Conflict of Interest in UK Law

  • Locobail (U.K.) Ltd v Bayfield Properties Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 17 November 1999
    ... ... That is where the judge is shown to have an interest in the outcome of the case which he is to decide or has decided. The ... recorder, recorder or section 9 judge) conducts a careful conflict search within the firm of which he is a partner. Such a search, however ... ...
  • Lloyd's Bank Ltd v Bundy
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 1974
    ... ... It did not occur to me that there was any conflict of interest. I thought there was no conflict of interest. I would think ... ...
  • Phipps v Boardman
    • House of Lords
    • 03 November 1966
    ... ... could be resolved would be by the purchase of a controlling interest in Lester & Harris, Ltd. Mr. Boardman in his evidence said that Mr. Fox's ... do not, of course, involve you in any liability and there is no conflict of interest, as it will of course be in the interests of yourself as much ... ...
  • Lloyd v Google LLC
    • Supreme Court
    • 10 November 2021
    ... ... or more persons as representatives of others who have “the same interest” in the claim. Mr Lloyd accepts that he could not use this procedure to ... did not all have the same interest in the claim, as there was a conflict of interest between direct and indirect purchasers of air freight ... ...
  • Bolkiah (Prince Jefri) v KPMG (A Firm)
    • House of Lords
    • 18 December 1999
    ... ... agrees to act for a new client who has, or who may have, an interest which is in conflict with that of the former client. In that situation the ... ...
  • D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 21 April 2005
    ... ... Inevitably a degree of conflict develops between those objectives.' Next, if a ... would be a breach of the duty if owed to a normal parent, whose interest would be the same. It would be no different if a parent were the abuser, ... ...
  • Emerald Supplies Ltd v British Airways Plc
    • Chancery Division
    • 08 April 2009
    ... ... : “(1) Where more than one person has the same interest in a claim – (a) the claim may be begun; or ... There was no conflict of interest in relation to the issue even if there was in relation to the ... ...
  • White and Another v Jones and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 16 February 1995
    ... ... Jones to any existing financial or other interest of the plaintiffs. The intention to benefit the plaintiffs existed only in ... First, there can be no conflict of interest between the solicitor and client (the testator) and the ... ...
  • ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Supreme Court
    • 01 February 2011
    ... ... particular circumstances of the person involved and the general interest [the reference is to Gul v Switzerland (1996) 22 EHRR 93 , at [38]] ... , the interests of different family members are unlikely to be in conflict with one another. Separate legal (or other) representation will rarely be ... ...
  • Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v Etridge (No 2); Kenyon-Brown v Desmond Banks & Company (Undue Influence) (No 2); Bank of Scotland v Bennett; UCB Home Loans Corporation Ltd v Moore; National Westminster Bank Plc v Gill; Midland Bank Plc v Wallace; Barclays Bank Plc v Harris; Barclays Bank Plc v Coleman
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 December 1999
    ... ... home at the suit of a rich bank to obscure an important public interest, viz the need to ensure that the wealth currently tied up in the ... Where there is a real conflict of interest, and certainly where there is a possibility that he may be ... ...
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