In Lazarus Estates Ltd v Beasley [1956] 1 Q.B. 702 (Lazarus v Beasley) Lord Denning granted the appeal, famously stating:

“No court in this land will allow a person to keep an advantage which he has obtained by fraud. No judgment of a court… can be allowed to stand if it has been obtained by fraud. The court is careful not to find fraud unless it is distinctly pleaded and proved; but once it is proved, it vitiates judgments, contracts and all transactions whatsoever.”

Originating the principle from English law that ‘fraud unravels all’, setting a crucial precedent in common law meaning that a person cannot benefit from their own fraudulent acts.