BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA
[2022] UKSC 25
Citation 1
…was not suggested as a general proposition, but only in relation to one-man companies. It was confirmed most recently in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25, [2024] AC 211. As that case also demonstrates, the same misapprehension about the beneficial ownership of a company's property led to misunderstanding…
Special Commissioner and Another, Ex P Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd, R v.
[2002] UKHL 21
Citation 2
…man right. That characterisation of legal professional privilege was confirmed in R (Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax [2002] UKHL 21, [2003] 1 AC 563. Lord Hoffmann said at para 7 that it was common ground that the privilege is a fundamental human right long established in the common…
Three Rivers District Council & Ors v. Bank of England
[2004] UKHL 48
Citation 3
…the scope of legal advice privilege, one of the leading cases is Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No 6) [2004] UKHL 48, [2005] 1 AC 610 (" Three Rivers (No 6) "). The claimants in that case brought proceedings against the Bank of England alleging misfeasance in public o…
Willers v Joyce & Anor (Re: Gubay (deceased) No 2)
[2016] UKSC 44
Citation 4
…if the Board decides that the Shareholder Rule does not exist, to give a direction of the kind described by Lord Neuberger in Willers v Joyce (No 2) [2016] UKSC 44, [2018] AC 843. That is a direction that the domestic courts of England and Wales should treat this decision as also representing the law of England…