Supreme Court resets the criminal law test for dishonesty

Charles Thomson (+ 44 (0)20 7919 1879, charles.thomson@bakermckenzie.com) is a partner and solicitor advocate in Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group in London.

On 25 October [2017], a five-judge Supreme Court unanimously confirmed that the two limb Ghosh test for assessing dishonesty in criminal proceedings should be replaced by a purely objective test. Charles Thomson of Baker McKenzie explains this very significant development in criminal law.