“…uses of her loss, the claim against the defendant for negligence and/or breach of retainer was conceptually entirely separate from the fraud: Sweetman v Nathan [2003] EWCA Civ 1115 at [58]; see [83] – [84] of the judgment. Accordingly, she held that the defence of ex turpi causa did not apply [86].…”
“…Although the judge placed some reliance on the case of Sweetman v Nathan [2003] EWCA Civ 1115, that case could be distinguished because, in that case:…”