CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc

Subject Matter

NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care — Bank — Claim against bank for mis-selling financial products — Claimant seeking permission to amend particulars of claim to plead bank’s breach of duty of care in conducting financial product sales review — Whether duty of care arising — Whether amendment to be allowed

[2016] EWHC 281 (QB); [2016] WLR (D) 140, QBD

NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care — Bank — Banks agreeing with regulator to carry out review of sales of financial products to small businesses and to provide redress in appropriate cases — Whether banks owing customers duty of care to conduct review with reasonable skill and care — Whether duty of care consistent with regulator’s statutory powers — Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c 8), ss 138D, 384, 404 (as amended by Financial Services Act 2010 (c 28), s 14(1) and Financial Services Act 2012 (c 21), s 24(1))

[2017] EWCA Civ 1073; [2018] 1 WLR 2137, CA

NEGLIGENCE — Duty of care — Bank

Appellate History

CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2016] EWHC 281 (QB); [2016] WLR (D) 140, QBD

Decision of Judge Bird sitting as a judge of the Queen’s Bench Division affirmed

CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1073; [2018] 1 WLR 2137, CA

Bartels v Barclays Bank plc [2016] EWHC 1360 (QB), QBD

Decision of Judge Waksman QC sitting as a judge of the Queen’s Bench Division affirmed

CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1073; [2018] 1 WLR 2137, CA

WW Property Investments Ltd v National Westminster Bank plc [2016] EWHC 378 (QB), QBD

Decision of Judge Kaye QC sitting as a judge of the Queen’s Bench Division affirmed

CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1073; [2018] 1 WLR 2137, CA

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1073; [2018] 1 WLR 2137, CA

Customs and Excise Comrs v Barclays Bank plc [2006] UKHL 28; [2007] 1 AC 181; [2006] 3 WLR 1; [2006] 4 All ER 256; [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 831; [2006] 2 Lloyd's Rep 327; [2006] 1 CLC 1096; (2006) 156 NLJ 1060; The Times, 22 June 2006, HL(E) Considered

White v Jones [1995] 2 AC 207; [1995] 2 WLR 187; [1995] 1 All ER 691, HL(E) Distinguished

Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605; [1990] 2 WLR 358; [1990] 1 All ER 568; [1990] BCLC 273; [1990] BCC 164; The Times, 12 February 1990, HL(E) Applied

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2016] EWHC 281 (QB); [2016] WLR (D) 140, QBD

Broadley v Guy Clapham [1994] 4 AER 439

Customs and Excise Comrs v Barclays Bank plc [2006] UKHL 28; [2007] 1 AC 181; [2006] 3 WLR 1; [2006] 4 All ER 256; [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 831; [2006] 2 Lloyd's Rep 327; [2006] 1 CLC 1096; (2006) 156 NLJ 1060; The Times, 22 June 2006, HL(E)

Green v Royal Bank of Scotland plc (Financial Conduct Authority intervening) [2013] EWCA Civ 1197; [2014] Bus LR 168; [2013] CN 1483, CA

Halford v Brookes [1991] 1 WLR 428; [1991] 3 All ER 559; The Times, 28 November 1990; The Independent, 27 November 1990, CA

Hallam-Eames v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [2001] Lloyd's Rep PN 178

Haward v Fawcetts [2006] 1 WLR at page 682

Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145; [1994] 3 WLR 761; [1994] 3 All ER 506; [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 468, HL(E)

Kays Hotel v Barclays [2014] EWHC 1927 (Commercial)

Suremime Ltd v Barclays Bank Plc [2015] EWHC 2277 (QB), QBD

Wilkinson v Ancliff (BLT) Ltd [1986] 1 WLR 1352; [1986] 3 All ER 427, CA


Cases cited in: CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1073; [2018] 1 WLR 2137, CA

Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1978] AC 728; [1977] 2 WLR 1024; [1977] 2 All ER 492; 75 LGR 555, HL(E)

