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Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd

[2017] UKSC 67
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtSupreme Court of the United Kingdom
Year2017
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The Supreme Court restated the test for dishonesty (applicable in both civil and criminal contexts): the question is whether the conduct was dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people, without a separate requirement that D knew it was dishonest by those standards (overruling Ghosh).

Area of Law

company

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