Mary Evans Action for Libel, Lyons v Lipton, WW1 10642896

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Picture No	10642896
Date	September 1914
Description	Action for Libel, Lyons v Lipton, WW1
Details	Notice of an Action for Libel in the High Court of Justice, J Lyons & Co Limited being the plaintiffs, and Lipton Limited as defendants, during the early stages of the First World War. It related to Lipton's assertion that Lyons' directors were German and that buying Lyons' products was akin to assisting the enermy. Mr Justice Sankey granted an injunction on 8 September, restraining Liptons from making any such suggestions in the future. Lyons (By Appointment to His Majesty the King), assert that they are an all-British company, with all-British directors, 14,000 all-British shareholders, and 160,000 all-British shopkeepers selling Lyons' tea.
Source	Notice placed by J Lyons & Co Ltd in The Bystander, 16 September 1914, p561
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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