Has the British Government been sued in the past

[matt66]

Or is Ryan Air the first to do it?? If there were others what was the outcome?

[Peter Pedant]

For a v long time they were immune from suit because erm basically the govt was the Crown and you couldnt sue them

This changed with the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 which said you could. Cases for negligence followed soon after.

Do you remember Burma Oil ?
Well in 1964 - I remember the case in real time - they announced they were gonna screw the Wilson govt for the loss of oil fields in 1941. No honestly, and the reason was that they were not Act of War (=immune) but defensive acts by HMG to prevent the japanese benefitting (=not an act of war and thus not immune from suit).

and so

Thw Wilson govt passed retroactive leglislation speciifcally exempting oil fields. I came across the Act a few weeks ago.

And so.....what was your original question ?