Pearce v Brooks is an 1866 case in English contract law. In Pearce v Brooks the owner of a horse-drawn coach was prevented from recovering the costs of hire from a prostitute who had hired the coach in order to attract clients.[1]
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edit- ^ Marsh, S.B. and Soulsby, J. (2002) Business Law, 8th edition, Nelson: Cheltenham, p. 170