OBG Ltd v Allan

OBG Ltd v Allan
CourtHouse of Lords
Decided2 May 2007 (2007-05-02)
Citations
  • [2007] UKHL 21
  • [2008] 1 AC 1
  • [2007] 2 WLR 920
  • [2007] 4 All ER 545
  • [2008] 1 All ER (Comm) 1
  • [2008] 1 LRC 279
  • [2007] IRLR 608
Case history
Prior actionsOBG Ltd & Anor v Allan & Ors [2005] EWCA Civ 106, [2005] 2 WLR 1174; [2005] QB 762 (9 February 2005)
Court membership
Judges sitting
  • Lord Hoffmann
  • Lord Nicholls
  • Lord Walker
  • Baroness Hale
  • Lord Brown
Keywords
  • Economic tort
  • Interference with a contract

OBG Ltd v Allan [2007] UKHL 21 was part of a combined appeal heard with Douglas v Hello! Ltd and Mainstream Properties Ltd v Young in the House of Lords, which stands as the leading case on economic torts in English law.