unless the plaintiff is unpopular or unpleasant, the media will normally be advised to avoid jury trials, because of the danger of heavier damages.

58.   In that case, the plaintiff was a professional footballer registered with a league club, Newcastle United.

59.   The plaintiff was the senior partner and the defendant the junior partner.

60.   The plaintiffs were part of a group of companies which operated Bureaux de Change.