Hughes v Lord Advocate UKHL 8 is a famous Scottish delict case decided by the House of Lords on causation. It is also influential in the English law of tort.
Famous quotes containing the words hughes, lord and/or advocate:
“Life isn’t all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman’s education.”
—Thomas Hughes (1822–1896)
“For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is whenever we call to him?”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 4:7.
“I would rather be known as an advocate of equal suffrage than to speak every night on the best-paying platforms in the United States and ignore it.”
—Anna Howard Shaw (1847–1919)