Example sentences of "liable for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who is liable for the dismissal ? |
| 2 | Next counsel for the defendant , as we understood him , contended that , in so far as the two agreements purported to render each of the defendant and Miss Guile merely individually liable for the payment[s] , they were " shams " . |
| 3 | The Trader shall be liable for the cost of unreasonable detention of any vehicle , trailer , container or sheet but the rights of the Carrier against any other person in respect thereof shall remain unaffected . |
| 4 | The court held that the second defendant was not liable for the cost of a respray , as at the time of the accident the car was already in need of one . |
| 5 | Because it 's a registered nursing home , according to the rules its owners are liable for the cost of medical supplies . |
| 6 | Britain 's main clearing banks are reviewing their lending policies in the light of a draft EC directive which would make them liable for the clean-up costs of their industrial clients , should the latter go into liquidation . |
| 7 | However , this will render Target jointly and severally liable for the transferor group 's VAT for the prescribed accounting period in which it joins the group registration and the next following prescribed accounting period , and Newco should therefore request an indemnity for any resulting VAT liability of Target . |
| 8 | The employer may be in breach of statutory duty , in breach of his personal duty of care , or vicariously liable for the tort of one of the other employees . |
| 9 | Would the issuer of a practical completion certificate be potentially liable for the tort of negligence to the purchaser ? |
| 10 | Thus , he pronounced against the rule that a man could not be liable for the rape of his concubine , stating that concubinage was evidence of consent , but no more than this since the woman could withdraw from cohabitation and thus withdraw her consent . |
| 11 | when they are no longer liable for the poll Tax in Oxford . |
| 12 | An omnibus company was held liable for the act of one of its drivers , who overturned a rival omnibus while racing with it and obstructing it , although directions had been issued to the driver forbidding such conduct . |
| 13 | It would be harsh to hold a person liable for the act of every casual visitor who has bare permission to enter his land and of whose propensities to evil he may know nothing ; e.g . |
| 14 | There was a finding that the contractors were at fault with regard to the old shafts , but it is not clear that they should have realised that their conduct would affect the plaintiff 's land and even if this had been the case there would have been a serious issue at that times whether the defendant was liable for the negligence of his contractor . |
| 15 | For the defaults of his servants in the course of their employment , the occupier is of course liable ; he is also liable for the negligence of an independent contractor unless it is entirely collateral ; for the folly of a lawful visitor in tampering with a potentially dangerous machine provided for his amusement ; and it may well be for the misconduct of any member of his family on the premises , for he has control over them . |
| 16 | At present an employer 's tortious liability for the safety of his employees may take one of three forms : ( a ) The employer may be vicariously liable for the negligence of an employee which leads to the plaintiff employee being injured . |
| 17 | The carrier is liable for the total of partial loss of the goods and for damage thereto from the time of taking over the goods and the time of delivery . |
| 18 | An employer is liable for the offence of ‘ using ’ an unlicensed vehicle if the vehicle is driven on his business and it is no defence for the employer to show that he had not authorised the journey if , in fact , the journey was on his business ( Richardson v Baker [ 1976 ] RTR 56 ) . |
| 19 | If , however , he has oral sex with her and she is 16 years old or more , he can be liable for the offence of indecent assault only if it can be proved that she did not consent . |
| 20 | Although they might be responsible for a ‘ minor ’ fault , and therefore initially liable for the plantiff 's losses , he suggested that they might ‘ indeed seek a contribution ’ from those responsible for the major damage . |
| 21 | Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit . |
| 22 | The Court of Appeal held that the stevedore 's employers were vicariously liable for the stevedore 's negligence and that the damage was not too remote . |
| 23 | If something has been left for construction of a building for a town , the late emperor Marcus and Lucius Verus replied to Procula by rescript that each heir was liable for the whole . |
| 24 | would be liable for the whole of the unpaid rent . |
| 25 | The seller may seek to make the buyer liable to indemnify him or her in perpetuity , thereby placing the buyer in the same invidious position of the original lessee , who remains liable for the whole of the term of the lease to whomever it may have passed . |
| 26 | The Control of Pollution Act 1974 provides that where any damage is caused by poisonous , noxious or polluting waste which has been deposited on land , any person who deposited it or caused or knowingly permitted it to be deposited is civilly liable for the damage , provided that his act constituted an offence under section 3(3) or section 18(2) of the Act . |
| 27 | Where any damage is caused by an animal which belongs to a dangerous species , any person who is a keeper of the animal is liable for the damage . |
| 28 | ‘ Where damage is caused by an animal which does not belong to a dangerous species , a keeper of the animal is liable for the damage … if : |
| 29 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where livestock belonging to any person strays on to land in the ownership or occupation of another and — ( a ) damage is done by the livestock to the land or to any property on it which is in the ownership or possession of the other person ; or ( b ) any expenses are reasonably incurred by that other person in keeping the livestock while it can not be restored to the person to whom it belongs or while it is detained in pursuance of section 7 of [ the ] Act , or in ascertaining to whom it belongs ; the person to whom the livestock belongs is liable for the damage or expenses , except as otherwise provided by [ the ] Act . ’ |
| 30 | Section 3 of the Animals Act re-enacted , with some modification , the form of strict liability formerly found in the Dogs Acts 1906–1928 and provides that where a dog causes damage by killing or injuring livestock , any person who is a keeper of the dog is liable for the damage . |