White-collar crime: law on dishonesty re-written
In an article first published in In-House Lawyer magazine, Stephen Gentle and Emily Agnoli examine the reasoning behind the decision of Ivey v Genting Casinosand its likely consequences, particularly for white-collar crime cases.
This article was first published by In-House Lawyer, who have agreed to Simmons & Simmons making it available on this website.
For 35 years the standard test for dishonesty in criminal trials has been set out by the Court of Appeal in R v Gosh. But last month, the Supreme Court overturned this authority in obiter comments in the judgment of Ivey v Genting Casinos. We examine the reasoning behind this decision and its likely consequences, particularly for white-collar crime cases.
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