said
with any certainty that there was any such tort as
conspiracy. The tort is unusual because it emphasizes the
purpose of the defendants rather ... workers'
legal armoury. It is absolutely plain that the tort of
conspiracy necessarily involves advertence to the object of
the combination being the infliction
manner. It is alleged that the defendants are guilty of the tort of conspiracy too.
The plaintiffs have broadly categorised the illegal and unethical actions ... satisfy the requirement of any of the torts mentioned therein. The tort of conspiracy, as the plaint acknowledges, requires the use of unlawful means
D. Weston And Ors. vs Peary Mohan Dass on 17 August, 1912
Equivalent citations: (1913
interference, causing loss by unlawful means, intimidation and
conspiracy to injure (or lawful means conspiracy). These torts present
problems even if they are considered individually ... that "new forms of tort may develop",
or that "the ambit and ingredients of torts of conspiracy and unlawful
interference may hereafter
rope in Jagannathachariar also, a suit for conspiracy.
Both false imprisonment and conspiracy are torts giving rise to damages. Tort of false imprisonment ... cases where a conspiracy does not amount to a crime. For a discussion of conspiracy as an independent tort; see Ramaswami Iyer, page 381; Venkatesa
arbitrators were erroneous in lading that the workers had committed the tort of conspiracy and were accordingly liable for paying compensation to the Companies concerned ... with regard to the tort of conspiracy is now well established. Conspiracy as a tort
must arise from a combination of two or more persons
conspiracy to slander on the part of the several defts. could be made, although damages with regard to the conspiracy had been waived. Pickford ... learned Lord Justice was dealing with a case of tort--conspiracy to slander--in which as observed by His Lordship earlier in the judgment
held that the scope of the tort of conspiracy was restricted to acts done in the execution of an agreement between two or more persons ... Crofter case, the civil tort of conspiracy attracted more academic controversy than success in practical application. Why should an act which causes economic loss
means consorted withdrawal of labour, which might have amounted to the tort of conspiracy to commit breach of contract under the common law and might ... employers repeatedly obtained restraint orders from Civil Courts by alleging the tort of conspiracy to commit breach of contract, and Civil Courts frequently
issued such
torts affecting person of reputation which include the tort of defamation. It is, therefore, clear from this established classification in the law of torts that ... which the suit was brought. Even in the case of tort of conspiracy, which is actionable, if either the end or the means or both
