Dishonesty, Liability and the Law

Exploring the Moral Importance of Context

Sotirios Santatzoglou (Keele University, UK), Martin Wasik, Anthony Wrigley (Keele University, UK)

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English

Routledge
31 July 2025

Business ethics; Sales & marketing; Systems of law; Legal ethics & professional conduct

Series: Routledge Studies in Law, Rights and Justice

In 2017, in Ivey v. Genting Casinos, the Supreme Court judged that the dishonesty test is objective and should be the single one in use for any area of law. The judgment sparked some criticism regarding the inflexibility of an objective test. The subsequent 2020 Court of Appeal judgment in R. v. Barton confirmed the objective test in Ivey. However, little dedicated discussion and analysis of the dishonesty test has subsequently taken place, leaving a growing concern that the one currently in use may not be suitable for determining dishonesty in all contexts. This interdisciplinary collection challenges the idea of the single objective test by considering the issue of context in defining dishonesty. The volume is divided into three parts. The first focuses on the analysis of the concept of dishonesty and the dishonesty test, both in relation to context and its impact in determining whether or not liability arises. In the second part, the focus is on contexts of public and private dealings where dishonesty can be the reason to place liability or where its implications should be modified in order to limit liability. Finally, in the third part, the focus is on the context of healthcare practice and its interface with the conceptual dichotomy of honesty/dishonesty. The conclusion draws together shared themes, notably the issues of fairness and justice that arise from the work to demonstrate the definitional vacuum in the law on dishonesty. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers, policy-makers, and regulators working in law, ethics, or areas of professional regulation and misconduct, especially medicine, nursing, student academic misconduct, and politics. Similarly, there will be appeal to those working in relevant professional regulatory areas, such as law, healthcare, and sports governance.

Edited by: Sotirios Santatzoglou (Keele University UK), Martin Wasik, Anthony Wrigley (Keele University, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 670g
ISBN: 9781032726939
ISBN 10: 1032726938
Series: Routledge Studies in Law, Rights and Justice
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 31 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sotirios Santatzoglou, Lecturer in the Law School of Keele University, UK Martin Wasik, Emeritus Professor of Law, Keele University, UK Anthony Wrigley, Professor of Ethics, Keele University, UK