{"id":10398,"date":"2013-04-02T13:22:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org?p=10398"},"modified":"2013-04-02T13:22:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:22:43","slug":"phillips-v-eyre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/phillips-v-eyre\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillips V. Eyre"},"content":{"rendered":"
((1870), L. R. 6 Q. B. 1). An action will not lie in an English Court for a wrong committed abroad, for which there is no liability by the Jaw of the place where the act was committed.
The plaintiff sued the defendant for false imprisonment, the wrong being committed when the defendant w r as Governor of Jamaica. The Jamaican Legislature had passed an Act of Indemnity in respect of the imprisonment. Held, the action would not lie<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n
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