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{{Short description|British judge (born 1957)}}

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| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]

| name = Lord Leggatt

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| office = [[Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]]

| term_start = 21 April 2020

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|monarch nominator = [[ElizabethDavid IIGauke]]

| appointer = [[Elizabeth II]]
| predecessor = [[Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill|Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill]]

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| office2 = [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]

| term_start2 = 21 July= February 20172018

| term_end2 = 21 April 2020

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|birth_place term_start3 = 26 October 2012

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'''George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt, Lord Leggatt''', {{Post-nominalspostnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|size=100%|PC|}} (born 12 November 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/19354/George%20Andrew%20Midsomer+LEGGATT.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121080222/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/19354/George%20Andrew%20Midsomer+LEGGATT.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2013 |title=George Leggatt, QC |work=Debrett's People of Today |accessdateaccess-date=2 November 2012 }}</ref>) is a [[Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]], the highest court of law in the United Kingdom.

==Education==

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Leggatt's father is the former [[Lord Justice of Appeal]] [[Andrew Leggatt|Sir Andrew Leggatt]]. Leggatt was educated at [[Eton College]] and earned a First-Class [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Philosophy at [[King's College, Cambridge]] in 1979. He was a [[Harkness Fellowship|Harkness Fellow]] at [[Harvard University]] (1979–80) and received a Diploma in Law with distinction from [[City Law School]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brickcourt.co.uk/_pdf/cv.aspx?page=/george-leggatt-qc/full-cv.asp |title=George Leggatt QC's full CV |accessdate=20 October 2012 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Legal career==

Leggatt was [[called to the bar]] ([[Middle Temple]]) in 1983 and was appointed a [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1997. He joined [[Brick Court Chambers]] in 1985, where he practised commercial law, including areas such as banking, insurance, sales, and product liability law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brickcourt.co.uk/silks/george-leggatt-qc.asp |title=George Leggatt QC |publisher=Brick Court Chambers |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911052129/http://www.brickcourt.co.uk/silks/george-leggatt-qc.asp |archivedatearchive-date=11 September 2010 }}</ref> He became a [[Recorder (judge)|recorder]] in 2002 and was a deputy High Court judge.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/judicial-appointments/judicial-191012-153 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140711221253/http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/judicial%2Dappointments/judicial%2D191012%2D153 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2014 |title=Appointment of a High Court Judge – Leggatt, QC |publisher=Ministry of Justice |date=19 October 2012 |accessdateaccess-date=20 October 2012 }}</ref> On 26 October 2012, he was appointed to the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60315 |page=20891 |date=31 October 2012}}</ref> receiving the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]] in the [[2013 Special Honours]],<ref>{{londongazette|issue=60439|page=4263|date=5 March 2013}}</ref> and assigned to the [[Queen's Bench Division]]. He was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in February 2018.<ref>https://www.judiciary.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/court-of-appeal-home/coa-biogs/</ref> In July 2019, it was announced Leggatt would become a Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]] after the retirement of Lord Carnwath. He was sworn in on 21 April 2020, in a specially adapted ceremony due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Lord Leggatt recited the judicial oath in the presence of [[Lord Reed]], the President of the Supreme Court, whilst the other Justices watched remotely. <ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointments-to-the-supreme-court-24-july-2019</ref> <ref>https://www.supremecourt.uk/news/swearing-in-of-lord-leggatt.html</ref>

On 26 October 2012, he was appointed to the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60315 |page=20891 |date=31 October 2012}}</ref> receiving the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]] in the [[2013 Special Honours]],<ref>{{londongazette|issue=60439|page=4263|date=5 March 2013}}</ref> and assigned to the [[Queen's Bench Division]]. He was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in February 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/court-of-appeal-home/coa-biogs/|title=Biographies of the Court of Appeal judges}}</ref>

In 2016 Leggatt was elected a Fellow of [[Eton College]].<ref>Eton College web-site, [https://www.etoncollege.com/GoverningBody.aspx ''Governing Body''] (accessed on 11 June 2019)</ref>▼

In July 2019, it was announced Leggatt would become a Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]] after the retirement of [[Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill|Lord Carnwath]]. He took the [[judicial courtesy title]] of '''Lord Leggatt''' and was sworn in on 21 April 2020, in a specially adapted ceremony due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. Lord Leggatt recited the judicial oath in the presence of [[Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir|The Lord Reed of Allermuir]], the President of the Supreme Court, whilst the other Justices watched remotely.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointments-to-the-supreme-court-24-july-2019|title=Appointments to the Supreme Court: 24 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.uk/news/swearing-in-of-lord-leggatt.html|title = Swearing-in of Lord Justice Leggatt as Justice of the Supreme Court}}</ref>

▲In 2016 Leggatt was elected a Fellow of [[Eton College]].<ref>Eton College web-site, [https://www.etoncollege.com/GoverningBody.aspx ''Governing Body''] (accessed on 11 June 2019)</ref>

==Cases==

*''[[ {{cite BAILII |litigants=Yam Seng Pte Ltd v International Trade CorporationCorp Ltd]]'' [2013]|link=Yam Seng Pte Ltd v International Trade Corp Ltd |court=EWHC |division=QB |year=2013 |num=111}}, finding a duty of [[good faith]] can be implied in [[English contract law]]

* {{cite BAILII |litigants=Al Nehayan v Kent |court=EWHC |division=Comm |year=2018 |num=333}}, finding that a duty of good faith can be generally implied in law in '[[Relational contract|relational]]' contracts

*''[https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mohammed-v-mod.pdf {{cite BAILII |litigants=Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence]'' [2014] |court=EWHC 1369 (|division=QB) |year=2014 |num=1369}}, finding the United Kingdom in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, (specifically Article 5). The UK lacks detention authority under international humanitarian law to capture and detain individuals for longer than 96 hours in the course of the non-international armed conflict in Afghanistan.]]

* [https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2020-0056.html ''Fearn and others v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery'' (2023) UKSC 4],<ref>[https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2020-0056.html Fearn and others v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery (2023) UKSC 4]

</ref> finding that the Tate Gallery's viewing platform was not an ordinary use of land, and hence constituted a private nuisance in overlooking the claimant's residences.

* [https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2023/25.html ''Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC''] [2023] UKSC 25, finding that banks do not have a duty to prevent their customers from making payments to fraudsters.

* ''[https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2022-0038.html Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2024 |title=Press Summary |url=https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2022-0038-0044-0049-press-summary.pdf |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=www.supremecourt.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=JUDGMENT. Paul and another (Appellants) v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (Respondent |url=https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2022-0038-0044-0049-judgment.pdf |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=www.supremecourt.uk}}</ref> [2024] UKSC 1, finding that psychiatric harm is treated no differently from physical harm in the Law of Torts. Also that doctors do not owe a duty of care to members of the family of their patients to prevent them from harm caused by negligent treatment of the patient.

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