UT (Tax & Chancery) UT/2022/000116, 000117 - [2024] UKUT 00214 (TCC)

UT (Tax & Chancery) Case Number: UT/2022/000116, 000117

Hearing venue: Rolls Building

Fetter Lane

London

EC4A 1NL

FINANCIAL SERVICES – procedure – application for a witness summons – whether it would be unfair and oppressive for the proposed witness to give evidence

Judgment date:24 July 2024

Before

JUDGE RUPERT JONES

JUDGE JONATHAN CANNAN

Between

(1) BARCLAYS PLC

(2) BARCLAYS BANK PLC

Applicants

- and -

THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY

Respondent

- and -

JOHN VARLEY

Interested Party

Representation:

For the Applicants: Andrew George KC and Simon Pritchard, counsel instructed by Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP

For the Respondent: Paul Stanley KC, Tom Broomfield and Vincent Scully, counsel instructed by the Financial Conduct Authority

For the Interested Party: Javan Herberg KC instructed by Mishcon de Reya LLP

DECISION