Chudley v Clydesdale Bank plc (trading as Yorkshire Bank)

Subject Matter

CONTRACT — Terms — Construction — Apparently binding unconditional contract — Whether subject to condition precedent — Burden of proving existence of such condition precedent

[2019] EWCA Civ 344; [2020] QB 284; [2019] 3 WLR 661; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 293; [2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep 333; [2019] WLR (D) 133, CA

CONTRACT — Third party rights — Benefit to third party — Contract between bank and investment company for opening of account to hold funds invested by company’s clients — Whether clients entitled to enforce contract in their own right — Whether contract purporting to confer benefit on clients — Whether clients identified in contract — Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (c 31), s 1(1)(b)(3)

[2019] EWCA Civ 344; [2020] QB 284; [2019] 3 WLR 661; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 293; [2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep 333; [2019] WLR (D) 133, CA

Appellate History

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (c 31), s 1(1)(b)(3)

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Chudley v Clydesdale Bank plc (trading as Yorkshire Bank) [2019] EWCA Civ 344; [2020] QB 284; [2019] 3 WLR 661; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 293; [2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep 333; [2019] WLR (D) 133, CA

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Gillespie Brothers & Co v Cheney Eggar & Co [1896] 2 QB 59, QBD

Globe Motors Inc v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 396; [2017] 1 All ER (Comm) 601; (2016) 168 Con LR 59, CA

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Ted Baker plc v AXA Insurance UK plc [2017] EWCA Civ 4097, CA

Trustees of Beardsley Theobalds Retirement Benefit Scheme v Yardley [2011] EWHC 1380 (QB), QBD

Cases citing

Cases citing: Chudley v Clydesdale Bank plc (trading as Yorkshire Bank) [2019] EWCA Civ 344; [2020] QB 284; [2019] 3 WLR 661; [2019] 2 All ER (Comm) 293; [2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep 333; [2019] WLR (D) 133, CA

CCP Graduate School Ltd v Secretary of State for Education [2023] EWHC 1910 (KB), KBD

Pask v Menon [2019] EWHC 2611 (Ch); [2020] Ch 66; [2020] 2 WLR 43; [2020] 1 All ER (Comm) 990; [2020] BPIR 244; [2019] WLR (D) 552; [2019] PLSCS 193; [2019] All ER (D) 79 (Oct), Ch D

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