The directing mind and will test for corporate attribution was applied in a recent and complex
House of Lords decision in Stone & Rolls which involved ex turpi causa. A fundamental
problem of that test-the wrongdoing of the directing mind and will is to be automatically
attributed to the company without any intervening premises-arose from that decision. This
problem was replicated in subsequent cases. This article examines that problem, and
through the lens of corporate objectives, critiques the (policy) argument-the absence of …