What is the clean hands doctrine?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from K.A.R. v P.J.T., 2018 NSSC 4 (CanLII):
Turbide v. Moore and these other authorities state that the clean hands doctrine gives the court discretion to dismiss a claim based in equity were the misconduct in question has an “immediate and necessary relation” to the claim or its subject-matter. It is based on the principle that a person cannot use their own “illegal or immoral act” to found such a claim.
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