- Cited — The Secretary of State for Health & Anor v Servier Laboratories Ltd & Ors 2019-07-12
“…ot referred to any authority in which the tort of causing loss by unlawful means has been extended beyond the description given by Lord Watson in Allen v Flood [1898] AC 1, 96 and Lord Lindley in Quinn v Leathem [1901] AC 495, 535. Nor do I think it should be. The common law has traditionally been reluctant to become involved in …”
- Approved — The Secretary of State for Health & Anor v Servier Laboratories Ltd & Ors 2019-07-12
“…tted that Lord Hoffmann (at [50]) approved Lonrho, and clearly indicated that it fell within the description of the tort by the House of Lords in Allen v Flood [1898] AC 1 and Quinn v Leathem [1901] AC 495 by describing the rationale of the of the tort at [56] as being “designed only to enforce basic standards of civilised behavi…”
- Approved — The Secretary of State for Health & Anor v Servier Laboratories Ltd & Ors 2019-07-12
“…Lord Hoffmann said (in [7]) that those old cases were examined at some length by the House of Lords in Allen v Flood [1898] AC 1 and their general principle approved. Disagreeing with the analysis of those cases in Salmond on Torts 12th ed (1907) under the heading of “Intimidation”, Lord…”
- Cited — Rees & Ors v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis 2018-07-05
“…ts legal sense it means a wrongful act, done intentionally, without just cause or excuse.” His statement was cited with approval by Lord Davey in Allen v Flood [1898] AC 1, 171. (For a recent discussion of the nineteenth century understanding of the meaning of “malicious” in the law of tort, see O (A Child) v Rhodes [2016] AC 219…”