Playboy Club London Limited and Others v Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro Spa: CA 18 May 2016

The club brought an action against the bank as to a reference given on behalf of a customer. They had certified him ‘good’ for 1.6m pounds, despite his having no funds in his account.
Laws, Longmore, David Richards LJJ
[2016] EWCA Civ 457, [2016] WLR(D) 266, [2016] 2 BCLC 442, [2016] 1 WLR 3169
Bailii, WLRD
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal fromPlayboy Club London Ltd and Others v Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro Spa QBD 10-Jul-2014
The claimant casino alleged negligence by the defendant bank in a reference it had given for a mutual customer, leading to substantial losses. The requests was made on behalf of the claimant by a third party acting as its undisclosed agent. The . .
At QBDPlayboy Club London Ltd and Others v Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro Spa QBD 10-Jul-2014
The claimant casino alleged negligence by the defendant bank in a reference it had given for a mutual customer, leading to substantial losses. The requests was made on behalf of the claimant by a third party acting as its undisclosed agent. The . .

Cited by:
Appeal fromBanca Nazionale Del Lavoro Spa v Playboy Club London Ltd and Others SC 26-Jul-2018
The Playboy casino required a reference for a customer, but asked for this through a third party. The bank was not aware of the agency but gave a good reference for a customer who had never deposited any money with them and nor to whom it had issued . .

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Updated: 11 August 2021; Ref: scu.564451