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Contract: Never trust a lawyer
Sam Coulthard and Bryony Pawsey investigate whether lawyers’ opinions on legal capacity continue to have any value following a recent Court of Appeal decision ‘In entering into void transactions, the Bank had received no rights at all under the swaps and had thus lost the full amount advanced.’Prudent contracting parties often seek advice from lawyers …
Cases Referenced
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- Haugesund Kommune v Depfa ACS Bank [2010] EWCA Civ 579; [2011] EWCA Civ 33
- South Australia Asset Management Corp v York Montague Ltd [1996] UKHL 10
- The Liverpool Steamship Enterprises of Panama Inc, Liverpool (Owners) v Ousel (Owners) & ors [1960] 3 WLR 597