Example sentences of "[verb] rise to a cause " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , it has been held that the Prison rules are merely ‘ regulatory ’ and that breach of them can not give rise to a cause of action for damages although it may found an application for judicial review . |
| 2 | Held , dismissing the appeals , that , prior to the enactment of the Congenital Disabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 , at common law a breach of the duty of care did not give rise to a cause of action in negligence until the plaintiff suffered an injury ; that , although a foetus did not enjoy an independent legal personality , by the time that the plaintiffs were born in 1967 the common law recognised that a child born with a deformity because of a negligent act occurring during the mother 's pregnancy had a cause of action ; and that , therefore , the plaintiffs had a cause of action against the defendant health authorities for any negligent act prior to their birth which caused them to be born with deformities ( post , pp. 654H , 656D–F , 660E — 661D ) . |
| 3 | The Court of Victoria rightly rejected the contention that a careless act can never give rise to a cause of action in negligence unless there is in existence at the time of the act a legal person affected by it who can sue . |
| 4 | In other words a fire caused by negligence or due to a nuisance will give rise to a cause of action . |
| 5 | It follows that fear of impending death felt by the victim of a fatal injury before that injury is inflicted can not by itself give rise to a cause of action which survives for the benefit of the victim 's estate . |
| 6 | Hence if the construction of the building which is to be the catering premises shuts out light to the adjoining premises it thereby infringes the rights of the neighbours and gives rise to a cause of action for contravention of their easement of light . |
| 7 | It is virtually certain that Article 86 gives rise to a cause of action in English law at the suit of a person damnified by its contravention and it does so on the basis of an action for breach of statutory duty so that the court may award damages . |