Example sentences of "could [not/n't] sue for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assertion by Pollock C.B. quoted above that a corporation could not sue for libel in respect of a charge of corruption , because a corporation can not be guilty of corruption , appears to have been the foundation for the decision by a Divisional Court in Manchester Corporation v. Williams [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 , but more fully reported in 63 L.T. 805 . |
| 2 | He too repeated the assertion that a corporation could not sue for libel in respect of a charge of corruption because it can not be guilty of corruption , but this assertion was unnecessary for his decision in the case and was obiter . |
| 3 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 4 | ( vii ) If the court reaches the point of weighing the social needs in issue , first that of securing to the council the effective means in law of protecting its reputation and , secondly , that of protecting the right of free expression of the people of this country , the court should hold that the remaining remedies for the council , if it could not sue for libel , and in particular the action for malicious falsehood , would not be a sufficient protection for the council 's reputation , and the ability of a local authority such as the council to sue for libel would not improperly or unnecessarily restrict free expression . |
| 5 | The Divisional Court in Manchester Corporation v. Williams [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 held , on a preliminary point , that Manchester Corporation could not sue for libel in respect of a charge of bribery and corruption since a corporation was unable to be guilty of corruption , following the dicta of Pollock C.B. in the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case . |
| 6 | If a third party could not sue for damage caused to him by the former I can see no reason why he should be entitled to sue for damage caused to him by the latter . |
| 7 | On the other hand , a fraudulent statement to a third party is unlawful means even though the third party could not sue for tort because he suffers no damage . |
| 8 | It was held that the tailor could not sue for any money because the goods were not necessaries ; the minor was already well supplied with waistcoats . |
| 9 | The editor of that paper and the writer could not sue for this honest , if exaggerated , appraisal of their work . |