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Conduct: Hoisted by their own petard?
In the first of two articles, Suzanne Chalmers and Jack Macaulay explore the current law relating to claimants’ illegality and dishonesty ‘The essential rationale of the doctrine of illegality was that it would be contrary to the public interest to enforce a claim if to do so would be harmful to the integrity of the …
Cases Referenced
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- Beaumont v Ferrer [2014] EWHC 2398 (QB)
- Beaumont v Ferrer [2016] EWCA Civ 768
- Gray v Thames Trains & ors [2009] UKHL 33
- Hounga v Allen [2012] EWCA Civ 609; [2014] UKSC 47
- Jetivia SA v Bilta (UK) Ltd & ors [2015] UKSC 23
- Joyce v O'Brien [2013] EWCA Civ 546
- Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Inc [2012] EWCA Civ 593; [2014] UKSC 55
- McCracken v Smith [2015] EWCA Civ 380
- 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
- Spencer v Wincanton Holdings Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 1404