Allen V. Flood in Europe

Definition of Allen V. Flood

([1898] A. C. 1). To induce a party, by means which are not unlawful, lawfully to terminate a contract with another does ntft give such other a cause of action, and the fact that the party so inducing is actuated by malice is immaterial. The respondents were employed by the Glengall Iron Co. in repairing the woodwork of a ship, having been formerly employed on ironwork. The appellant, the London delegate of the Boilermakers’ Society, informed the iron company that, unless the respondents were discharged, all the members of the Boilermakers’ Society would be ” called out” or “knock off” work. The respondents were discharged with proper notice. Held, no action would lie against the appellant as he had merely caused the lawful termination of a contract by means which were not unlawful, i. e. were neither fraudulent nor threatening

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Definition of Allen V. Flood is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.

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