Rubenstein v HSBC Bank Plc

LORD JUSTICE RIX LORD JUSTICE LLOYD and LORD JUSTICE MOORE-BICK ____________________

Mr Adrian Palmer QC and Mr John Virgo (instructed by Clarke Willmott LLP) for the Appellant / Claimant Mr Stephen Cogley QC and Ms Claudia Wilmot-Smith (instructed by DG Solicitors) for the Respondent / Defendant Hearing dates : Wednesday 9th May 2012 Thursday 10th May 2012 ____________________

The judge's findings concerning scope of duty, causation, foreseeability, remoteness and loss

Note 1 Mrs Rubinstein had been an investment banker up to 2000, when she began her family, but at the critical time she was in New York, and knew nothing beyond what Mr Rubenstein told her, and her understanding was that the investment was a deposit. [Back]

Note 2 Apart from the risk of fluctuating interest rates, but we are not concerned in this case with that concept. [Back]