“…the law on illegality is not entirely clear in this jurisdiction.”
This was the position expressed by BVI Commercial Court Judge, Justice Adrian Jack in his judgments of 17 June 2021 and 15 February 2022 in Briefline...more
The general doctrine of ‘illegality’, in commercial litigation, is based on two related principles:
• Firstly, that no person should benefit from his or her own illegal act or wrong; and
• Secondly, that the law (and the...more