Ex Turpi Causa in UK Law

  • Tinsley v Milligan
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 1991
    ... ... "there are no rigid rules for or against the application of the ex turpi causa defence. This is not surprising, since it involves issues of public ... ...
  • Stone and Rolls Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Moore Stephens (A Firm)
    • House of Lords
    • 30 July 2009
    ... ... and is met by the defence commonly described by the Latin maxim "ex turpi causa non oritur actio" ("ex turpi causa"). Whether ex turpi causa ... ...
  • Gray v Thames Trains Ltd and another
    • House of Lords
    • 17 June 2009
    ... ... of the defence of public policy, commonly formulated in Latin as ex turpi causa non oritur actio ... 5 Mr Gray advanced his claim on two ... ...
  • Tinsley v Milligan
    • House of Lords
    • 24 June 1993
    ... ... Accordingly, the principle embodied in the maxim ex turpi causa non oritur actio did not operate to bar the respondent's claim. Nor ... ...
  • Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Inc.
    • Supreme Court
    • 29 October 2014
    ... ... 1 This appeal is about the defence of illegality: ex turpi causa non oritur actio ... 2 The first claimant Les Laboratoires ... ...
  • Euro-Diam Ltd v Bathurst
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 December 1987
    ... ... 626 et seq. under the heading "The maxim ex turpi causa non oritur actio and related rules". I do not think that it is ... ...
  • Saunders v Edwards
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 13 March 1987
    ... ... He relied on two maxims, ex turpi causa (or ex dolo malo) non oritur actio , and the related maxim, in pari ... ...
  • Reeves v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
    • House of Lords
    • 15 July 1999
    ... ... fail on grounds of public policy in accordance with the maxim ex turpi causa non oritur actio. He held that if the action had succeeded, he would ... ...
  • Hounga v Allen and another
    • Supreme Court
    • 30 July 2014
    ... ... at pp 428–429: "The defendants relied on the maxim 'ex turpi causa non oritur actio' as absolving them of liability. … ... ...
  • Patel v Mirza
    • Supreme Court
    • 20 July 2016
    ... ... 's own stating or otherwise, the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa, or the transgression of a positive law of this country, there the ... ...
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