Example sentences of "[vb mod] sue for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ltd. v. Hawkins ( 1859 ) 4 H. & N. 87 was authority for the proposition that it was an ordinary incident of all corporations ( including municipal corporations ) that they might sue for libel ; that case was only authority for the proposition that a trading company might sue for libel by which its property was injured ; ( 3 ) in holding that the Manchester Corporation case was decided per incuriam when there was no basis for so holding and he should have followed it ; ( 4 ) in holding that in bringing an action for libel not alleged to have caused actual damage , no valid distinction could be made between trading corporations and municipal corporations , which ignored the true basis on which a trading corporation was permitted to sue for libel , namely that it had a trading character , the defamation of which might ruin it : South Hetton Coal Co . Ltd. v. North-Eastern News Association Ltd. [ 1894 ] 1 Q.B. 133 , 145 . |
| 2 | Ltd. v. Hawkins ( 1859 ) 4 H. & N. 87 was authority for the proposition that it was an ordinary incident of all corporations ( including municipal corporations ) that they might sue for libel ; that case was only authority for the proposition that a trading company might sue for libel by which its property was injured ; ( 3 ) in holding that the Manchester Corporation case was decided per incuriam when there was no basis for so holding and he should have followed it ; ( 4 ) in holding that in bringing an action for libel not alleged to have caused actual damage , no valid distinction could be made between trading corporations and municipal corporations , which ignored the true basis on which a trading corporation was permitted to sue for libel , namely that it had a trading character , the defamation of which might ruin it : South Hetton Coal Co . Ltd. v. North-Eastern News Association Ltd. [ 1894 ] 1 Q.B. 133 , 145 . |
| 3 | It had no business goodwill and was not permitted to trade ; nor did it have shareholders ; ( 5 ) in failing to take proper account of the fact that it logically followed that if a local government corporation could sue for libel in respect of its governing reputation then so too could any institution of central government ( including , for example , a government department which was a statutory corporation such as the Department of the Environment ) ; ( 6 ) in the premises in considering that there was no uncertainty or ambiguity in English law in relation to the extent to which local authorities might sue for libel . |
| 4 | By launching their cruise missiles , US and NATO commanders would hope that , at best , the Soviet Union might sue for peace , and , at worst , that the West could gain a few extra days when its conventional ( non-nuclear ) forces might be able to stem the tide . |
| 5 | He followed the principles set out in the Gillian case and concluded that a local authority had a ‘ governing reputation ’ capable of being damaged by libellous statements in respect of which it might sue for injury to reputation without the need to prove damage to its property . |
| 6 | On the preliminary issue the judge dismissed the application holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation even though no financial loss was pleaded or alleged , that where a local authority instituted proceedings in reliance on section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 it was for the local authority to decide on the expediency of litigating and it was not the court 's function to do so on an application to strike out , and that since the words complained of reflected on the local authority itself in the management and rectitude of its financial affairs , the statement of claim did disclose a cause of action against the defendants . |
| 7 | The trial of the preliminary issue was heard by Morland J. who on 15 March 1991 gave judgment for the council , holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation when no actual damage was alleged , and that the council had a cause of action in libel against the defendants on the basis of the pleaded statement of claim . |
| 8 | It had no business goodwill and was not permitted to trade ; nor did it have shareholders ; ( 5 ) in failing to take proper account of the fact that it logically followed that if a local government corporation could sue for libel in respect of its governing reputation then so too could any institution of central government ( including , for example , a government department which was a statutory corporation such as the Department of the Environment ) ; ( 6 ) in the premises in considering that there was no uncertainty or ambiguity in English law in relation to the extent to which local authorities might sue for libel . |
| 9 | Browne J. in Bognor Regis Urban District Council v. Campion [ 1972 ] 2 Q.B. 169 considered the specific question whether a local authority could sue for libel . |
| 10 | A decision to the contrary in the British Columbia Court of Appeal , City of Prince George v. British Columbia Television System Ltd. , 95 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 577 , held that a municipality could sue for libel , but did not consider the argument of competing interests and the balancing exercise required under article 10 , and I do not consider it to be relevant to this appeal . |
| 11 | For the reasons which I have set out I consider that Morland J. was wrong , both not to apply article 10 and to hold that the Derbyshire County Council could sue for libel . |
| 12 | After hearing two days of legal argument at the Court of Session on whether relatives could sue for damage caused to a foetus , the judges said they wanted time to prepare a ruling . |
| 13 | I could sue for slander . ’ |
| 14 | The argument would run that the appointing authority would have seen the clause ( as they always ask to do ) before making the appointment , would have taken a fee for making the appointment , that the arrangement was therefore a contract incorporating the clause about suitability , and that an aggrieved party could sue for breach of that term of the contract . |
| 15 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 16 | Inevitably , one of these names is going to get into the public prints and he will sue for libel . |
| 17 | 795 , 806 : ‘ I do not find any uncertainty or ambiguity in relation to the ambit of English law in relation to the extent to which local authorities may sue for libel . ’ |
| 18 | From that decision Morland J. concluded that it is an ordinary incident of all corporations that they may sue for libel and that that included municipal corporations . |
| 19 | 795 , 806 : ‘ I do not find any uncertainty or ambiguity in relation to the ambit of English law in relation to the extent to which local authorities may sue for libel . ’ |
| 20 | Accordingly , it is for this court to consider the application of article 10 to the question whether a local authority may sue for libel ; and in my judgment Morland J. was wrong not to do so . |
| 21 | Plaintiffs may sue for libel even though they have suffered no financial loss but for slander ( with certain exceptions ) they must be able to prove actual damage and not mere injury to feelings . |
| 22 | A company may sue for defamation , but only in respect of statements which damage its business reputation . |
| 23 | This appeal with leave of the judge , from a judgment of Morland J. given on 15 March 1991 , raises for the first time in the Court of Appeal the question whether a local authority which is a body corporate can sue for libel under the law of England and Wales . |
| 24 | The argument before the judge on the first question , whether a local authority can sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation when no actual financial loss is alleged , proceeded under two main heads . |
| 25 | It seems never to have been doubted that a corporation created by Royal Charter can sue for libel . |
| 26 | If the council can sue for libel , then so can those departments . |
| 27 | I take that view because the point has never been decided by this court or in the House of Lords and , as I have explained above , this court , in considering whether private corporations can sue for libel at common law , has not laid down any principle which is conclusive of the point raised in this case . |
| 28 | This issue involves a question of principle as to whether a local authority can sue for libel and not a decision to be made in respect of each individual action . |
| 29 | As a general rule , everyone who can sue for libel can also be sued for libel , if responsible for a defamatory publication . |
| 30 | It is said that there are exceptions to this rule and that the following persons can sue for trespass although they had not possession — ( a ) A trustee against any third person who commits a trespass to trust chattels in the hands of the beneficiary . |