Andrew Leggatt

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.^[1]

His son is George Leggatt, also a judge.

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.

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