Example sentences of "be [vb pp] liable " in BNC.
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| 31 | The actual operations in Burma are undertaken by the State-run ‘ Tourist Burma ’ — over whom we have no control — and we therefore can not be held liable or accept claims for damages resulting from changes , diversions , delays or cuts . |
| 32 | Even though international organisations , as international persons , may be held liable under international law for the acts they perform , this can not exclude the secondary liability of the Member States themselves . |
| 33 | If they make a loss , management committees could be held liable personally under insolvency regulations for any such losses . |
| 34 | Taken literally , the doctrine of non est factum applies when the person sought to be held liable has not , in fact , signed the document : see Lord Reid in Gallie v. Lee [ 1971 ] A.C. 1004 , 1015G . |
| 35 | He regarded that case as deciding that an agent for principal A who has chosen to act for another principal B on whose behalf he acquires information can not be forced to divulge such information to principal A but can be held liable in damages to principal A for breach of duty . |
| 36 | He contended that , as the plaintiffs ' claim against the third defendant is based exclusively on conspiracy and fraud , the third defendant will only be held liable to the plaintiffs if he is found guilty of serious dishonesty . |
| 37 | Conversely , a carrier who issues a non-negotiable bill in a foreign port naming a United States importer as consignee may be held liable in the United States for refusing to deliver the goods to the United States consignee who does not surrender the bill of lading . |
| 38 | In determining whether the defendants ought to be held liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , the learned judge considered that he ought to pay regard to ( i ) the quantities of combustible materials which the defendants brought onto the land ; ( ii ) the way in which they stored them ; and ( iii ) the character of the neighbourhood . |
| 39 | Most booking conditions are hedged with all sorts of exclusions about why a tour operator ca n't be held liable when things go wrong . |
| 40 | In an 1884 case , the Divisional Court held that an artisan whose wife had bought blankets at the door for 22/6d when he had given her permission to spend but 17/6d , could not be held liable for the extra sum . |
| 41 | Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit . |
| 42 | An interim payment may be ordered by the court on application , but an order will only be made when it is clear that the defendant will be held liable at trial . |
| 43 | The reasoning on this point has , however , attracted much criticism and it has been proposed that the husband should , in future , be held liable as an accessory in these circumstances . |
| 44 | senior police officers not to be held liable to individual officers for injuries received at hands of riotous crowd . |
| 45 | Congress , this motion urges a change in legislation so that , in the matter of insolvency , the employer be held liable to a much greater degree and indeed be held criminally responsible for actions involving awardance of debt liability . |
| 46 | This would be clearly unjust so A and B will both be held liable . |
| 47 | In deceit cases the defendant will be held liable for all the loss flowing from the fraudulent statement ( Doyle v Olby ( Ironmongers ) Ltd [ 1969 ] 2 QB 158 ) . |
| 48 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for latent defects in the equipment which could not be discovered with reasonable care . |
| 49 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for a latent defect in it . |
| 50 | The auctioneer may be held liable in any case on the basis that he had contracted to sell the goods to the highest bidder ( see Warlow v Harrison ( 1859 ) 1 E & E 309 ) . |
| 51 | Gallagher was found guilty of careless driving , but his insurers , the Norwich Union , insist he ca n't be held liable for what happened . |
| 52 | Thamesdown Council fears it could be held liable if the alarm batteries failed and somebody died . |