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Turner v Royal Bank of Scotland plc: CA 6 May 1999

The bank replied to several enquiries as to the customer’s credit status without first seeking the customer’s consent. It claimed that this was general practice at the time.
Held: The practice fell short of being ‘notorious’ or well known, and was a breach of confidentiality.

Judges:

Chadwick LJ

Citations:

Gazette 06-May-1999, [2000] BPIR 683

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoTurner v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc CA 24-Mar-1998
The plaintiff complained as to the provision of references by his bank. The bank said he had given an implied permission through the bank which had made the request. Later changes in the bankers code of practice would have required explicit written . .

Cited by:

CitedCommissioners of Inland Revenue v Lee-Phipps ChD 2003
In a case where there had been no reasoned determination of the arguments at the earlier stage and the application had simply been struck out for a formal defect, then the principle referred to in Turner was not engaged.
The court heard an . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Banking

Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.90032

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