Briscoe v Lubrizol Ltd [2000] ICR 694, CA

Burgess v Lejonvarn [2016] EWHC 40 (TCC), QBD

Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [1989] QB 653; [1989] 2 WLR 316; [1989] 1 All ER 798, CA

Chandler v Cape plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525; [2012] 1 WLR 3111; [2012] ICR 1293; [2012] 3 All ER 640, CA

Chapman v Barclays Bank plc [1998] PNLR 14, CA

Customs and Excise Comrs v Barclays Bank plc [2006] UKHL 28; [2007] 1 AC 181; [2006] 3 WLR 1; [2006] 4 All ER 256; [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 831; [2006] 2 Lloyd's Rep 327; [2006] 1 CLC 1096; (2006) 156 NLJ 1060; The Times, 22 June 2006, HL(E)

Deloitte Haskins and Sells v National Mutual Life Nominees Ltd [1993] AC 774; [1993] 3 WLR 347; [1993] 2 All ER 1015, PC

Ezekiel v Lehrer [2002] EWCA Civ 16, CA

Gold v Mincoff, Science & Gold [2001] Lloyd’s Rep PN 423

Grant Estates Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2012] CSOH 133, Ct of Sess

Green v Royal Bank of Scotland plc (Financial Conduct Authority intervening) [2013] EWCA Civ 1197; [2014] Bus LR 168; [2013] CN 1483, CA

Grout (R on the application of) v Financial Conduct Authority [2015] EWHC 596 (Admin), QBD

Hall v Royal Bank of Scotland [2009] EWHC 3163 (QB), QBD

Haward v Fawcetts [2006] UKHL 9; [2006] 1 WLR 682; [2006] 3 All ER 497, HL(E)

Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465; [1963] 3 WLR 101; [1963] 2 All ER 575; [1963] 1 Lloyd's Rep 485, HL(E)

Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145; [1994] 3 WLR 761; [1994] 3 All ER 506; [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 468, HL(E)

Jain v Trent Strategic Health Authority [2008] 1 WLR 944, HL(E)

Kapfunde v Abbey National Plc [1999] ICR 1, CA

Marc Rich & Co AG v Bishop Rock Marine Co Ltd (The Nicholas H) [1996] AC 211; [1995] 3 WLR 227; [1995] 3 All ER 307; [1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep 299; [1995] CLC 934, HL(E)

Murphy v Brentwood District Council [1991] 1 AC 398; [1990] 3 WLR 414; [1990] 2 All ER 908; [1990] 2 Lloyd's Rep 467; 89 LGR 24; The Times, 27 July 1990, HL(E)

Pacific Associates Inc v Baxter [1990] 1 QB 993; [1989] 3 WLR 1150; [1989] 2 All ER 159, CA

Patchett v Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 717; [2010] 2 All ER (Comm) 138, CA

Playboy Club London Ltd v Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA [2016] EWCA Civ 457; [2016] 1 WLR 3169; [2017] 1 All ER (Comm) 309; [2016] BCLC 442; [2016] WLR (D) 266, CA

Precis (521) Plc v William M Mercer Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 114, CA

R (Holmcroft Properties Ltd) v KPMG llp [2016] EWHC 323 (Admin); [2017] Bus LR 932; [2016] 2 BCLC 545, DC

R v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, Ex parte Lain [1967] 2 QB 864; [1967] 3 WLR 348; [1967] 2 All ER 770, DC

Reeman v Department of Transport [1997] 2 Lloyd's Rep 648, CA

Riyad Bank v Ahli United Bank (UK) plc [2006] EWCA Civ 780; [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 777; [2006] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 292, CA

Robinson v PE Jones (Contractors) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 9; [2012] QB 44; [2011] 3 WLR 815; [2011] WLR (D) 4, CA

Roy v Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Family Practitioner Committee [1992] 1 AC 624; [1992] 2 WLR 239; [1992] 1 All ER 705, HL(E)

