was a combined appeal with ''
Douglas v Hello! Ltd
was a series of cases in which Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones challenged unauthorised photos of their wedding in the English courts. The case resulted in ''OK!'' Magazine being awarded £1,033,156.
Facts
Michael Douglas and Catherin ...
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Mainstream Properties Ltd v Young'' and stands as the leading case on
economic torts in English law.
Facts
Lord Hoffmann in his judgment summarised the facts.
Judgment
Elaborating on the general principle that an agent cannot be sued for interfering with contractual relationships between a principal and another contracting party, Lord Hoffmann held that invalidly appointed receivers were not liable to the company for wrongful interference with contractual relations. Such a receiver acting in good faith employs no unlawful means and intends to cause no loss. Intangible property cannot be the subject of a claim for conversion.
On the tort of inducing or procuring breach of contract, there are five requirements. (1) there must be a contract (2) the contract must be breached (3) the defendant's conduct must have procured or induced the breach (4) the defendant must have known about the breached term or turned a blind eye to it, and (5) the defendant must have actually realised that the conduct procuring the breach would have that result.
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*"030", the fictional 030 Agent of MI6
* '' 038: Operation Exterminate'', a 1965 Italian action film
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1 AC 1, per Lord Hoffmann at 9 4and per Lord Nicholls at 91 93and 02
See also
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Economic torts in English law
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Conversion (law)
Conversion is an intentional tort
A tort is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. Tort law can be contrasted with criminal law, which deals with ...
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Torquay Hotel Co Ltd v Cousins
''Torquay Hotel Co Ltd v Cousins'' 968EWCA Civ 2 (BAILIIis a UK labour law case concerning the liability of a union when its members take industrial action.
In it Lord Denning MR invented a new economic tort for interference with a contract. T ...
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References
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External links
House of Lords judgments page
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English tort case law
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United Kingdom tort case law
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