Breach of Freezing Orders By Bank - Does Bank Pay
Compensation For Losses Suffered?
Customs and Excise Commissioners v Barclays Bank plc [2006] UKHL
28
HL
21 June 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
House of Lords Judgment
A bank notified by a claimant of freezing injunctions obtained in respect
of its customers' accounts, did not owe the claimant a
duty of care when it failed to prevent payment out of the accounts
in breach of the injunctions.