Sir Andrew Peter Leggatt, PC (8 November 1930 – 21 February 2020) was a British judge who served as the

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and as a member of the Privy Council. He was noted for his acerbic wit and precise, well-written judgements. As a barrister, his clients included

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and

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Biography

He was educated at

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and

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. He wrote ''Tribunals for Users – One System, One Service'', published by the

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. He liked the English language and literature and was a member of the Queen's English Society. He had two children, George and Alice. His son,

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, is also a judge and was appointed to the

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before his father's death.

Judgments

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Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority ''Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority'' 992QB 333 is an English contract law case, concerning implied terms and unfair terms under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977. Facts Dr Chris Johnstone was a junior doctor in the Obstetric Department ...

991 Year 991 (Roman numerals, CMXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events * March 1: In Rouen, Pope John XV ratifies the first Peace and Truce of God, Truce of God, between Æthelred the Unready and Richard I o ...

2 All ER 293, dissenting *'' Vaughan v Barlow Clowes International Ltd''

EWCA Civ 11 – an English trusts law case, concerning tracing *''

Nestle v National Westminster Bank plc ''Nestle v National Westminster Bank plc'' [1992EWCA Civ 12is an English trusts law case concerning the duty of care when a trustee is making an investment. Facts A testator died in 1922 and named his widow, two sons and wives and one grandchild ...

992 Year 992 ( CMXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Worldwide * Winter – A superflare from the sun causes an Aurora Borealis, with visibility as far south as Germany and Korea. Euro ...

EWCA Civ 12, duty of care for investment *'' Fitzpatrick v British Railways Board''

ICR 221,

IRLR 376 –

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, concerning

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*''

Johnstone v Bloomsbury HA ''Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority'' 992QB 333 is an English contract law case, concerning implied terms and unfair terms under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977. Facts Dr Chris Johnstone was a junior doctor in the Obstetric Department ...

QB 333,

2 WLR 1362,

2 All ER 293 –

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case, concerning implied terms and unfair terms under the

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. *''

Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Maxwell (No 2) ''Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Maxwell (No 2)'' 993BCLC 814 is a UK company law case concerning a director's duty to act for proper purposes of the company. This case is an example of what would now be Companies Act 2006, section 171 ...

993 Year 993 ( CMXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – The 12-year-old King Otto III gives the Sword of Saints Cosmas and Damian (also known as the Sword of Essen) as ...

BCLC 814, pension fund misappropriation *'' Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Homan''

994 Year 994 ( CMXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * September 15 – Battle of the Orontes: Fatimid forces, under Turkish general Manjutakin (also the governor ...

EWCA Civ 33 –

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, whether a beneficiary whose fiduciary breaches trust, may trace assets through an overdrawn account to its destination. *'' Powdrill v Watson''

995 Year 995 (Roman numerals, CMXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Japan * 17 May - Fujiwara no Michitaka (imperial regent) dies. * 3 June: Fujiwara no Michikane gains power and becomes Rege ...

2 AC 394 –

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, concerning adoption of employment contracts by insolvency practitioners *''

Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC is a leading English trusts law case concerning the circumstances under which a resulting trust arises. It held that such a trust must be intended, or must be able to be presumed to have been intended. In the view of the majority of the House o ...

996 Year 996 ( CMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Japan * February - Chotoku Incident: Fujiwara no Korechika and Takaie shoot an arrow at Retired Emperor Kazan. * 2 March: Emperor ...

UKHL 12, overturned –

case concerning the circumstances under which a resulting trust arises. *''

Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society is a frequently-cited English contract law case which laid down that a contextual approach must be taken to the interpretation of contracts. Lord Hoffmann set out five principles, so that contract should be construed according to: #what a rea ...

997 Year 997 ( CMXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events By place Japan * 1 February: Empress Teishi gives birth to Princess Shushi - she is the first child of the emperor, but because of the power stru ...

UKHL 28, overturned – English contract law, which laid down that a contextual approach must be taken to the interpretation of contracts. *''

Fujitsu's Application ''Fujitsu's Application'' 997EWCA Civ 1174 is a 6 March 1997 judgment by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The judges' decision was to confirm the refusal of a patent by the United Kingdom Patent Office and by Mr Justice Laddie in the Hi ...

EWCA Civ 1174 – confirming the rejection of a

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involving the computerisation of an existing process.

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1930 births 2020 deaths British writers Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Knights Bachelor Lord justices of appeal Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College {{UK-writer-stub