Andrew Leggatt
British judge (1930-2020)
Sir Andrew Peter Leggatt, PC (8 November 1930 – 21 February 2020) was a British judge who served as the Lord Justice of Appeal 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 Paul McCartney and Robert Bolt.
Biography
He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. He wrote Tribunals for Users – One System, One Service, published by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. 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, George, is also a judge and was appointed to the UK Supreme Court before his father's death.
Judgments
Johnstone v Bloomsbury Health Authority [1991] 2 All ER 293, dissenting
Vaughan v Barlow Clowes International Ltd [1991] EWCA Civ 11 – an English trusts law case, concerning tracing
Nestle v National Westminster Bank plc [1992] EWCA Civ 12, duty of care for investment
Fitzpatrick v British Railways Board [1992] ICR 221, [1992] IRLR 376 – United Kingdom labour law, concerning collective bargaining
Johnstone v Bloomsbury HA [1992] QB 333, [1991] 2 WLR 1362, [1991] 2 All ER 293 – English contract law case, concerning implied terms and unfair terms under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Maxwell (No 2) [1993] BCLC 814, pension fund misappropriation
Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Homan [1994] EWCA Civ 33 – English trusts law, whether a beneficiary whose fiduciary breaches trust, may trace assets through an overdrawn account to its destination.
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