Shah and another v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted February 8th, 2010 in appeals, banking, law reports, money laundering by sally

Shah and another v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 31; [2010] WLR (D) 27

“Where a bank claimed, for the purposes of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, to entertain ‘suspicion’ about money-laundering concerning a proposed transaction on a customer’s account, and had failed to carry out instructions promptly, a customer might be entitled to proceed with a claim in breach of contract or duty.”

WLR Daily, 5th February 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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