Hargreaves v Bretherton
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Date | 1958 |
Year | 1958 |
Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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61 cases
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Roy v Prior
...been committed but a civil action for damages in respect of the words spoken will not lie (see the judgment of Lord Goddard C.J. in Hargreaves v. Bretherton [1959] 1 Q.B. 45). Nor is this rule to be circumvented by alleging a conspiracy between witnesses to make false statements (see Marrin......
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Marrinan v Vibart
...in despair" - words which in my view are appropriate to this attempt in 1962. 19 Yet another attempt was made quite recently, in Hargreaves v. Bretherton and. Another (reported in 1959 1 Queen's Bench at page 45), where an action was brought claiming damages against the defendants for "fals......
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Roy v Prior
...a result an innocent person is imprisoned, nevertheless no action lies against that witness. (See ( Hargreaves v. Bretherton and anr. 1959 1 Q.B. 45), and Rondel v. Worsley (1969 1 A.C.) at pages 251 and 252 by Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest, and at page 269 by Lord Pearce. The reason lies in ......
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Total Network SL v. United Kingdom (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs), (2008) 385 N.R. 310 (HL)
...(C.A.), refd to. [paras. 34, 56, 65, 217]. Marrinan v. Vibart, [1963] 1 Q.B. 234, refd to. [paras. 35, 103]. Hargreaves v. Bretherton, [1959] 1 Q.B. 45, refd to. [para. Lonrho plc v. Fayed et al., [1992] 1 A.C. 448; 127 N.R. 295 (H.L.), refd to. [paras. 35, 81, 116, 218]. Lonrho Ltd. v. She......
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