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单词 Unlawful interference with business
释义 非法侵擾業務
A tort arising when a person does an unlawful act directed at another person and interfering with that person’s business. If one person without just cause or excuse interferes with trade or business of another, and does so by unlawful means, then he is liable in damages; and in a proper case, an injunction can be granted against him: Acrow (Automation) Ltd v Rex Chainbelt Inc [1971] 3 All ER 1175, 1 WLR 1676 (CA). The unlawful act may involve procuring a breach of contract or interfering with the performance of a contract (Merkur Island Shipping Corp v Laughton [1983] 2 AC 570) or fraudulent statements (Lonrho plc v Fayed [1990] 2 QB 479) or breach of a statutory duty (in certain circumstances, breach of statutory prohibition (Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd (No 2) [1981] 2 All ER 456, [1982] AC 173, [1981] 3 WLR 33 (HL)). Aggravated damages can be awarded in actions of unlawful interference with business: Messenger Newspapers Group Ltd v National Graphical Assn [1984] IRLR 397; [1984] 1 All ER 293 (CA). The basic ingredients of the economic tort of unlawful interference are: (1) interference with the plaintiff’s trade or business; (2) by unlawful means; (3) with the intention to injure the plaintiff; and (4) the plaintiff in fact suffered injury as a result: AXA China Region Insurance Co Ltd & Anor v Pacific Century Insurance Co Ltd & Ors [2003] 3 HKC 1. It also has to be proved by a plaintiff that the unlawful act was in some sense directed against the plaintiff or intended to harm the plaintiff: Lonrho plc v Fayed, supra.
如一人作出致予另一人的非法的行為,及侵擾該另一人的業務,則會產生侵權行為。如一人在沒有公正因由或確當辯解的情況下,侵擾另一人的貿易或業務,並藉非法的方式侵擾,則他/她負有損害賠償的法律責任;而在適當的情況下,可授予針對他/她的強制令:Acrow (Automation) Ltd v Rex Chainbelt Inc [1971] 3 All ER 1175, 1 WLR 1676(芵國上訴法院)。非法行為可涉及促致違約或侵擾履行合約(Merkur Island Shipping Corp v Laughton [1983] 2 AC 570)或欺詐性陳述(Lonrho plc v Fayed [1990] 2 QB 479)或違反法定責任(在若干情況下,違反法定禁令(Lonrho Ltd v Shell Petroleum Co Ltd (No 2) [1981] 2 All ER 456, [1982] AC 173, [1981] 3 WLR 33 (上議院))。可在非法侵擾業務的訴訟授予加重的損害賠償:Messenger Newspapers Group Ltd v National Graphical Assn [1984] IRLR 397; [1984] 1 All ER 293 (芵國上訴法院)。非法侵擾的經濟侵權行為的基本元素包括:(1) 侵擾有關原告人的貿易或業務;(2)籍非法的方式侵擾;(3)意圖傷害有關的原告人;及 (4) 有關的原告人事實上結果蒙受損害:AXA China Region Insurance Co Ltd & Anor v Pacific Century Insurance Co Ltd & Ors [2003] 3 HKC 1。原告人亦須證明有關的非法行為在若干程度上是針對有關的原告人而作出的或意圖傷害有關的原告人:Lonrho plc v Fayed, 見上文。
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