The tort of procuring a breach of contract
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Practice notesThe tort of procuring a breach of contract
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Practice notesAs set out in The economic torts—overview, the law makes provision to protect a person’s trade or business from acts which are considered to be unacceptable.
For guidance on claims for:
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the tort of intentional violation with the claimant’s rights in a judgment debt, see Practice Note: The Marex tort (interference with a judgment debt)
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unlawful interference, see Practice Note: Economic tort of unlawful interference
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conspiracy (both by lawful and unlawful means), see Practice Note: Civil conspiracy claims (economic tort)
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based on unconscionable and intimidating conduct, see Practice Note: Economic duress—undue influence—tort of intimidation
This Practice Note considers the economic tort of procuring a breach of contract (also known as inducing a breach of contract, sometimes called ‘interference with contractual relations’).
Civil claims involving fraud and dishonesty often rely on pleading one or more of the economic torts, on which see Practice Note: Civil fraud—causes of action (heads of claim).
What is the tort of procuring a breach of contract?
The tort of procuring a breach of contract
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