Andrew Leggatt

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 2 All ER 293, dissenting Vaughan v Barlow Clowes International Ltd EWCA Civ 11 – an English trusts law case, concerning tracing Nestle v National Westminster Bank plc EWCA Civ 12, duty of care for investment Fitzpatrick v British Railways Board ICR 221, IRLR 376 – United Kingdom labour law, concerning collective bargaining Johnstone v Bloomsbury HA QB 333, 2 WLR 1362, 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) BCLC 814, pension fund misappropriation Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Homan 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 2 AC 394 – United Kingdom insolvency law, concerning adoption of employment contracts by insolvency practitioners Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale v Islington LBC 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 UKHL 28, overturned – English contract law, which laid down that a contextual approach must be taken to the interpretation of contracts. Fujitsu's Application EWCA Civ 1174 – confirming the rejection of a patent involving the computerisation of an existing process.