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References
- ↑ "Ivey (Appellant) v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords (Respondent)". The Supreme Court. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ↑ [2017] EWHC 2820, at [16].
- ↑ R v Booth and Barton [2020] EWCA Crim 575
- ↑ Atkins, Tony (30 April 2020). "Dishonesty: Barton & Booth v The Queen". Pump Court Chambers. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ↑ R v Pattni [2001] Crim LR 570
- ↑ Ormerod, David; Laird, Karl (2018). Smith, Hogan, and Ormerod's Criminal Law (15th ed.). Oxford. p. 881. ISBN 9780198807094. OCLC 1014163712.
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