The Writing on the Bank of Scotland's Wall
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The Writing on the Bank of Scotland's Wall
Originally published on 25 July 2002
There are several historic cases whose facts remain in the memories of former law students long after they retire from practice. There was a Mrs Carlill who caught a cold, contrary to the promises made by the Carbolic Smoke Ball Company1, and there was a dead snail in the bottle of Mrs Donohue's bottle of Ginger beer2. It was of little consolation, either to the defendant or any other lemonade manufacturers who sold their products in stone bottles, but it was, of course, technically only an alleged snail, no forensic biologist ever having testified to the fact. Ultimately, however, that was to have no bearing on the law. The facts of the 'Bank of Scotland3 case are set to become another such memorable case, the bank having a customer who was alleged to be laundering money. The facts of the case are simple, but the legal point at issue...See the full content of this document
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