Beaumont v Ferrer - an Update on the application of ex turpi causa principle by Personal Injury Law Barrister Sharan Sanghera
21st July 2016
Sharan Sanghera examines the Court’s decision finding that two claimants were precluded by the ex turpi causa principle from recovering damages in Joseph Thomas Beaumont & Lewis O’Neill v David Ferrer [2016] EWHC Civ 768.
Please find Sharan’s update below.
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