A far better deterrent, he said, is the threat of legal action.

"European companies still have the threat of legal action against them."

After threats of legal action, he agreed to finish the picture.

But the protesters say the threat of legal action will not stop them.

Only under a threat of legal action by our organization has a list been produced.

Last week there was a threat of renewed military action in Iraq.

This allowed players from both codes to play in services team without threat of action.

But the threat of military action has, in effect, been deferred.

But the letter ends with the threat of legal action.

Even the threat of such action, he said, usually gets results.