Ralph Desilva News Today

Ralph DeSilva passed away in Ipswich/Tewksbury, This is the full obituary story where you can express condolences and share memories.

The general doctrine of ‘illegality’, in commercial litigation, is based on two related principles: Firstly, that no person should benefit from his or her own illegal act or wrong; and Secondly, that the law (and the Court) should not condone, reward, or enforce, illegal behaviour. In jurisdictions such as Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands, the alleged ‘illegality’ of one party or another is often relied upon, in practice, as a defence to a claim, whether the c...