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Crimes or torts involving deception for financial or other gain.

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Does Bob have a case if he ends up paying child support due to Alice's deceit?

united-kingdom In the United Kingdom Bob would likely not have a case, as lying about fertility is not a cause for consent to be vitiated (negated). The leading case in this is from 2020 where Jason L …
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Does Bob have a case if he ends up paying child support due to Alice's deceit?

Relying on Hutchinson, the Court of Appeal concluded that the plaintiff’s consent to the sex he had with the defendant had not been cancelled out by her alleged fraud, because a woman who lies about being …
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