A TARGETED FORM OF ILLEGALITY AS A DEFENCE TO DAMAGES: CAR DRIVER WHO HAD NO MOT FOR DAMAGED CAR COULD NOT RECOVER COSTS OF HIRE OF ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE

In Ali v HSF Logistics Polska SP ZOO [2023] EWHC 2159 (KB) Mr Justice Martin Spencer considered the question of whether there was a "targeted" defence of illegality to a claim for damages which was not as all embracing as ex turpi causa.  He upheld the trial judge's decision that such a defence exis...