Bowmakers v Barnet Instruments
1945 · KB 65
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- Facts
- Machines were sold and then let on hire-purchase in breach of wartime regulations. The hirers sold some of the goods and kept the rest.
- Issue
- Could the owners sue in without relying on the illegal contracts?
- Held
- Yes. They were asserting their title to their own goods, not enforcing the illegal hire-purchase agreements.
- Principle
- A claim that does not depend on the illegal contract can succeed.
- Why it matters
- It is the main exception to .
Words and Latin in this note
- Ex turpi causa
- 'No action arises from a disgraceful cause.' The court will not help a person enforce a contract that is illegal. Open the note.
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