Briggs J referred in Lexi Holdings v DTZ Debenham Tie Leugn Ltd

An interlocutory ruling by Briggs J in the Lexi/DTZ litigation engaging the question whether the illegality defence (ex turpi causa) and corporate attribution bar a company that is the victim of its own director's fraud from suing its professional advisers (valuers) in negligence — the point being whether, and where, the line is drawn for professional services collaterally or remotely connected to an unlawful transaction.