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Illegality: Does Patel v Mirza apply in tort?
James Goudkamp explores whether the Supreme Court’s policy-based approach to the illegality doctrine will be followed in tort cases ‘An important question that arises, and one that was not answered by the Supreme Court, is whether Patel applies beyond the field of unjust enrichment.’ The Supreme Court recently handed down judgment in the appeal in …
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- Bowmakers Ltd v Barnet Instruments Ltd [1945] KB 65
- Collier v Collier [2002] EWCA Civ 1095; [2003] WTLR 617
- Gray v Thames Trains & ors [2009] UKHL 33
- Hall v Woolston Hall Leisure Ltd [2000] EWCA Civ 170
- Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWHC 3275 (QB)
- Hounga v Allen [2012] EWCA Civ 609; [2014] UKSC 47
- McHugh v Okai-Koi [2017] EWHC 710 (QB)
- Patel v Mirza [2014] EWCA Civ 1047; [2014] WTLR 1567 CA
- Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42
- Singh v Ali [1959] UKPC 29
- Singularis Holdings Ltd v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd [2017] EWHC 257 (Ch)
- Tchenguiz & ors v Grant Thornton UK LLP & ors [2016] EWHC 3727 (Comm)
- Tinsley v Milligan [1993] UKHL 3