Clark Boyce v Mouat

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date04 October 1993
Date04 October 1993
CourtPrivy Council
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141 cases
  • Lee Siew Chun v Sourgrapes Packaging Products Trading Pte Ltd and Others
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 17 December 1992
    ......A more recent authority is Mouat v Clark Boyce .22 In this case, the plaintiff was an elderly widow whose son wanted her to grant ......
  • Luffeorm Ltd v Kitsons Llp
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 2 July 2015
    ...which are not expressly or impliedly required by the Client'". In support of that proposition the text goes on to refer to Clarke Boyce v Mouat [1994] 1 AC 428, a Privy Council decision, where Lord Jauncy of Tullichettle said at page 437: "When a client in full command of his faculties and ......
  • Lie Hendri Rusli v Wong Tan and Molly Lim (a firm)
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 23 September 2004
    ...proposed transaction – a balance between principle and expediency must be struck. Acting for multiple parties 48 In Clarke Boyce v Mouat [1994] 1 AC 428 at 435, the Privy Council noted that “[t]here is no general rule of law to the effect that a solicitor should never act for both parties i......
  • Law Society of Singapore v Uthayasurian Sidambaram
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 13 August 2009
    ...and there is a conflict of interests, he must go further to obtain the informed consent of all clients that is (Clarke Boyce v Mouat [1994] 1 AC 428 at 435 (cited in Subbiah Pillai at … consent given in the knowledge that there is a conflict between the parties and that as a result the soli......
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8 books & journal articles
  • THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LAWYERS for THEIR CLIENTS' MISSTATEMENTS AND OMISSIONS TO THE SECURITIES MARKET IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2014, December 2014
    • 1 December 2014
    ...the issuer's lawyers and underwriter's lawyers are required by the underwriters)). 37(1968) 283 F Supp 643. 38 See Clarke Boyce v Mouat[1994] 1 AC 428 at 437, per Lord Jauncey. 39 In the case of prospectus, to rely on the due diligence defence under s 255(2) of the Securities and Futures Ac......
  • Conflicts of Interest in Financial Services: Judicial Development and Regulatory Rules
    • Jamaica
    • Risky Business: Perspectives on Corporate Misconduct Part One
    • 21 July 2010
    ...Consultation Paper No. 124 (1992) HMSO, para 4.5.1.144. [1993] AC 205.145. [1994] 1 AC 428.146. Law Commission, Law Com No. 236 (1995) HMSO, London, at para 7.3.147. Law Commission, ......
  • Legal Profession
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2004, December 2004
    • 1 December 2004
    ...between the legal and ethical duties, for it said at [17], referring to Moody v Cox and Hatt[1917] 2 Ch 71 and Clark Boyce v Mouat[1994] 1 AC 428, that ‘[t]hese [legal] principles have since been encapsulated in rr 25 to 28 of the Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules’ (but see para......
  • Does the Fiduciary Bell Toll?
    • United Kingdom
    • Journal of Financial Crime No. 3-2, March 1995
    • 1 March 1995
    ...QB 856. (6) [1971] 1 All ER 980. (7) [1972] 2 NSWLRR 236. (8) [1969] 1 All ER 421. (9) [1993] AC 205. (10) (1984) 156 CLR 41, 97. (11) [1994] 1 AC 428. (12) Lord Jauncey, at 434. (13) In his paper, commissioned before the FSA, 'Review of Investor Protection', Cmnd. 9125, 1984 and HMSO, 1985......
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