“Fraud unravels everything.”
— Lazarus Estates Ltd v Beasley [1956] 1 QB 702, Denning LJ
When fraud enters a process, contract, title, or proceeding, the Court is not asked to weigh it — the Court is bound to purge it. There is no discretion. Fraud voids jurisdiction.
The Applicant submits that where public bodies conceal contracts, erase orders, and invoke false mental health interventions, the integrity of their acts is called into question. The Court cannot permit itself to become the instrument of such acts.
“You cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand.”
— Macfoy v United Africa Co Ltd [1961] 3 All ER 1169
The Respondents stand upon a procedural fiction — that a court order may be erased to excuse contempt. This is nothing.
Any structure erected on that fiction — closed investigations, retained property, silence — collapses with it.
Void ab initio.
Salomon v A. Salomon & Co. Ltd [1897] AC 22
Separate legal personality is a privilege — not a sanctuary for deceit. When a public authority hides behind a private firm (Kennedys), or a financial custodian hides behind commercial secrecy (Computershare), the veil must be lifted.
Maxim: “Equity will not permit a statute or fiction to cloak a fraud.”
| Maxim | Principle |
|---|---|
| Fraus Omnia Corrumpit | Fraud corrupts all it touches. |
| Ex turpi causa non oritur actio | No right arises from wrongdoing. |
| Actus curiae neminem gravabit | The act of the Court must prejudice no one. |
| Audi alteram partem | Let the other side be heard — not silenced. |
The Respondents have inverted these principles — replacing transparency with secrecy, duty with obstruction, care with coercion.