Andrew Longmore Explained

Sir Andrew Centlivres Longmore (born 25 August 1944), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Longmore, is a British lawyer and retired judge.

Educated at Winchester College and Lincoln College, Oxford, he was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1966 and was appointed a QC in 1983. A Justice of the High Court from 1993, he was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal in 2001.^[1] He retired in 2019.

Judgments

Key judgments of Lord Justice Longmore include:

• Lomas v JFB Firth Rixson Inc [2012] EWCA 419^[2]
• Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1329, [2008] 1 WLR 643 - English contract law concerning the doctrine of consideration and promissory estoppel in relation to "alteration promises".
• Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 5) [2003] QB 1556 - Legal professional privilege holding that the client for the purposes of legal advice privilege when large corporations are concerned must have been specifically tasked with obtaining legal advice.

Notes and References

1. Web site: H.M. Court Service: Court of Appeal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100718191227/http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1287.htm . 18 July 2010 .
2. Described as a "comprehensive judgment [which] masterfully resolved a number of conflicting strands of jurisprudence". Lomas v Firth Rixson: 'As you were!' . Capital Markets Law Journal . 8 . 395 . Edward Murray . 2013 . 4 . 10.1093/cmlj/kmt020 . 3 September 2015.