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Evaluating statutory interpretation and judicial precedent

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The new definition of dishonesty

Craig Beauman explains what you need to know about the new test for dishonesty

This article is relevant to the criminal law topics in the AQA, OCR and WJEC A-level specifications.

In October 2017 the Supreme Court, in the civil case of Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords, established a new test and definition for ‘dishonesty’ under the criminal law. In this case, the court preferred the civil law’s test for dishonesty and distanced itself from the existing criminal law test that had stood since 1982.

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