Example sentences of "a right to compensation " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these restrictions , whether carrying a right to compensation or not , are imposed in the public interest , and the essence of the compensation problem as regards the imposition of restrictions appears to be this — at what point does the public interest become such that a private individual ought to be compelled on to comply , at his own cost , with a restriction or requirement designed to secure that public interest ? |
| 2 | He must decide , for example , whether it actually follows from the assumed convention of legislation that Elmer has a right to his inheritance because of the statute of wills , or from the putative convention of precedent that Mrs. McLoughlin had a right to compensation because of past judicial decisions . |
| 3 | No convention decides either that Mrs. McLoughlin has a right to compensation for her emotional injury or that Mr. O'Brian has a right not to be made to pay it . |
| 4 | If it appeals to the principle that people have a right to compensation from those who injure them carelessly as its reason why manufacturers are liable for defective automobiles , it must give full effect to that principle in deciding whether accountants are liable for their mistakes as well . |
| 5 | But if he accepts integrity and knows that some victims of emotional injury have already been given a right to compensation , he will have a reason for deciding in favour of Mrs. McLoughlin nevertheless . |