Illegality after Patel v Mirza

English law on illegality in private law (eg illegal contracts) has long been regarded as both difficult and unsatisfactory. In 2016, the Supreme Court, sitting as a panel of nine, looked at the area again in Patel v Mirza. Here £620,000 had been paid for the defendant to bet on share prices using i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burrows, A
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017