Andrew Longmore
Sir Andrew Centlivres Longmore (born 25 August 1944) is a British lawyer and retired judge.
Educated at Winchester College and Lincoln College, Oxford, he was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1966 and was appointed a QC in 1983. A Justice of the High Court from 1993, he was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal in 2001.[1] He retired in 2019.
Judgments
[edit]Key judgments of Lord Justice Longmore include:
- Lomas v JFB Firth Rixson Inc [2012] EWCA 419[2]
- Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1329, [2008] 1 WLR 643 - English contract law concerning the doctrine of consideration and promissory estoppel in relation to "alteration promises".
- Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 5) [2003] QB 1556 - Legal professional privilege 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
[edit]- ^ "H.M. Court Service: Court of Appeal". Archived from the original on 18 July 2010.
- ^ Described as a "comprehensive judgment [which] masterfully resolved a number of conflicting strands of jurisprudence". Edward Murray (2013). "Lomas v Firth Rixson: 'As you were!'". Capital Markets Law Journal. 8 (4): 395. doi:10.1093/cmlj/kmt020. Retrieved 3 September 2015.[dead link]
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