Sir Andrew Centlivres Longmore (born 25 August 1944) is a British

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and retired

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. Educated at

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and

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Flemin ...

, he was called to the Bar at the

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in 1966 and was appointed a QC in 1983. A Justice of the High Court from 1993, he was appointed

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in 2001. He retired in 2019.

Judgments

Key judgments of Lord Justice Longmore include: * '' Lomas v JFB Firth Rixson Inc''

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EWCA 419Described as a "comprehensive judgment

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masterfully resolved a number of conflicting strands of jurisprudence". *''

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EWCA Civ 1329,

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1 WLR 643 -

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concerning the doctrine of

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and

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in relation to "alteration promises". *'' Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 5)''

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QB 1556 –

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holding that the client for the purposes of legal advice privilege when large corporations are concerned must have been specifically tasked with obtaining legal advice.

References

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