Lonsdale v National Westminster Bank plc

Queen's Bench Division, [2018] EWCA 1843 (QB), Karen Steyn QC (Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge), 28 June; 18 July 2018

Summary judgment - Strike out - Data Protection Act - Disclosure - Defamation - Fraud - Proceeds of Crime - Whether claims by customer with frozen accounts susceptible to strike out or summary judgment - Whether customer entitled to summary judgment for breach of contract - Whether customer of bank entitled to summary judgment on customer's claim under Data Protection Act 1998 - Whether defamation claim by customer precluded by privilege - Whether customer entitled to inspection of suspicious activity reports

The claimant (Mr Lonsdale) had a mandate to operate seven accounts with the defendant bank (NatWest).