Illegal Contract in UK Law
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Tinsley v Milligan
......341, 343 , in the context of the law of contract, when he said: "The objection, that a contract is immoral or ... aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act. If, from the plaintiffs own stating or otherwise, the cause of action ......
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Tinsley v Milligan
...... consider the impact of unlawful conduct on claims for breach of contract or in tort. This is another case concerning illegality. This time we are ... that the courts will not assist a plaintiff who has been guilty of illegal (or immoral) conduct of which the courts should take notice. It applies if ......
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Rookes v Barnard
......They neither broke their contract with him nor committed any tort against him. In this action the Appellant ... right one this section gives a general immunity or licence however illegal the means used to induce the breach of contract. That was not and could ......
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Hounga v Allen and another
...... Sir Scott Baker agreed, the court held that the illegality of the contract of employment formed a material part of Miss Hounga's complaint and that ... pretences; (d) knew that it was illegal for her to remain in the UK beyond 28 July 2007; and ......
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Archbolds (Freightage) Ltd v S. Spanglett Ltd
...... facts I am in agreement with the views of my brethren that the contract so entered into was not prohibited by statute and was not ex facie illegal ......
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Saunders v Edwards
...... to damages, which he submits necessarily involves reliance upon illegal conduct on their part. As regards the award of £500, he disputes the ...On 24th May 1983 they agreed to buy the flat, subject to contract, at a price of £45,000, including the chattels. . . 5 The ......
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Euro-Diam Ltd v Bathurst
...... in Germany while held by consignees under a "sale or return" contract. The main ground of defence, and the only one which has survived on this ...Laub must have known that Mr. Bonim's activities in Germany were illegal because he did not have the necessary permits. But the assessment of Mr. ......
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Patel v Mirza
...... aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act." So spoke Lord Mansfield in Holman v Johnson (1775) 1 Cowp 341, ... a defence to civil claims of all sorts, whether relating to contract, property, tort or unjust enrichment, and in a wide variety of ......
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Heyman v Darwins Ltd
...... 2 By a written contract dated 19th February, 1938, the Respondents, who are manufacturers of steel ... ab initio (because, for example, the making of such a contract is illegal), the arbitration clause cannot operate, for on this view the clause ......
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Belmont Finance Corporation Ltd v Williams Furniture Ltd
......: on the allegations in the statement of claim, the agreement was illegal, and they say that an agreement between two or more persons to effect any ... the case was to the following effect: that no party to an illegal contract can sue any other party to it upon the contract Here, Mr. ......
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