Sentence examples for was liable to pay from inspiring English sources

Declaring that the plaintiffs had been "subjected to unlawful surveillance," the judge said the government was liable to pay them damages.

A judge ruled in February this year that the company was liable to pay $8.6bn in damages, mostly to decontaminate polluted soil.

That was what that the local tax authorities argued Vodafone was liable to pay due to its 2007 takeover of an Indian mobile outfit majority owned by Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate (which is still India's biggest ever in-bound acquisition).

It tells me that it awarded the maximum compensation of £30,000 on three occasions in the last financial year - in one case the lawyer didn't tell the client that a converted attic space was not included in a lease and in another the lawyer failed to advise a client that he was liable to pay the other party's costs in a property dispute.

Livingstone has been accused of hypocrisy for denouncing those who avoid tax while having set up a private company, Silveta, to channel his earnings, so he was liable to pay corporation tax at 20% rather than income tax at a higher rate.

The Labour candidate has been accused of hypocrisy for denouncing those who avoid tax while having set up a private company, Silveta, to channel his earnings, so he was liable to pay corporation tax at 20% rather than income tax at a higher rate.

Consumers should not be liable to pay for the costs of any software update.

If you commit a tort, you are liable to pay a compensatory sum.

You will be liable to pay the bailiffs' costs which could substantially increase the debt.

Palmer wholly owns a nickel refinery in Queensland that is liable to pay the carbon tax.

It would also be liable to pay compensation for removing a virus.