English and American Insurance Company Ltd v Herbert Smith

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1987
Date1987
CourtChancery Division
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38 cases
  • JP Morgan Multi-Strategy Fund LP v Macro Fund Ltd
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 30 May 2003
    ...v. AllmanELR(1878), 3 App. Cas. 709, referred to. (15) English & American Ins. Co. Ltd. v. Herbert SmithUNK(1988), 14 F.S.R. 232; 137 New L.J. 148, observations of Browne-Wilkinson, V.-C. referred to. (16) Femis-Bank (Anguilla) Ltd. v. Lazar, [1991] Ch. 391; [1991] 2 All E.R. 865, referred ......
  • Shell E & P Ireland Ltd v McGrath (No. 2)
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 5 December 2006
    ...ROBINSON PARTNERSHIP 1987 2 AER 716 GODDARD v NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY 1987 1 QB 670 ENGLISH & AMERICAN INSURANCE CO LTD v HERBERT SMITH 1988 FSR 232 DERBY & CO LTD v WELDON (NO 8) 1991 1 WLR 73 PIZZEY v FORD MOTOR CO LTD THE TIMES 8.3.1993 PARAGON FINANCE PLC v FRESHFIELDS 1999 1 WLR 1183......
  • Glencairn IP Holdings Ltd v Product Specialities Inc. (t/a Final Touch)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 7 May 2020
    ...because of inadvertent disclosure by the applicant or his lawyers, cases such as English & American Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Herbert Smith [1988] F.S.R. 232. The difference between the cases at either end of the spectrum was highlighted by Lightman J in Re a Firm of Solicitors [1997] Ch 1 at ......
  • Shlosberg v Avonwick Holdings Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 5 May 2016
    ...injunction restraining the solicitor making use of that information: it will not prohibit his continuing to act: see English & American Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Herbert Smith [1988] F.S.R. 232 and Goddard v. Nationwide Building Society [1987] Q.B. 670." 148 As I read this passage, Lightman J w......
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2 books & journal articles
  • The Duty of Confidence Revisited: The protection of confidential information
    • Australia
    • University of Western Australia Law Review No. 39-2, September 2015
    • 1 September 2015
    ...This is because confidential information is best protected by injunctive relief for which there is always actual knowledge. 60[1988] FSR 232. 61[1967] RPC 349. 62See ‘Exceptional measures of damages: a search for principles’ in P Birks (ed) Wrongs and Remedies in the Twenty First Century (O......
  • ADMISSIBILITY, PRIVILEGE AND THE EXPUNGING OF EVIDENCE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1994, December 1994
    • 1 December 1994
    ...690) which obviously attracts different policy considerations. (Infra, note 72) See also: English & American Insurance Co. v Herbert Smith[1988] FSR 232. Cf. Webster v James Chapman, supra, note 23. 42 Ashburton v Pape, supra, note 30; ITC Film Distributors Ltd v Video Exchange Ltd[1982] Ch......

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