“If a man sustains damage by the wrongful act of another, he is entitled to a remedy, but to give that title two things must concur, damage to himself and a wrong committed by the other. That he has sustained damage is not of itself sufficient.”

— Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet

R. v. Commissioners of Pagham (1828), 8 B. & C. 362.

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British judge 1763–1841

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