Sweeney v Coote: HL 16 Apr 1907

Opinions that a combination of Protestant parents to withdraw their children from a National school with the object and result of securing the dismissal of a Roman Catholic teacher, not because of any spite or ill-will entertained by them against her personally, but because of her religious opinions, would not be a ‘conspiracy’ against her such as would furnish her with a ground for an action of damages against the parents.

Judges:

Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), the Earl of Halsbury, Lords Macnaghten, James of Hereford, Robertson, Atkinson, and Collins

Citations:

[1907] UKHL 1004, 44 SLR 1004

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Torts – Other

Updated: 27 April 2022; Ref: scu.622286