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Forfeiture: Shades of grey
Mike Muston outlines the extent of judicial discretion when considering relief from the forfeiture rule ‘The forfeiture rule will apply regardless of the moral culpability of the offender. However, the application of the rule is merely the default position and clearly there will be cases at different ends of the spectrum.’ The recent case of …
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- Dunbar v Plant [1997] EWCA Civ 2167
- Macmillan Cancer Support v Hayes & anor [2018] WTLR 243
- Re DWS [2000] EWCA Civ 282