Smith v Eric S Bush [1988] QB 743; [1987] 3 WLR 889; [1987] 3 All ER 179; [1987] 1 EGLR 157; (1987) 19 HLR 287; (1987) 131 SJ 1423; (1987) 137 NLJ 362, CA

Spring v Guardian Assurance Plc [1995] 2 AC 296; [1994] 3 WLR 354; [1994] ICR 596; [1994] 3 All ER 129, HL(E)

Suremime Ltd v Barclays Bank plc [2015] EWHC 2277 (QB)

Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman 157 CLR 424; 60 ALR 1; 59 ALJR 564, HCA

The Aramis [1989] 1 Lloyd's Rep 213, CA

Titan Steel Wheels Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2010] EWHC 211 (Comm); [2010] 2 Lloyd's Rep 92, QBD

WW Property Investments Ltd v National Westminster Bank plc [2016] EWCA Civ 1142; [2017] 2 All ER (Comm) 624; [2017] 1 Lloyd's Rep 87, CA

White v Jones [1995] 2 AC 207; [1995] 2 WLR 187; [1995] 1 All ER 691, HL(E)

Willers v Joyce (No 2) [2016] UKSC 44; [2018] AC 843; [2016] 3 WLR 534; [2017] 2 All ER 383; [2016] WLR (D) 402; Case details, SC(E)

Williams v Natural Life Health Foods Ltd [1998] 1 WLR 830; [1998] 2 All ER 577, HL(E)

X (Minors) v Bedfordshire County Council [1995] 2 AC 633; [1995] 3 WLR 152; [1995] 3 All ER 353; 94 LGR 313; [1995] 2 FLR 276, HL(E)

Yuen Kun Yeu v Attorney-General of Hong Kong [1988] AC 175; [1987] 3 WLR 776; [1987] 2 All ER 705, PC

Cases citing

Cases citing: CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2016] EWHC 281 (QB); [2016] WLR (D) 140, QBD

Cameron Developments (UK) Ltd v National Westminster Bank Plc [2017] EWHC 1884 (QB), QBD

Davis v Lloyds Bank plc [2021] EWCA Civ 557, CA


Cases citing: CGL Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1073; [2018] 1 WLR 2137, CA

Barclays Bank Plc v Marsden [2019] EWHC 3741 (Comm), QBD

Davis v Lloyds Bank plc [2021] EWCA Civ 557, CA

Davis v Lloyds Bank plc [2020] EWHC 1758 (Ch), Ch D

De Sena v Notaro [2020] EWHC 1031 (Ch); [2021] 1 BCLC 366, Ch D

Elite Property Holdings Ltd v Barclays Bank plc [2018] EWCA Civ 1688; [2019] Bus LR 129; [2018] 2 BCLC 460; [2018] WLR (D) 464, CA

Fine Care Homes Ltd v National Westminster Bank plc [2020] EWHC 3233 (Ch), Ch D

Natixis SA v Marex Financial [2019] EWHC 2549 (Comm); [2019] 2 Lloyd's Rep 431, QBD

Norham Holdings Group Ltd v Lloyds Bank Plc [2019] EWHC 3744 (Ch), Ch D

Philipp v Barclays Bank UK plc [2022] EWCA Civ 318; [2022] QB 578; [2022] 2 WLR 872; [2022] Bus LR 353; [2022] WLR(D) 121, CA

Playboy Club London Ltd v Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA [2018] UKSC 43; [2018] 1 WLR 4041; [2019] 2 All ER 478; [2019] 1 All ER (Comm) 693; [2018] WLR (D) 530; Case details, SC(E)

Property Alliance Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2018] EWCA Civ 355; [2018] 1 WLR 3529; [2018] 2 All ER (Comm) 695; [2018] 2 BCLC 322; [2018] WLR (D) 160, CA

R (Holmcroft Properties Ltd) v KPMG llp [2018] EWCA Civ 2093; [2020] Bus LR 203, CA

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