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Article: The Mental Element in Equitable Accessory Liability
Title | The Mental Element in Equitable Accessory Liability |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at https://academic.oup.com/clp |
Citation | Current Legal Problems, 2021, v. 74 n. 1, p. 35-60 How to Cite? |
Abstract | There has been heated debate over the test of dishonesty since it was first laid down in Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan. This paper argues that the essence of ‘dishonest’ assistance is willing participation in a breach of trust, that is, assistants endorse or accept their causal role in bringing it about. Three implications follow. First, the mental element should be fixed at the minimum level necessary to reflect endorsement rather than varying by the degree of causal contribution to the primary wrong. Second, the test of neither dishonesty nor knowledge fully captures the requisite mental element for endorsement. Third, a test framed in terms of intention and belief concerning the core elements of a breach would better identify the mental element of accessory liability in equity. This reformulated test would add much-needed transparency to mental element determination for equitable accessory liability. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/295200 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.447 |
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dc.contributor.author | Ho, L | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-06T14:02:25Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-06T14:02:25Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Current Legal Problems, 2021, v. 74 n. 1, p. 35-60 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0070-1998 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/295200 | - |
dc.description.abstract | There has been heated debate over the test of dishonesty since it was first laid down in Royal Brunei Airlines v Tan. This paper argues that the essence of ‘dishonest’ assistance is willing participation in a breach of trust, that is, assistants endorse or accept their causal role in bringing it about. Three implications follow. First, the mental element should be fixed at the minimum level necessary to reflect endorsement rather than varying by the degree of causal contribution to the primary wrong. Second, the test of neither dishonesty nor knowledge fully captures the requisite mental element for endorsement. Third, a test framed in terms of intention and belief concerning the core elements of a breach would better identify the mental element of accessory liability in equity. This reformulated test would add much-needed transparency to mental element determination for equitable accessory liability. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at https://academic.oup.com/clp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Current Legal Problems | - |
dc.title | The Mental Element in Equitable Accessory Liability | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Ho, L: lusinaho@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Ho, L=rp01250 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/clp/cuab001 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 700003914 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 328221 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 74 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 35 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 60 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000743497100002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.ssrn | 3731893 | - |
dc.identifier.hkulrp | 2020/065 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0070-1998 | - |