| Intro | British judge |
| Is | Judge |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Law |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 8 November 1930 |
| Age: | 89 years |
Sir Andrew Peter Leggatt (born 8 November 1930) was formerly a Lord Justice of Appeal and member of the Privy Council.
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.
His son is George Leggatt, also a judge.
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 – UK 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.
- Powdrill v Watson [1995] 2 AC 394
- Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC [1996] UKHL 12, overturned – English trusts law case concerning the circumstances under which a resulting trust arises.
- Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, overturned – English contract law, which laid down that a contextual approach must be taken to the interpretation of contracts.
- Fujitsu’s Application [1997] EWCA Civ 1174 – confirming the rejection of a patent involving the computerisation of an existing process.