1. V Lord Advocate Burmah Oil Company Ltd

2. 12 Appointed lord advocate and admitted to the Privy Council in 19 he became lord justice-general and lord president in 19

3. The claimant, Burmah Oil Company, brought proceedings against the UK government (who were represented in the case by the Lord Advocate) seeking compensation for the destruction of oil fields in Burma by British forces in 1942 (during the Second World War).