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Case Report: Joyce v O’Brien & anor [2013] EWCA Civ 546
Ex turpi causa; joint enterprise; recovery of damages ‘Where it can be said that the claimant’s cause of action arises in course of their participation in, or furtherance of a criminal activity, the claimant is prohibited from recovering damages due to sound policy reasons.’ In the case of David Joyce, the Court of Appeal recently …
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- Delaney v Pickett & anor [2011] EWCA Civ 1532
- Gray v Thames Trains & ors [2009] UKHL 33
- Pitts v Hunt [1990] EWCA Civ 17
- Smith v Jenkins [1970] 119 CLR 397