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'' 012EWCA 419Described as a "comprehensive judgment hichmasterfully resolved a number of conflicting strands of jurisprudence". *'' Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd'' 007EWCA 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)'' 003QB 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

1944 births Living people People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford 21st-century English judges Members of the Middle Temple 20th-century English judges Queen's Bench Division judges Lord justices of appeal Knights Bachelor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 20th-century King's Counsel English King's Counsel {{UK-law-bio-stub